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If anyone would like their services done on the southside. Bring your car into Midas at Capalaba. Mention that you know me from the Skyline club (hehe) and you WILL be looked after both in service and price. We do a VERY thorough job including FULL inspections of engine bay (all items), FULL inspection of suspension and exhaust and FULL measure of brakes. We will not cut corners because you are a 'friend'. We can do any mechanical repairs but are not really into performing modifications and stuff like that. We can get our hands on most aftermarket suspension brands and will fit anything you want to supply to do with brakes, suspension or exhaust...providing it is legal of course. I should be able to give everyone discount on labour, parts and servicing. Maybe not all three at once but be sure that you will pay less than retail.

Our phone number is 07 3245 5399 and the adress is 129-131 Redland bay road Capalaba. We are at the back of the Caltex servo on Redland bay road.

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If anyone would like their services done on the southside. Bring your car into Midas at Capalaba. Mention that you know me from the Skyline club (hehe) and you WILL be looked after both in service and price. We do a VERY thorough job including FULL inspections of engine bay (all items), FULL inspection of suspension and exhaust and FULL measure of brakes. We will not cut corners because you are a 'friend'. We can do any mechanical repairs but are not really into performing modifications and stuff like that. We can get our hands on most aftermarket suspension brands and will fit anything you want to supply to do with brakes, suspension or exhaust...providing it is legal of course. I should be able to give everyone discount on labour, parts and servicing. Maybe not all three at once but be sure that you will pay less than retail.

Our phone number is 07 3245 5399 and the adress is 129-131 Redland bay road Capalaba. We are at the back of the Caltex servo on Redland bay road.

you rock!

i've been needing a service on my auto trannie...

what would the damage be roughly for a new filter, gasket, and fluid?

oh, and do you do any exhaust stuff? i just need to change the gasket that joins the dump pipe and cat...

cheers,

Warren.

The Dan Grand Master

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sounds like a great offer. Will keep it mind for anything fiddly thats in the cb assed basket.

could you do things like manual conversions, if parts supplied, etc? or is that a bit major?

Aside from being major, we try not to get into the modification side of things. It kinda brings too many hassles where warranty is provided. We give warranty on all our work and with stuff like that it is hard to do. But don't get me wrong, we are capable. I hope you can understand.

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you rock!

i've been needing a service on my auto trannie...

what would the damage be roughly for a new filter, gasket, and fluid?

oh, and do you do any exhaust stuff? i just need to change the gasket that joins the dump pipe and cat...

cheers,

Warren.

I'm not too sure on the price of a trans kit for your car. In most cases it is better for you to buy it genuine with things like that. I don't think it is available aftermarket(eg. Repco) and we only buy it for about $10 less than you. Then if we buy it, we have to add markup...so in the end it is cheaper if you buy the trans service kit and we fit it.

Retail on the flush we do is $249 but I can guarantee you won't pay anywhere near that amount. That includes a full flush and treatment with a 99% guaranteed removal of old fluid. It is pretty much the same way the dealer does it but we use a better treatment. It provides better protection of your seals, bands and solenoids than the genuine treatment. I'll ask the boss for a price tomorrow and let you all know.

Trust me when I say this....you won't believe the result after it is done....it will drive like brand new again.

The Dan Grand Master

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Indication of price for timing belt change please :( Oh and as mentioned Automatic service.

Timing belt costs around $60-$70 genuine. I would not recommend using aftermarket belts for this...unless it's Greddy or something like that. Then add about $120-$140 for labour (2 hours discounted from $80 per hour to $60 per hour). The job in general would take closer to 2.5 hours assuming there are no other problems. So in general $200 would pi55 it in but I would consider doing cam seals at the same time. I don't want to touch the crank seal if it's not leaking as this takes an extra 3 hours to remove and I would go insane if I had to do another one.

But yeah, $200 would easily do timing belt fitted with cam seals.

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I'm not too sure on the price of a trans kit for your car. In most cases it is better for you to buy it genuine with things like that. I don't think it is available aftermarket(eg. Repco) and we only buy it for about $10 less than you. Then if we buy it, we have to add markup...so in the end it is cheaper if you buy the trans service kit and we fit it.

Retail on the flush we do is $249 but I can guarantee you won't pay anywhere near that amount. That includes a full flush and treatment with a 99% guaranteed removal of old fluid. It is pretty much the same way the dealer does it but we use a better treatment. It  provides better protection of your seals, bands and solenoids than the genuine treatment. I'll ask the boss for a price tomorrow and let you all know.

Trust me when I say this....you won't believe the result after it is done....it will drive like brand new again.

thanks mate, keen to find out

you can PM me if you don't want to post prices here...

The Dan Grand Master

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How sk1llzed are you at replacing exhaust manifold bolts on an RB30? Assuming the manifold is a cxnt to get on and off :>

Why are they a cxnt to get to?

I shouldn't have any problems doing it. We have the oxy there, I'll just cut it off :wassup:

If it is the same as every other RB30 then I won't have any problems mate.

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Is the guy who owned the Red VX(i think) Commodore still there. Cos when I had my last car, I got awesome service.

That was Emanuel. He was the Area Manager at the time. He no longer works in this role, however, he is still employed at the Woodridge store. He's a top bloke. Some people take him the wrong way coz he can be confrontational but I never had a problem with him.

We will look after you in the same way or better.

Don't limit my offer to just Skyline drivers either. Family of forum members will get the same service and discount. Friends of forum members might but that may be stretching it a little bit. We will still look after them but not as good on price as forum members and family. After all, if we gave everyone discount, we wouldn't get anywhere.

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That was Emanuel. He was the Area Manager at the time. He no longer works in this role, however, he is still employed at the Woodridge store. He's a top bloke. Some people take him the wrong way coz he can be confrontational but I never had a problem with him.

We will look after you in the same way or better.

Don't limit my offer to just Skyline drivers either. Family of forum members will get the same service and discount. Friends of forum members might but that may be stretching it a little bit. We will still look after them but not as good on price as forum members and family. After all, if we gave everyone discount, we wouldn't get anywhere.

what about a cousin?

the reason i have asked so many questions is that we have just moved up from melb and looking for a workshop to call our 'regular mechanic'

he has a jeep and is looking for a fairly major service sometime soon and you seem like a top bloke and have had good feedback

we shall definately pay you a visit sometime, i especially want my auto trannie serviced + gasket done (as mentioned) so i shall PM you when the time comes...

cheers,

Warren.

The Dan Grand Master

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Yeah, no problems. We look after all our customers. We don't bull5hit anyone and we only tell you what needs fixing. We won't fix anything without your authorisation....even a light bulb. We are very thorough. Sometimes people get the shits because they own a crapper and we write down everything. Some people are totally unaware of how bad a shape their car is in. I would be glad to help your cousin anytime they need it.

what about a cousin?

the reason i have asked so many questions is that we have just moved up from melb and looking for a workshop to call our 'regular mechanic'

he has a jeep and is looking for a fairly major service sometime soon and you seem like a top bloke and have had good feedback

we shall definately pay you a visit sometime, i especially want my auto trannie serviced + gasket done (as mentioned) so i shall PM you when the time comes...

cheers,

Warren.

The Dan Grand Master

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Free inspections of exhaust, suspension and brakes. Just don't ring up and say...I want a free inspection coz it gives us the shits... just ring and say you would like to have us check out your suspension or whatever. Ask for me if you like. I'll sort it out for you.

Do you guys do suspension bush replacements? I potentiall will need some replaced on the rear end of the leopard.. but I have nfi what parts would fit in this case...... :S

Actually how much do you guys charge to have the suspension bushes checked? :)

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The reason I say the exhaust manifold is a cxnt to get off is because its an aftermarket jobbie for a high mount turbo. The runners bend nicely over where the bolts go, so they have to be put on in a certain order so you can twist it to get access. Hard to explain without complicated hand motions :)

I've got an exhaust leak that I think is coming from the exhaust gasket, but I'm scared that if I pull it off I'm gonna find busted bolts... Thats where you come in. If I find busted bolts, I gotta take it somewhere who can do it cheap(ish) :D

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