Lol yeah well considering my EVO is a DD the weather up here is KILLING IT! I would move to the southside of Charlotte... Southpark area

Oh PS i hate you because its 55 and raining here... Plus i bent and cracked my Advan RG2 on a nice pothole this morning..

Charlotte sounds nicer everyday

 

Southpark is great area not to far from me, matt and steve.

 

Well I can tell you from experience the weather here is much better than up north. More humid, but you get used to it. I grew up in Mansfield Connecticut (father taught at UCONN) , and moving down here was like vacation. You won't know what to do with yourself.

Tuner wise there are not many options right now, Kasey, formerly of MA Performance, and the MotionLab crew. I have no experience with MotionLab so I cannot say anything about them, but I can say that I've had exceptionally good experience with Kasey.

 

I've had great experience with both personally.

Kasey did a clutch/flywheel job and tuned my car, both were done quite well. Especially the tune, it was done about a year and a half and I get no knock in cold or hot weather.

Motion Lab Tuning is a fantastic shop, and they also did a clutch/flywheel after my aftermarket parts had defects and failed. Todd the owner is a really good guy, down to earth and knows his stuff. Brad their tech knows his Evos and Subarus quite well. I plan to bring my car to them for the 60k timing belt replacement among other things.

Motion Lab also has this guy Tim (dsm25psi) who does janitorial work and cleans the toilets. Tim does a fantastic job, you can eat off those floors, and I've never seen a cleaner toilet.

shh!! sleeping - South Park is really close to where I live, let us know if you decide to relocate down here.

 

Alright thanks guys... Yeah i am just really curious about the shops just because i am 100% built and tuned by TopLevel up here in Long Island... and they have been hands down best shop i have experienced and Espec tunning the car has really been there through everything... 1st place that actually cared about the cars well being instead of just the $$.

Lol they set high expectations in me for a shop

 

If you are looking for a professional shop then its motionlabtuning, thats the only shop in the area that i would let to work on a evo or tune.

 

basterd,
FYI dont work for mlt anymore. Now i work for TBR/IMS

 

Hey fellow Evo owners. I was wondering if any of yall know where in the Charlotte or Hickory areas is a good place where I can get my BBS rims powercoated for a fair cost and great quality?

I want to go Diamond Black or some kind of black trim. haha Any info would be great! Thanks!

 

I'm thinking about doing mine real soon. There is a place in statesville that does good work, but I'm not sure what he charges.

 

http://www.princewheels.com/powder_coating.htm <-good place

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Mark Mahoney owner of Collision Specialties INC, should be able to help you out as well.

His email is Collisionspc@gmail.com

 

I'm about to put on my first round of mods, wanted to go to a 1/4 track and do a before/after comparison. Any body want to get together and go to the track?

 

17th

 

If your talking about Z-Max on 17th of April. I'm gonna try and make it.

 

IMO,

Kasey is the best tuner/installer in this area. My car has come from a stock car to a car with over 500hp. The whole way he has been outstanding... There has been issues here and there but he has worked through everything with my car and done it well. He is very fair with pricing and takes care of his people. He has a ton of experience and has been in the evo tuning scene for quite some time. There are a ton of people in this area that wouldn't trust their cars with anyone else. I have had some experiences with other SHOPS... would I say that im impressed.... no.... I know stuff happens but come on... I have heard some horror stories...

 

What time are you guys planning on being out at z-max?