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Old 06-26-2011, 10:55 PM
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Has anyone had any work done at this shop? and if so, how did you like it?
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Not impressed with an LT1 383 build they did for me.
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I have had them do quite a bit of suspension work for me on my '87 turbo Buick a few years back and I was extremely happy with their work & the cost. Tim Lee is a great guy.
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I've only used them for minor things and a couple clutch swaps but never had a bad experience with them.
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They have done a couple of things for me, including header install. Nothing but good things to say about them here.
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They did good on the few small things I had them do for me.
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They installed rear gears on our GTO, no problems.

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I had a decent experience there 5+ years ago. The work was great, but the quoted price changed.
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I am thinking about letting them do my H/C swap. There pricing seems very good.
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I had them do a head gasket job on my Camaro years back before I started doing my own work. They do solid work, nothing bad to say about them.
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Originally Posted by slow ride 02
Has anyone had any work done at this shop? and if so, how did you like it?
overpriced and car was misfiring and sputtering when i picked it up from header/ypipe install...told me car was "adjusting" to new parts lol...got it home and pulled plugs found a broken one...not a good experience at all thumbs down
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head, cam, clucth most work on my car done by don lee.
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Originally Posted by nevrlift13
overpriced and car was misfiring and sputtering when i picked it up from header/ypipe install...told me car was "adjusting" to new parts lol...got it home and pulled plugs found a broken one...not a good experience at all thumbs down
Other than the broken plug. How was there work?
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Originally Posted by slow ride 02
Other than the broken plug. How was there work?
good no complaints otherwise-just discovered cms after that
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Originally Posted by nevrlift13
good no complaints otherwise-just discovered cms after that
I would love to let CMS do the work, But $400 more, and up to a months wait?
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Originally Posted by slow ride 02
I would love to let CMS do the work, But $400 more, and up to a months wait?
You have to ask yourself the obvious questions,

Givin the fact that cms does three times the volume of work as don lee, knowing that based on that one fact alone they have bigger buying power in volume, which means they are getting parts for cheaper from their suppliers.

The educated decision maker asks his or herself, if cms is only $400 more, what step process or part is don lee leaving out?

Secondly cms is not on a month long wait because they are the cheapest shop, it's because that's how long people will wait and pay for that matter to have something done the right way the first time.

The bitterness of poor quality, lasts twice as long as the sweetness of a cheap price. Just saying
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Originally Posted by slow ride 02
I would love to let CMS do the work, But $400 more, and up to a months wait?
imo its totally worth it..to get the job done right the first time and the quality of that sometimes comes at a higher cost..u can nickle and dime urself to death in this modding process but why go cheap-usually doesnt equal "good"
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Originally Posted by camarojunky74
You have to ask yourself the obvious questions,

Givin the fact that cms does three times the volume of work as don lee, knowing that based on that one fact alone they have bigger buying power in volume, which means they are getting parts for cheaper from their suppliers.

The educated decision maker asks his or herself, if cms is only $400 more, what step process or part is don lee leaving out?

Secondly cms is not on a month long wait because they are the cheapest shop, it's because that's how long people will wait and pay for that matter to have something done the right way the first time.

The bitterness of poor quality, lasts twice as long as the sweetness of a cheap price. Just saying


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HOLY CRAP Luke you're alive.
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Yup still around, been real good, I was posting on the truck forum about a few questions I had, figured I'd pop in here and see what's up.



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