Recommendation to fit my new shocks near West London?
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Hi everyone
Quick shop/mechanic/indy recommendation help thing please :-)
My normal helpful indy Cerbera mechanic has gone radio silence and I need to have my new set of Racing Red shocks fitted to get the Cerb through the MOT.
Any recommendations of someone not to far away from W2 to do the job?
Many thanks in advance! Alex
P.S. would use my normal local mechanic but not sure trusting him and crew with the Cerb is such a good idea.... ;-/
Quick shop/mechanic/indy recommendation help thing please :-)
My normal helpful indy Cerbera mechanic has gone radio silence and I need to have my new set of Racing Red shocks fitted to get the Cerb through the MOT.
Any recommendations of someone not to far away from W2 to do the job?
Many thanks in advance! Alex
P.S. would use my normal local mechanic but not sure trusting him and crew with the Cerb is such a good idea.... ;-/
BTW - not promoting any TVR shop above any other, but have to say my experience with STR8SIX was exceptional.
Very knowledgable - way more than me which of course isn't hard! - and did a perfect job fitting the new Racing Red shocks on my car while talking about all the other upgrades/fixes it has. Made for a very enjoyable day out in the countryside!
While I was there I did some rear light cluster research (*I didn't know that they changed from early to later models) and mine has after market which are completely different. Must be more out there....
Early Cerbera
Later Cerbera
After Burners (after market on mine)
Very knowledgable - way more than me which of course isn't hard! - and did a perfect job fitting the new Racing Red shocks on my car while talking about all the other upgrades/fixes it has. Made for a very enjoyable day out in the countryside!
While I was there I did some rear light cluster research (*I didn't know that they changed from early to later models) and mine has after market which are completely different. Must be more out there....
Early Cerbera
Later Cerbera
After Burners (after market on mine)
Juddder said:
BTW - not promoting any TVR shop above any other, but have to say my experience with STR8SIX was exceptional.
Very knowledgable - way more than me which of course isn't hard! - and did a perfect job fitting the new Racing Red shocks on my car while talking about all the other upgrades/fixes it has. Made for a very enjoyable day out in the countryside!
While I was there I did some rear light cluster research (*I didn't know that they changed from early to later models) and mine has after market which are completely different. Must be more out there....
Early Cerbera
Later Cerbera
After Burners (after market on mine)
Glad they looked after you, as I said always been spot on with me.Very knowledgable - way more than me which of course isn't hard! - and did a perfect job fitting the new Racing Red shocks on my car while talking about all the other upgrades/fixes it has. Made for a very enjoyable day out in the countryside!
While I was there I did some rear light cluster research (*I didn't know that they changed from early to later models) and mine has after market which are completely different. Must be more out there....
Early Cerbera
Later Cerbera
After Burners (after market on mine)
I take it the Rosso Red Cerb with the after market lights is yours, best colour and the fastest so I am reliably informed.
Yep - thanks again for the recommendation - really nice guys and a good cup of coffee too :-)
Yes, Red is definitely the fastest although someone else recently said that Green added at least 20BHP to the engine, and crystal topaz was _much_ faster than red and black :->
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Yes, Red is definitely the fastest although someone else recently said that Green added at least 20BHP to the engine, and crystal topaz was _much_ faster than red and black :->
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Alex
Could I ask what they charged you to fit your shocks? did they also do a geometry check after fitting and setting ride height? Finally did they have to cut any of your old units out and replace bolts etc ?
I'm just about to replace mine and these guys are not a million miles from me.
Thanks Martin
Could I ask what they charged you to fit your shocks? did they also do a geometry check after fitting and setting ride height? Finally did they have to cut any of your old units out and replace bolts etc ?
I'm just about to replace mine and these guys are not a million miles from me.
Thanks Martin
Marto303 said:
Alex
Could I ask what they charged you to fit your shocks? did they also do a geometry check after fitting and setting ride height? Finally did they have to cut any of your old units out and replace bolts etc ?
I'm just about to replace mine and these guys are not a million miles from me.
Thanks Martin
Hi MartinCould I ask what they charged you to fit your shocks? did they also do a geometry check after fitting and setting ride height? Finally did they have to cut any of your old units out and replace bolts etc ?
I'm just about to replace mine and these guys are not a million miles from me.
Thanks Martin
No problems - and I think Jason who is the boss of STR8SIX will (hopefully!) be OK with me quoting his prices.
As I had the shocks already the price for fitting plus full Geometry setup and ride height match-up was £250.00 + VAT which I thought was very reasonable.
I also had the pleasure of a few hours chatting with Gordon (who did my shocks and setup) and Mark (who was working on another Cerbera) included with the price so thought that was a great way to spend a Tuesday!
The front right shock had a snapped spring, so had to be cut-out, which took Gordon a fair chunk of time to achieve [so glad it wasn't me!!!] and the other three come out fine and then we matched the ride height and geo-setup and I left for home at about 3:00PM after an 11:00 start.
Hope this helps and any other questions feel free to PM me :->
Alex
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