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Old Mar 12, 2015 | 07:28 PM
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Lucky7 or Garage Life

hi guys, I'm just researching for the near future cause I might need to rebuild my motor. I'm lucky enough to live near few RX7 specialty shop. I've hear good things from both Lucky 7 and Garage Life and wanted to check if anyone has suggestion or opinions?
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Old Mar 12, 2015 | 09:19 PM
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I know the guys at Lucky 7 really well and they're the only shop that touches my car. I trust those guys and they've never steered me wrong in regards to anything rotary related.

I have met Dainel at Garage Life a few times and I've seen he does good work as well.

I guess it all depends on preference. It wouldn't hurt to get quotes from both shops.

But, my recommendation is Lucky 7.
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Old Mar 13, 2015 | 05:55 PM
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Can't go wrong with either of those shops.
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Old Mar 13, 2015 | 08:03 PM
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Both shops are solid. For me though, my cars been worked on exclusively by garage life and it's been solid.
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Old Mar 13, 2015 | 08:45 PM
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I know both have solid rep. I guess it comes down personal preference
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Old Mar 13, 2015 | 09:25 PM
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 05:41 PM
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I think angry earl maybe part of garage life crew. But like everyone says both are solid but i still drive 45 min to lucky 7 just because thats were the car i bought was previously worked on and i liked the work.
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 07:41 PM
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Man you guys are not making it easy.
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 09:12 PM
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I vote Tri-Point, especially now that they're under new owners who love 7's.

Lucky 7 also seems to be good

For some reason it seems people on this thread like garage life but at Tri-Point there are at least 4 cars there that came from Garage Life that had a lot of stuff wrong that needed to be fixed.
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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 09:18 PM
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wow really? I'm surprised that garage life's car have problems. Canoga park isn't too far but since there are so many other shops closer they have to offer something great for me to drive all the way to the valley
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 04:41 AM
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I am one of the two who run garage life and your more than welcome to come and check out the shop. We stand by our work. 1st place in redline and global timeattack so far with a car we built from the ground up. Lucky 7 are good friends of ours and they do great work too.
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 04:44 AM
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Also you may think earl may be part of our said "crew" but truthfully he is just an extremely satisfied customer since we got his car running cherry lol
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If it's anyone that works at a shop, it's the Tri-point guy. It's not only important how well a shop works on the car but also how they stand by their work.
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 11:26 AM
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Not mentioned is my first, second, and third choice. All about the R.

RRR in Santa Ana
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 12:46 PM
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Now u guys are throwing tri point and rrr to the mix? Man this is hard
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Learn to work on your car so there is no confusion LMAO
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what make u think I can't turn a wrench? working 10-12 hours a day it's cheaper for me to pay someone. Plus not matter how good of a home mechanic u might be, you can't beat some who's built these engines for several years.
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Thats it? i work 24/7. Bring home work everyday and think about my problem accounts when im at home (not including i dream about work sometimes lol). But i always manage to wrench to relax

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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 09:53 PM
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I meant no disrespect. But about rrr i took my car there once and was unsatisfied.
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Gumd02000
what make u think I can't turn a wrench? working 10-12 hours a day it's cheaper for me to pay someone. Plus not matter how good of a home mechanic u might be, you can't beat some who's built these engines for several years.
I agree with you. I rather drive my car than work on it
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Old Mar 22, 2015 | 12:08 AM
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Thats it? i work 24/7. Bring home work everyday and think about my problem accounts when im at home (not including i dream about work sometimes lol). But i always manage to wrench to relax
if ur working 24/7 what are you doing on the forum, shouldn't you be working? keep your smart comments to yourself.
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Old Mar 22, 2015 | 12:13 AM
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having been a mechanic in my previous career, I understand not every project goes as planned. things break and get stuck. A good shop will work with you when things go bad. yes I can rebuild the motor myself but it might last a year or two and might have bigger issues once I start putting pressure on the motor. I'm looking to work with a pro that know the in and out of the motor so we can beef up the weak point.
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Old Mar 22, 2015 | 12:51 AM
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My car is currently at Lucky 7. so far i really cant complain about anything. but i also deal with Daniel from Garage Life who will be tuning it when its done. im pretty new to rotary's and Will from lucky 7 and Daniel have been more than willing to walk me through everything. so i feel like im getting the best of both shops. feel lucky to have two really good local shops.
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Old Mar 22, 2015 | 12:55 AM
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from what Garage Life has told me, they use the dyno from lucky7. Is Daniel a better tuner than the guys at Lucky7? Wouldn't it make more sense to have the shop that built your motor also tune it?
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Old Mar 22, 2015 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Gumd02000

if ur working 24/7 what are you doing on the forum, shouldn't you be working? keep your smart comments to yourself.
Take to chill pill homeboy....its a ******* public forum
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