WheelinJR
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Portland, Oregon
This is gonna get a little long...sorry.
Okay, final verdict on Sunnyside Automotive is just stay away.
Originally, I went in and asked for 2.5" from header-back, with a new cat, and a flowmaster 40. They had knockoff FM40's as flowmaster lost their patent I guess, so they said they'd use that and charge me $300 for the whole job.
They did a new 2.5" cat, a flowmaster 40 with a 2.5in/2.25out and 2.25" tailpipe, and nothing from the header. They're excuse was that they couldn't go from the header because it was only 2" and that their was an o2 sensor in that pipe. Not sure why they didn't think they couldn't flare it right after the header and weld in an o2 bung, but whatever. They also said they did the 2.25" tailpipe because the 2.5" was too hard to bend into place. He then charged me $250 because they didn't do the downpipe.
Now, regardless of arguing gains of power and blah blah blah, let's not go there, it is what I asked for. If they couldn't do it, it is my thinking that they should've called me before doing anything. I was obviously not some random soccer mom that was bringing in her Tahoe for repairs, and that I was pretty particular on what I wanted. If they couldn't have done it they could have told me what they could do and I could have said yes or no.
So I got the Jeep back, and immediately knew I was unhappy with it. The 2.25" pipe was very "hissy" under load, sounded like crap. Also, they put some chrome tip on it that looked real south of the border. To top it off, they had aimed the tailpipe just upward enough so that it pointed up at my bumper and was covering it in black soot.
So I emailed the guy, and he said they could re-do it. After about 4 emails back and forth, each time asking how much he was going to charge me to do the 2.5" tailpipe and change the muffler to a 2.5in/2.5out, and each time going unanswered, I finally got the answer that he wouldn't charge me and got a time set up.
Now, I dropped the Jeep off, and called him later in the day to make sure it was done. He told me that they couldn't route the tailpipe straight out, and they had to go over the leaf and out the side, which I was ok with. I picked it up on friday.
Now this is the part that makes me never want to go back there. Every time I talked to him, both by email and on the phone, I clearly said that I wanted the muffler replaced and the tailpipe redone.
Sure enough, I got it home, inspected it and not too much to my surprise, they stuck the 2.5" pipe right up to the 2.25" outlet and welded it on. Didn't change the muffler at all. Go figure.
The shop is called Sunnyside Automotive in Clackamas...and I don't recommend it.
Okay, final verdict on Sunnyside Automotive is just stay away.
Originally, I went in and asked for 2.5" from header-back, with a new cat, and a flowmaster 40. They had knockoff FM40's as flowmaster lost their patent I guess, so they said they'd use that and charge me $300 for the whole job.
They did a new 2.5" cat, a flowmaster 40 with a 2.5in/2.25out and 2.25" tailpipe, and nothing from the header. They're excuse was that they couldn't go from the header because it was only 2" and that their was an o2 sensor in that pipe. Not sure why they didn't think they couldn't flare it right after the header and weld in an o2 bung, but whatever. They also said they did the 2.25" tailpipe because the 2.5" was too hard to bend into place. He then charged me $250 because they didn't do the downpipe.
Now, regardless of arguing gains of power and blah blah blah, let's not go there, it is what I asked for. If they couldn't do it, it is my thinking that they should've called me before doing anything. I was obviously not some random soccer mom that was bringing in her Tahoe for repairs, and that I was pretty particular on what I wanted. If they couldn't have done it they could have told me what they could do and I could have said yes or no.
So I got the Jeep back, and immediately knew I was unhappy with it. The 2.25" pipe was very "hissy" under load, sounded like crap. Also, they put some chrome tip on it that looked real south of the border. To top it off, they had aimed the tailpipe just upward enough so that it pointed up at my bumper and was covering it in black soot.
So I emailed the guy, and he said they could re-do it. After about 4 emails back and forth, each time asking how much he was going to charge me to do the 2.5" tailpipe and change the muffler to a 2.5in/2.5out, and each time going unanswered, I finally got the answer that he wouldn't charge me and got a time set up.
Now, I dropped the Jeep off, and called him later in the day to make sure it was done. He told me that they couldn't route the tailpipe straight out, and they had to go over the leaf and out the side, which I was ok with. I picked it up on friday.
Now this is the part that makes me never want to go back there. Every time I talked to him, both by email and on the phone, I clearly said that I wanted the muffler replaced and the tailpipe redone.
Sure enough, I got it home, inspected it and not too much to my surprise, they stuck the 2.5" pipe right up to the 2.25" outlet and welded it on. Didn't change the muffler at all. Go figure.
The shop is called Sunnyside Automotive in Clackamas...and I don't recommend it.
