hey bro, you are correct in a sense... we only carry the Carbonetic/ATS clutch in our store and it's the only clutch that gets our 'vote of approval' for high HP cars. We understand that consumers choose the product of their choice and decide on which one to get... It's is our intention of saving you money in the long-run by not having to perform the same installation twice... but that's a herculean effort.

So now, we will do the installation of your choice of clutches... but you will have to sign-off on a waiver for the part and the installation. If your clutch fails or breaks 3 or 6 months down the road, you are responsible for the replacement clutch and we won't give any discount on the labor... if we have to install it again, then we will charge a full install - again.

cheers.
Mike

 

Fastcoevo,


If I said something that you disagree please let me know. I haven't dealt with Richard in 2 years and 3 months(June 04) and that was back when I owned the Subaru.
Ask around, he use to be the most expensive shop in Phoenix. I want to believe that he has become more competitive because the competition is greater.

I am posting base on my experience with the shops but off course things might had change since.

Carlos

 

Mike, it's good to see you guys are installing things that you don't carry. When did Mynes decide to start installing items that weren't purchased there? Hell, I would have given Engineer a few dollars to put tires on but I fugured since I didn't order them from Mynes they didn't want the business.

 

Bro, we started this about a month ago. We now have tire machine and balancer working so we can mount and balance tires in-house.

How's your new van? Don't be a stranger now that you've sold your evo


cheers.
mike

 

Go to Pat at Vivid and get it done right the first time......

 

Vivid is the absolute LAST place i would ever go for ANYTHING. And this comes from personal experience. Mynes does great work with their installs and Dynocomp is very very top shelf as well. Its your money, but remember you get what you pay for...

mike

 

I still have the EVO. I got a "hole" in a tire that wasn't fixable at Discount so I had Discount order me some tires from Tirerack. Had I known Engineer would have been able to install the tires, I would have ordered directly from Tirerack and had them drop shipped to your store to have them installed, I remember being told that "if you don't buy it from us, we won't install it" so I just had discount order them for me. I was there when you brought the tire machine in.

 

I don't think you can wrong going to any of the places that everyone has mentioned.
I think they are all charging about the same labor rate per hour. DynoComp has become more competitive in price because there is more competition now. You need to go the one you feel comfortable with. Hell, go interview the shops you are considering. I think that Mynes has the "stamp of approval" in the EVO community.
After tinkering with the boost pill for about 15 minutes, Engineer came over and had it out in 15 seconds, so.........

I have a story and it goes like this------When I had my S2000, I had the supercharger with the aftercooler (air to water) and I shopped around to have a new clutch installed. DynoComp was by far the most expensive so I went to Basch Acura (known in the NSX community) for the install. Well, the tech crossed my air line with coolant line and I ran coolant through the motor. Needless to say, I made the car back to stock, sued Basch and that's how I ended up with the STi. Had I went with DynoComp, I know this would have never happened.

So the moral to above story is, don't be cheap when it comes to labor on your car.

 

i could have sworn i posted a reply that this was for a FR car which is my IS300 and not an Evo. oh well. alot of great feedback guys. thanks much appreciated from the AZ guys.