Sprinter Specialists

[shift_rook]

i sorta stole this from the nsw section but i wreckon it's a good idea, post up who you've had good experiences working with your sprinter or *e7*.

General


Auto Electrical
Username Sprinter86- Nath, can be found on here, just pm him

Tuning

Status Tuning
Trent & Catherine (Drift Cat)
63 Rodeo Drive
South Dandenong
Phone: (03) 9792 3333
Fax: (03) 9792 5555
E-Mail: info@statustuning.com
OPEN 9.30am - 6.30pm Monday to Friday
http://www.statustuning.com/


Dr Drift
Unit 5 / 9 Alick Rd
Brooklyn, Victoria
Australia, 3012
Phone: 0425 818 755

Suspension
Now a site sponsor on here i should be able to help you with any problems you're having, whether you just need help with your setup or you'd like something new. Happy to help out anyone on here.
0413962123, Chris

Exhaust
Road Runner Exhausts

Address
28 Percy St
Heidelberg West
VIC, 3081
Australia

Performance Exhaust Pty Ltd
49 New Street
Ringwood 3134
VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
Phone: 61 3 9870 4977
Always been cheap and quick.

Professional exhaust
15 Webb Road
Airport West – VIC
http://www.professionalexhaust.com.au/


Body Work/Panel Beating

Oven Baked Enamel Services
34 Molan St
Ringwood
Ph: 9870 6545
The work here is not the cheapest but if you are looking for A1 finish they are great. Speak to Dick and he will work something out

Tyre Centre
Trackside Race & Rally tyre Service
Factory 2B
161 Canterbury Rd Kilsyth
Ph: 9761 5557
www.tracksidetyres.com.au

Nuts/Bolts/Tools
Cost Less Bolts
13 Molan St, Ringwood, VIC 3134
Ph: 9879 5233
Ask for Dave he is a rolla nutter and drifts heaps

20v rwd stuff

sam-q pm him on here

Rim Repairs

Ajax Motor Wheels Pty Ltd
Cnr Exley Drv & Ewar St Moorabbin VIC 3189
ph: (03) 9555 7737

Mechanical

Aj car care
4 prestige drive, clayton.

Aj has been around rwd toyotas for years, i use him for all my rwc, work i cant do at home etc, very good, very well priced, even has asked me for parts a few times, there are always 86/70/71s around the shop and has alot of experience with 4ages. Also has plenty of experience in the honda world aswell.

Other - (more categories can be added)

doesn't have to be people on the forums




Exhaust

[stahlz_ae86]

Road Runner Exhausts

Address
28 Percy St
Heidelberg West
VIC, 3081
Australia

Was only a muffler I had fitted, but was only 88 dollars for a brand new hot dog muffler welded in done in less than half hour. Will be going back for a full system on the KE van soon. Great guy, and does good work.

[matt99]

Auto Electrical: Definatly another "+1" to Nathan (sprinter86 on the forum) he does top quality work at a very reasonable price.

[blacktopspirit]

Status Tuning
Trent & Catherine (Drift Cat)
63 Rodeo Drive
South Dandenong

Phone: (03) 9792 3333
Fax: (03) 9792 5555
E-Mail: info@statustuning.com
OPEN 9.30am - 6.30pm Monday to Friday
http://www.statustuning.com/

Tuning
Parts
Mechanical

Specialises in Nissan but will do just about anything, is regarded as one of the top tuner's in Victoria, and has the reputation to back it up!

[pieman18]

+1 for status, offered me a free dyno run after they couldnt fix my car properly - long story for another day

and when i went there im pretty sure i saw ur car there mate^^^

[KE70GT]

Dr Drift
Unit 5 / 9 Alick Rd
Brooklyn, Victoria
Australia, 3012
Phone: 0425 818 755
http://www.drdrift.com.au

[shift_rook]

and sorry what does he/they specialise in??

[adam]

Tuning.

Remaps quite a few Nissans.

[Hokey]

yeh sprinter86 for his electrical work also mechanical work and engine conversions. he's got a big workshop and will do just about anything ;)

[Water Boy]

Tyre Centre
Trackside Race & Rally tyre Service
Factory 2B
161 Canterbury Rd Kilsyth
Ph: 9761 5557
www.tracksidetyres.com.au

Nuts/Blots/Tools
Cost Less Bolts
13 Molan St, Ringwood, VIC 3134
Ph: 9879 5233
Ask for Dave he is a rolla nutter and drifts heaps

Panel Beater/Spray Painter
Oven Baked Enamel Services
34 Molan St
Ringwood
Ph: 9870 6545
The work here is not the cheapest but if you are looking for A1 finish tey are great. Speak to Dick and he will work something out

Exhaust
Performance Exhaust Pty Ltd
49 New Street
Ringwood 3134
VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
Phone: 61 3 9870 4977
Always been cheap and quick.

[blacktopspirit]

Exhaust and Mechanical
Ferntree Gully, Burwood Hwy.

He fixed my exhaust for good! after 3 other places couldn't and did nothing but patches and made it worse!

and it cost me a 6 pack of turkey.

[rthy]

Professional exhaust
15 Webb Road
Airport West – VIC
http://www.professionalexhaust.com.au/

after getting some crappy work done at RRR exhaust, had to get it fixed by these guy who did a very good job.

also:
http://www.1300wrecker.com.au
quite afew melbourne wreckers too

[Sam-Q]

I make 20v cooling parts, does that count?

[DRFTR86]

+ 1 for status, trent did my NA 4AGE running adaptronic, he has the software for adaptronic now cos i forced him to tune it, but good at wat he does best, taking my daily r31 there for a remap aswell

[shift_rook]

thanks guys for your input, would be nice to get this pinned aswel if any mods see this

[shift_rook]

Thanks guys, keep em coming, it's good to get input from guys from all over vic so it's easier for the people not as close to certain areas to see who's best for them.

[hachirusto]

anyone know of any good brake places, I want to get my jdm calipers rebuilt soon also what sort of prices would be reasonable for the rebuild?

[LEVIN86]

anyone know a place to tune a 7age 20v silvertop in a 86 that has a wolf 3d ECU ??
anyone have any recommendations or experiences (good/bad).. im from westside but anywhere is fine as long as they do a good job

[blacktopspirit]

anyone know a place to tune a 7age 20v silvertop in a 86 that has a wolf 3d ECU ??
anyone have any recommendations or experiences (good/bad).. im from westside but anywhere is fine as long as they do a good job


Trent at Status Tuning

[Sam-Q]

or at Racetech in dandenong, Wolfs often dont like 20V crank angle sensors though.

[Hokey]

should also ad sams name to the list. in general i guess for rwd conversion parts :thumbup:

[Sam-Q]

thanks man! Here is my dodgy half finished website:

s-86.com (http://s-86.com)

[djscheppy]

Not really specialist but ...

Ajax Motor Wheels Pty Ltd
Cnr Exley Drv & Ewar St Moorabbin VIC 3189
ph: (03) 9555 7737

they fixed one of my bent rims that Advanced Alloys rejected, though i hear they are good too.

[k.aaron]

Electric-life.

Phone - (03)9383-3688
Email - salesvic@electriclife.com.au
Website - www.electriclife.com.au

Specializing in power windows!

[ae86]

anyone know any professional wheel restorers ? like sanding and polishing cheap

[banzai_pots]

also wondering about cheap/good respray places?
cheers

[matt99]

also wondering about cheap/good respray places?
cheers

Cheap and good NEVER go together.

DT panels in Springvale will do pretty much the best job, and for they job they do, its priced well. However its a lot more than a shitty backyarders job.

[blacktopspirit]

Yep DT panels, I'm yet to hear a bad thing about him

as in I've herd about him doing a shit job but for the price he charges you wouldn't complain, and I'm pretty sure he is very capable of doing a great job for the extra dosh!

[JDM-086]

can we get this as a sticky? cleaned up and updated?

[dove grey 64]

dandenong exhausts, chandler road dandenong, super quick and cheap as chips. $80 for a new resonator fitted.
there is a guy up here in belgrave heights that is a toyota wiring guru, i wont put up his number but can make referrals.
im an upholsterer/trimmer by trade so im good with interiors, mainly specialise in classic cars but i've done a few recaros and will be re trimming my 86 soon
JLC motors in graeham rd clayton sth for general workshop stuff, good honest and cheap mechanics, everyone i've introduced to them always goes back

[Sam-Q]

thread now stuck

[DRFTR86]

Aj car care
4 prestige drive, clayton.

Aj has been around rwd toyotas for years, i use him for all my rwc, work i cant do at home etc, very good, very well priced, even has asked me for parts a few times, there are always 86/70/71s around the shop and has alot of experience with 4ages. Also has plenty of experience in the honda world aswell.

[shift_rook]

If you guys want to put up phone numbers and recommendations i'll update original post

[JDM-086]

This thread can be super helpful. lets try and keep it up to date and informative with quality service providers only, as finding a decent tradie these days is near impossible... I've had my car for 7 years and I'm yet to find a mechanic I'm completely happy with :S


Not taking anything away from Chris aka shift_rook (Shockworks) as he's awesome at what he does and a very credible member of the 86 community but i'd like to add these guys to suspension just as another quality option this side of town if for what ever reason Chris isn't an option/available for your suspension needs.

Centreline Suspension
72 Lipton Dr Thomastown VIC 3074
(03) 9469 2914

I've taken my car to these guys for years, they can come off as a bit arrogant at first but they really do know their stuff. They do an amazing job and are worth every little bit of coin (Bit more expensive than your average joe suspension place but still reasonable). They deal with many track cars and actually own and race one of the fastest RX7's in aus (circuit) as well as doing many suspension set ups for various other professional race cars such v8 Supercars. You can be assured you'll get a quality job and they are quite honest and give you decent feedback and options. They do ALL suspension related work from alignments to custom coilovers.

[shift_rook]

I'd be very interested to see what they can offer for the AE86, what brand of shock do they use?

[JDM-086]

more of a work shop rather than parts supplier, they wont be able to better the products your supplying. They do offer a good trustworthy service so i thought it was worth a mention.

[JDM-086]

Can anyone recommend a good mechanic anywhere on the north or west side.. I think I've had about enough of my mechanic.

[stahlz_ae86]

I get the mrs car serviced at hogan automotive on northern rd Heidelberg west and think he is quite good, never taken a 4age there but he was great with the vienta so I'm taking the Subaru there now too.

[sprinter666]

+1 to nath for electrical, +1 to shockworks, and add lilydale exhaust fix up on there aswell, did a killer exhaust for my old sprinter out of mild steel, very reasonably priced, great sound, killer work, loved it :)

oh also, promax automotive in blackburn, hes got killer cars does great work and will help you with just about anything, he does evo's all the way to 240z's guys a legend i trust him with all my cars. well priced to not a rip off.