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Old 01-18-2011, 04:05 PM
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Any local shops that do turbo pnp and coating?
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EQ tuning might still do it. call and find out
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We port wastegates and can do some minor P&P on the rest of the housings, but we don't do any coating in house.

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save your money for better mods, or buy a die grinder Trust me I have been there.
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Thx Ed I will contact you if I cant find anything closer to San Jose and I waste a lot of money doing stupid **** Abooth. Its all about the learning experience.

I was planning on getting my second td04 pnpd and installing it with all the other GS stuff thats been sitting at the shop this weekend. I just cant keep staring at the toys any longer. I need to play haha
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You can try Accessories Plus in Belmont to get the ceramic coating. Guy there told me they also coat turbos in addition to exhaust parts ect.. They don't do any pnp work afaik.

Here's what my header looked like after getting it back from them:

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Originally Posted by wrxBRAH
Thx Ed I will contact you if I cant find anything closer to San Jose and I waste a lot of money doing stupid **** Abooth. Its all about the learning experience.

I was planning on getting my second td04 pnpd and installing it with all the other GS stuff thats been sitting at the shop this weekend. I just cant keep staring at the toys any longer. I need to play haha
I'm all for questing for knowledge ...but why re-invent the wheel?
Put your money and (more importantly ) time into say, suspension set up, etc?
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I'm all for questing for knowledge ...but why re-invent the wheel?
Put your money and (more importantly ) time into say, suspension set up, etc?
whats the cost on this stuff? I was under the impression it would be $150 to pnp + coat a turbo. Maybe Im totally off.

My current turbo has 130k on it and is starting to chug plus I still have an uppipe cat. Figured why not port the other one if its cheap ya know?
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You can try Accessories Plus in Belmont to get the ceramic coating. Guy there told me they also coat turbos in addition to exhaust parts ect.. They don't do any pnp work afaik.

Here's what my header looked like after getting it back from them:

that looks sexy, whats their pricing like?
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Oh - you want to talk to
http://www.replikamaschinen.com/ in Santa Clara
They can do ceremic coating as well as porting, dry film lubes, and heat reflective coatings.
Don ain't cheap, but he'll do it the best it can be done
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Oh - you want to talk to
http://www.replikamaschinen.com/ in Santa Clara
They can do ceremic coating as well as porting, dry film lubes, and heat reflective coatings.
Don ain't cheap, but he'll do it the best it can be done
AFAIK Don is no longer running replika. I used to use him for coating as well.

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The only coating that I have had experience with, and would purchase again, is Swaintech. The stuff requires a die grinder to take off!! They have about a month turn around, and is a little pricey, but it is worth it. I think I paid $180 to coat my Perrin headers.

I can understand not wanting to port your own turbo. As for anything else, a die grinder, an old gasket, and a sharpie will get you where you need to be.
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Did Don move back to Europe?
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Did Don move back to Europe?
I know he moved somewhere, but not sure where exactly. That was the last I heard from Jeremy (formerly of Crucial).

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