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What's a good shop to have a ring & pinion installed?

Old Feb 23, 2011 | 11:18 AM
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What's a good shop to have a ring & pinion installed?

Wanted to get the diff worked on, and the search's I've tried running seemed to turn out some fairly outdated stuff. Anyone have some shops in SoCal that you would recommend? I have a lsd and a 4.44 ring & pinion I wanted installed

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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 12:17 PM
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Nick @ Rotary Reliability & Racing in Santa Ana just did a complete differential overhaul on my REPU. Nick really knows his stuff.
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Old Feb 23, 2011 | 02:54 PM
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 10:21 AM
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Just figure id throw this out there Kaaz in garden grove
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 02:11 PM
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+1 for Kaaz... although a local shop could rebuild your diff/shim it/ install new parts whatever. it's not necessary to drive 2 hours away.

I had my Kaaz installed and broken in by Kaaz, the best $1400 I spent on my last fc haha.
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by danegerous
+1 for Kaaz... although a local shop could rebuild your diff/shim it/ install new parts whatever. it's not necessary to drive 2 hours away.

I had my Kaaz installed and broken in by Kaaz, the best $1400 I spent on my last fc haha.
+2 on Kaaz, Ray @ kaaz is awesome, absolutely loves what he does.

I had my 1.5 way in my miata super q coated and 4.875 installed there. Straight up guys.
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Old Feb 24, 2011 | 08:34 PM
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Great. Thanks for all the recommendations! How are RRR and Kaaz price wise?
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Old Feb 25, 2011 | 12:58 PM
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i think kaaz ran me $250 or $350, that include full cleaning of my diff, new axle seals, new r&p installed, shimmed and everything. my diff for the miata with brand new 1.5 way, new r&p, new bearings, new seals, super q coating, and install/setup ran me like $1600....lol

do the super q coating on your plates too, you don't have to break in your diff for 2 hours doing figure 8's
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Old Feb 26, 2011 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ImStillOnJava
Great. Thanks for all the recommendations! How are RRR and Kaaz price wise?
RRR's price was very competetive. If you want new bearings, seal & pinion nut installed, get them from rockauto.com and show up with them. It'll go a lot faster and paying cash is always helpful for a local shop if you know what I mean.
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