Gavin Woods Auto Tech

[knore]

I just went to the movies down the road at that shopping centre

Saw KillBill, drove my car home wanting to kill everyone with a samurai sword.. which was a good thing .. kept my mind off how good my car was running and how fast i wanted to drive hehe

[Genesis®]

thks NismoGirl and Knore for recommendations on how to kill time there. guess i either drag my gf along or pop into the nearby cinema for a show then...

unless Gavin let me help him service my own car .... :bonk:

[NismoGirl]

Nah, no ones allowed into the workshop unless they are escorting you to show you something wrong with your car. Which, come to think of it, I spend most of my time in the workshop than sitting down chatting to Amanda :|

One good thing about Gavin's and his mechanics is they like to show you things so you are aware of problems or what things do. When my car had the power problem, he showed me the consult machine to show me what was going on. I kinda understood it, but not really. I learn lots of things when I go down there

[Anquetil]

Its going to be a good 350-400km round trip for me, mines up for a 100,000 service, however allot of the stuff is already done, like...

- Plat plugs

- Timing belt only

- Diff oil

- Trans oil

- Rad flush

- Brake fluid flush

- Fuel filter

- Engine oil & filter

I'll give them a call but can anyone give me a heads up on what else there is?

Do they do...

- Other belts?

- Injector clean?

- Compression test?

Ta for any info!

[NismoGirl]

Gavin normally doesn't like to clean the injectors unless theres something wrong with them. I've asked to get mine done but he said "unless theres something wrong, I dont touch the injectors" ... So yeah, he might say the same thing to you

[unwritten law]

i am moving down the coast in about a month so it looks like i am going to be one of his regular customers

[knore]

Hes also an official HKS distributor,

So any HKS products can be ordered and fitted i assume

[MELV]

Only 1 more day till my car goes to gaven and gets a full service ,power fc, tuned on dyno and street and gets the AVC-R wired up and working cant wait to pick it up friday afternoon. i took the car to gaven 2 weeks ago just to get a check over as i just got it from japan etc. when i picked it up and asked him why arnt the turbos boosting till so late, his eyes opened up and he replyed with they are N1's your looking at 600hp+ after you buy a power fc and i tune it. LOL I CANT WAIT !!!!!

[MJ]

haha man thats crazy!!! Sounds like an awesome car. I was at Gavin's today im getting him to install my FMIC and tune my s-afc. He's heaps busy lately i have to wait 2 weeks as hes all booked out! I feel like such a tight ass when i go there because everyone else spends mega $$ on shit for their cars. He's still nice to me though even though he knows im poor

[NismoGirl]

Dont feel like a tight arse. Every time that I go down there, I only get a service and I've been going there for nearly 2 years I don't have the money at the moment to get anything done. Your lucky your getting a FMIC.

I don't know about you, but I'd rather spend less than spend more But that's just me!

[NismoGirl]

Only 1 more day till my car goes to gaven and gets a full service ,power fc, tuned on dyno and street and gets the AVC-R wired up and working cant wait to pick it up friday afternoon. i took the car to gaven 2 weeks ago just to get a check over as i just got it from japan etc. when i picked it up and asked him why arnt the turbos boosting till so late, his eyes opened up and he replyed with they are N1's your looking at 600hp+ after you buy a power fc and i tune it. LOL I CANT WAIT !!!!!

Did he give you a price range as to what it costs to do the tuning and install of those two items?? How long does it take as well? A whole day?

Lucky man! I wish I had a pfc and an avcr

[BelGarion]

yes i would be very interested in how much it costs for gavin to install and tune a powerFC

[MELV]

nizmogirl, its about $750 to get it all done.

dyno run and all.

very cheap hay. it cost me over $1000 to get my VXSS V8 tuned with LS1edit on a dyno.

he said to drop of the car tomorrow (thursday morning) and it will take 2 days so im guessing friday arvo i can pik her up

[BelGarion]

750 dollars ey, guess i best be savin then.

[NismoGirl]

Damn. Looks like this won't be happening for quite a while eh James!! I need to save for AVCR, plus PFC PLUS the fitting and tuning... Guess Sinbad stays stock eh?

[druzilla32]

whoo hoo!, get my 100,000km service and tune from gavin tomorrow il let you know how it goes... is the beach close by? or a shopping centre, i wouldnt mind going to city beach.. gotta be some tallent in there

[knore]

theres harbour town shopping centre near it

and some other car/wheel places

i just went to the shopping centre and watched a movie (Kill Bill at the time)

[MELV]

druzilla32 ,

ill keep and eye out for you and your car. i pick mine up tomorrow.

there isnt much near by, just the shopping center.

[druzilla32]

looks like i will be spending about 8hrs in a shopping centre tomorrow then..

i hope there is a dohnut king there

kewl MELV, il look out 4 ur car too, looks neat

[Anquetil]

I'm driving from the Sunshine Coast to get mine looked at next month, looks like its going to be a long day.

The missus is gunna be draggin me around this shopping centre all day, my legs hurt already :argue: