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Old Sep 30, 2009, 05:17 PM   #1
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So here is my review of Strictly Modified thus far.

While trying to find a few odd and end parts for my build I came upon Strictly Modified. Im not sure when I first contacted them but my best guess is about 5-6 months ago. Cisco promptly answered the phone, took my order (wastegate I believe) got my CC and everything is good, right? Wrong, it was the best vendor experience I have had on this forum. No BSing around, they gave me a ship date and time close to when it was suppose to be at my house and it was 2 days early, hows that for service?

Over the course of the last few months Cisco and myself have kept in contact about tuning my car. Now if you aren't up to speed on my build, well here it is:

A full 37r build top to bottom...COMPLETE!

I fianlly got the car where I thought it was ready for a tune. So I trailered the car down to their shop and dropped it off. Now mind you this was September 19th and it was on a Saturday whne they are closed. With prior arraingemnts I had Eric meet me there to get the ball rolling, let him know what I want done to the car and few things I want added to finish the engine bay. First off was a general lookover to see if I missed anything, and to get a break in tune for the engine. The rest was install the IAT, vent can, etc.

Apparently I missed quite a few things, some major, some minor things. But what gets me most is how in depth they go.

Fast forward to Friday (9-25-09) By this time Cisco has to be getting sick of me calling for updates, and I don't blame him. So he said the car will be ready Monday 9-28-09. Well a few issues came up so it was posponed a day, no big deal. So all yesteday I think Cisco called me about 7 times with hour by hour updates, which he didnt have to do. So I plan on being down there to take delivery of the car. Well on the way down I get the dreaded "We found a problem" call. Basically the AMS small battery finally died after 4 years. Since they still have the car getting the tweaks out of it, Im happy its in good hands.

To make the story short and sweet, they will always have my business.

To Cisco, Eric, Devin, and I just cant think of the techs name off the top of my head. When you guys head up here, were grilling out.

EDIT: Forgot to add, dont buy Peakboost stuff, it WILL cost you in the long run


Ill update this when I get the car back with the initial ride impressions. Im sure I will be more than happy.

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Old Sep 30, 2009, 07:02 PM   #2
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So here is my review of Strictly Modified thus far.

While trying to find a few odd and end parts for my build I came upon Strictly Modified. Im not sure when I first contacted them but my best guess is about 5-6 months ago. Cisco promptly answered the phone, took my order (wastegate I believe) got my CC and everything is good, right? Wrong, it was the best vendor experience I have had on this forum. No BSing around, they gave me a ship date and time close to when it was suppose to be at my house and it was 2 days early, hows that for service?

Over the course of the last few months Cisco and myself have kept in contact about tuning my car. Now if you aren't up to speed on my build, well here it is:

A full 37r build top to bottom...COMPLETE!

I fianlly got the car where I thought it was ready for a tune. So I trailered the car down to their shop and dropped it off. Now mind you this was September 19th and it was on a Saturday whne they are closed. With prior arraingemnts I had Eric meet me there to get the ball rolling, let him know what I want done to the car and few things I want added to finish the engine bay. First off was a general lookover to see if I missed anything, and to get a break in tune for the engine. The rest was install the IAT, vent can, etc.

Apparently I missed quite a few things, some major, some minor things. But what gets me most is how in depth they go.

Fast forward to Friday (9-25-09) By this time Cisco has to be getting sick of me calling for updates, and I don't blame him. So he said the car will be ready Monday 9-28-09. Well a few issues came up so it was posponed a day, no big deal. So all yesteday I think Cisco called me about 7 times with hour by hour updates, which he didnt have to do. So I plan on being down there to take delivery of the car. Well on the way down I get the dreaded "We found a problem" call. Basically the AMS small battery finally died after 4 years. Since they still have the car getting the tweaks out of it, Im happy its in good hands.

To make the story short and sweet, they will always have my business.

To Cisco, Eric, Devin, and I just cant think of the techs name off the top of my head. When you guys head up here, were grilling out.

EDIT: Forgot to add, dont buy Peakboost stuff, it WILL cost you in the long run


Ill update this when I get the car back with the initial ride impressions. Im sure I will be more than happy.
Mike,

Thank you for the excellent review. I simply logged on to check my pm's and boom i find this. We look forward to being your performance/maintenance head quarters. You will hear from me tomorrow once the car is ready to roll. I cant wait to see your beast in action.

P.S. the other tech's name is Nick. LOL
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Good review, I've been dragging my feet on having SM do my build. Everytime I think I'm ready to drop the car off, I order up some new parts and have to retune the car
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Good review, I've been dragging my feet on having SM do my build. Everytime I think I'm ready to drop the car off, I order up some new parts and have to retune the car
Lol, chris bring the beast by. I have yet to see it in person.

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Old Oct 12, 2009, 05:43 PM   #5
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Free bump for strictly modified!! They installed a clutch on my car and even though we ran into some problems they took care of them quickly and made sure I was accommodated since the car had to stay overnight! Found my new shop Thanks SM!
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