So, I've pretty much settled on the PPE headers and Joe Z exhaust intake/exhaust with some high flow cats in there as well (haven't decided wich yet). But my question is this.... I've asked around the area I live in Kansas City, and there are a couple of "performance oriented" shops that specialize in doing these type of mods.
One is geared more toward vettes and other similiar domestic cars but does a lot of custom exhaust work from what I can tell from their website.
The other is geared more toward turbo and supercharger set-ups for domestic and some imports as well but does have a dyno to do testing on. My third option is a specialty shop that does maily scheduled service work on luxury imports (mainly lexus, but does acura as well). This is were we have serviced my previously owned IS300 and current GX470 for many years as they have BETTER customer service and pricing than the Lexus dealership. This is also where I do plan on taking my ISF for regularly scheduled maintenance in the future. I have talked to all 3 places and all say they have done these type of installs but the latter obviously doesn't do it that often as it's not their main focus. The main service guy said "We like to do special projects like this every once in a while to keep things interesting."
Which shop would you guys lean toward?:
Shop 1: that rarely if ever has worked on a lexus. but does custom exhaust work regularly.
Shop 2: that probably has worked on Lexus cars occasionaly and is FOCUSED on perfomance aftermarket installs (but mostly turbos/superchargers) and has the dyno.
or..
Shop 3: Rarely does these type of installs but works on lexus primarily and knows my lexus MUCH BETTER than the other two shops and who will probably have higher priority making me a happy customer to guarantee future long term scheduled maintenace?
sorry this was so long! PLEASE GIVE INPUT!!! Thanks!
One is geared more toward vettes and other similiar domestic cars but does a lot of custom exhaust work from what I can tell from their website.
The other is geared more toward turbo and supercharger set-ups for domestic and some imports as well but does have a dyno to do testing on. My third option is a specialty shop that does maily scheduled service work on luxury imports (mainly lexus, but does acura as well). This is were we have serviced my previously owned IS300 and current GX470 for many years as they have BETTER customer service and pricing than the Lexus dealership. This is also where I do plan on taking my ISF for regularly scheduled maintenance in the future. I have talked to all 3 places and all say they have done these type of installs but the latter obviously doesn't do it that often as it's not their main focus. The main service guy said "We like to do special projects like this every once in a while to keep things interesting."
Which shop would you guys lean toward?:
Shop 1: that rarely if ever has worked on a lexus. but does custom exhaust work regularly.
Shop 2: that probably has worked on Lexus cars occasionaly and is FOCUSED on perfomance aftermarket installs (but mostly turbos/superchargers) and has the dyno.
or..
Shop 3: Rarely does these type of installs but works on lexus primarily and knows my lexus MUCH BETTER than the other two shops and who will probably have higher priority making me a happy customer to guarantee future long term scheduled maintenace?
sorry this was so long! PLEASE GIVE INPUT!!! Thanks!