Trailtoy1993
Well-Known Member
I just wanted to let you know that the NAPA machine shop on 96th and Pacific in Tacoma that was recommended by a fellow wheeler here on the site is not recommended by me!
I sent my nephew there to get his head skimmed on the recommendation of this site. They say $29.95 to skim a head and since my nephew has no job and is in high school he needs the best price he can get. Its his first wheeler then he blew his head gasket on the way home from my house after we SAS'd it (see thread "project RockStar" http://www.nw-wheelers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=739283#post739283 ) Anyway, he took his head in and without a call to check if additional charges were ok, after quoting $29.95 when he dropped it off, they disassembled his head charged him, charged a cleaning fee after telling him how to avoid a cleaning fee and he cleaned that head up spic 'n span at home with a wire brush and brake clean (i saw his work, it was CLEAN), PARTILLY reassembled his head and charged a reassemble fee, and gave him the rest in a box of parts, and charged him $80!!!!!!! Would not negotiate at all even though he told them he didn't have that kind of money, he had to borrow from his friend to get his head back!
My nephew is a gearhead, and he is 18 years old, he will probably be getting alot of junk machined in his lifetime, these guys could have cut the kid a deal and made a customer for life. Instead, they chose to jack a poor high school kid, (he needs his truck to take care of his little brother, his mom is a single parent and doesn't make much and his dad is a POS)
So, I wanted to let you all know that Tacoma NAPA machine shop on 96th and Pacific are a bunch of jackers and are not to be trusted they may be cheap up front but will back end a poor kid to death so what would they do to someone with money!?!?!!?
I sent my nephew there to get his head skimmed on the recommendation of this site. They say $29.95 to skim a head and since my nephew has no job and is in high school he needs the best price he can get. Its his first wheeler then he blew his head gasket on the way home from my house after we SAS'd it (see thread "project RockStar" http://www.nw-wheelers.com/forum/showthread.php?p=739283#post739283 ) Anyway, he took his head in and without a call to check if additional charges were ok, after quoting $29.95 when he dropped it off, they disassembled his head charged him, charged a cleaning fee after telling him how to avoid a cleaning fee and he cleaned that head up spic 'n span at home with a wire brush and brake clean (i saw his work, it was CLEAN), PARTILLY reassembled his head and charged a reassemble fee, and gave him the rest in a box of parts, and charged him $80!!!!!!! Would not negotiate at all even though he told them he didn't have that kind of money, he had to borrow from his friend to get his head back!
My nephew is a gearhead, and he is 18 years old, he will probably be getting alot of junk machined in his lifetime, these guys could have cut the kid a deal and made a customer for life. Instead, they chose to jack a poor high school kid, (he needs his truck to take care of his little brother, his mom is a single parent and doesn't make much and his dad is a POS)
So, I wanted to let you all know that Tacoma NAPA machine shop on 96th and Pacific are a bunch of jackers and are not to be trusted they may be cheap up front but will back end a poor kid to death so what would they do to someone with money!?!?!!?