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JimFowler
 Post subject: BMW mechanic recommendations ?
PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:05 pm 
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A friend of mine recently bought a 2004 6 series BMW. This is his first BMW and he is looking for recommendations on a good BMW mechanic for general maintenance work in the Cary/Raleigh/Apex area. Opinions ?

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Lee Williams
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Mark Cooper's shop: Performance Chassis. A club sponsor and they do very good work.
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Chuck Branscomb
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 1:15 pm 
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For a car like the 6 series, he may want to also look at Bimmer Performance Center: http://bimmerperformancecenter.com/ Dan is a former dealer tech who started his own business a while back, and I've heard great things from people who have been there.

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Vincent Keene
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Tell your friend to stop by a local CVS or Walgreen's first. He'll need a big jar of vaseline so Hans can screw him.

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Performance Chassis is good and Dave Davis is also a great BMW mechanic. Dave is located on Kirkland dr off of Lake Wheeler. 919.829.9599. Both are club supporters.

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dave davis automotive.. over near wake tech, not far from the farmers market. or shadetree garage. in raleigh nc.

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Jason Tower
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Chuck Branscomb wrote:
For a car like the 6 series, he may want to also look at Bimmer Performance Center: http://bimmerperformancecenter.com/ Dan is a former dealer tech who started his own business a while back, and I've heard great things from people who have been there.


and he'll be at vir this weekend :)
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Sean O'Connell
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:32 pm 
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If I lived closer I would say come see me but I'm not. I recommend import motor works, formerly known as mpowered automotive.

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Shade Tree. They are off Creedmoor road a few miles North of the intersection with 540. BMW's is all they do and they have a fantistic reputation. The place is located on out in the country and looks like a BMW farm.

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Pete Guthrie
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thats the place man. great folks. did work for us a few times.

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JimFowler
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:23 pm 
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Thanks for all the recommendations. I've passed them along to my friend.

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JimFowler wrote:
Thanks for all the recommendations. I've passed them along to my friend.


Even VK's?

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 Post subject: Re: BMW mechanic recommendations ?
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im not sure i would go that far. :lol: we are repairing our old black 325is . we have it down to block right now. going to hone it later. maybe rebuild it after that.then autocross it sometime next year hopefully

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