I will be purchasing my first Evo within the next few weeks. I intend to heavily modify the suspension and power output. Does anyone have an opinion on which shop does the best work? Has the best rep? Aren't a bunch of tuner snobs and might want to have a repeat customer?
I intend to build a monster...

 

FFTec in union city. Sean is one of the best tunners in Cali. Hit them up! Congrats on the soon to be purchased evo

 

GST is up there too. cant go wrong with them as well.

 

Not to rag on GST but they're not that responsive. The customer service sucks imho. And plus Bryan Medway doesn't tune there anymore.

Go to FFTec. You won't regret it.

 

+1 for FFTec the only 2 shops i would go to is SpeedElement and FFTec. i've also been to GST and honestly, unless i had a subaru, i wouldn't go back.

 

If you are willing to travel a bit further North (Sears Point / Infineon), why not check out the folks at Works Motorsports http://worksevo.com They are very competent, customer oriented, and their founder (and head engineer) has a long list of accomplishments with Evo's. They have many nice parts as well as an excellent tune that can be applied to your Evo X.

Give 'em a call or send an e-mail for more information.

 

A+++highly recommended!

 

i had dozens of people contact and warn me about works when i was asking for a reputable shop. I have literally never heard a single positive comment on them.

 

Full Function in Union City for tuning, fabrication, parts, and labor.

Speedelement in Fremont for parts and labor.

I've been a customer for both since I got my Evo in 2007. I'll go to these places if I can't do the work myself. I've received good customer service at both. Very responsive when contacted. If only these shops offered alignments and tires then I probably wouldn't go anywhere else. If you don't go to them you may as well start learning to work on your own car.

 

i'd stay away from them! products are way overpriced and i've never heard a single good thing about them

 

FFTec for tuning and Speedelement for the parts/labor.
I have nothing but praises for both shops and you cant go wrong there.
GST is a VERY good shop, but sometimes you feel like the shop is more focused on their race car/team than their customers, which is a big no-no when it comes to great customer service.

 

That is interesting. I've not heard a bunch of complaints about them. Can you cite a thread or were you contacted in private PMs? Seriously, if they are not recommended, I'd sure like to hear some of the "negative press" going on, especially here.

Thanks.

 

+1. I agree. I just didn't have a very good experience with GST.

 

Ditto, I've heard more bad things about GST and Works than FFTec, but honestly I've heard stuff about all of em... it happens.

 

We do our best to keep everyone happy.