NorCal Performance shops?

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Anyone know of any trustworthy shops in Northern California? Places that actually take their time, torque to spec, and don’t cut corners?

I don’t mind doing some of my own work, but I don’t have the garage space for every project I may end up undertaking with this car. Would be nice to have some options when the time comes.
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I would also like to know some good nor-cal shops.. bump
 

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Drew Eng at Serramonte Honda is a very well respected member of the Nor Cal CTR Facebook Group and a tech at the Honda dealer there. I'd trust no one else.

He does many of the bay area guys mods on his off time as well. He's the guy to go to.
 


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fine line imports in santa rosa ca. they did alot of work on my subaru
I’ll be moving to Novato sometime early next year so good to know theres a shop within a reasonable distance
 
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I went to Speed Element in the past for my Subarus, great shop. The owner also has a Type R in his stable, so he knows his stuff. +1 for them. Located in San Jose.
 

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I went to Speed Element in the past for my Subarus, great shop. The owner also has a Type R in his stable, so he knows his stuff. +1 for them. Located in San Jose.
+1 for speed element. Had them do work on my 350z several times when they were still in Fremont.
 


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Thanks guys, this was very helpful.
 

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fine line imports in santa rosa ca. they did alot of work on my subaru
I tried emailing them a while back, they told me they wouldn’t work on my car. They said they focus on Subaru/Nissan only. Not sure if it was just my luck or if they’ve changed their minds since then but just a heads up.
 

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Thanks for this thread. I’ve been exploring sus mods for my car and I simply don’t have garage space to do anything.
 

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Just a follow up here, apparently Bains Tuning in San Jose does remote dynotuning with Derek. I haven’t reached out to them yet but might in the future to dial in the e-tune I did (and to get some #s)
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