All aspects FTW!

 

I dont there will be "one stop" performance shop around here for along time.

 

Take the mechanical skills of Keian at All Aspects + those of a few others around here, combine that w/ Jeff @ Dreamworks paint and body skills + Floda's race car setup skills and you've got the makings of a good "do it all" shop.

However the "do it all" approach doesn't always work... you can get spread to thin.

 

It would be really hard for a shop to do performance and paint, on top of that audio.

Shops who do that kind of stuff are usually shops like foose, and that is real expensive.

But i would def. do imports and domestics.

 

I go back to Central for all my needs.

 

Also, I know alot of you are voting but would you actually use a shop or do the work yourself?

 

i vote southside, hell the old mazda place on greenbriar is now like dead... with a hugeee shop behind it.


I'd like to see a one stop shop; paint, parts, etc... I was going to open a shop a few years ago but I kinda gave up on the idea. We had planed it out to have everything from; paint booth, oil change, tint, to a detailing section. Hell my CAD drawing I did even had a bar/grill in the lobby with a lot of seating and a huge parking lot so if we wanted to stay open til 2am as a 'bar' we could. Not to bad having a 8-6 auto shop, 6-2 bar. Wonder if i still have that disk i put the CAD drawing on... hmm...

 

If the shop is good, does nice work, and isnt over priced... I'd goto the shop. I live in a pricy apt.. i cant even change a tire w/o getting yelled at.. so i HAVE to use local shops to do my work.

 

Depends on the prices, and what job needs done. I think most people do the work themselves, but depending on how big a pain in the ass the job is, I'd be willing to pay to have someone do it if the price was right.

Like the longtube install on my car. Most places wanted $400+ for the labor because it is a sever PITA. I did it myself, but for a better price would have gladly paid someone to do it for me.

 

First of all, there are quite a few good shops around here. Just because you don't see their name plastered throughout this site doesn't mean they don't exist.

Could the area use a really good performance shop, sure. But a 'one stop shop that does everything'...... I don't see it happening. I'd rather take my time and go to a place that does the one specific thing exceptional, rather than a place that does it on the side every now and then. You want a roll cage? Go to Matt Wert. You want machine work? Go to Abacus. Audio? Go to Audiocrafters. etc....

Are these places the cheapest? Nope. They're not cheap because they are the best around at what they do, and can charge for it. But you know what you'll get before you even walk in the door. The big problem is that most young people on here (and into cars in general) don't want to pay for a professional to do a job when 'their boy' can 'hook it up for them'. And then sometimes 'their boy' opens up a shop and starts doing things off the books. This is where everything becomes shifty and all of the bullshit comes spewing out.

And some say that some places are not as performance oriented. Realize that the performance part of a shop is just for shits and giggles. Shops around here keep their lights on by putting brakes on 95 Buicks and replacing blown motors in mid 90s Isuzu Troopers. It’s not always fun and it’s not always easy because if it was, then everyone would do it.