Are there any good shops in the Alexandria, Arlington, or general Fairfax area they you guys would recommend othr than a Mazda dealership? I'm looking for good and reasonable maintenance. My car is lowered and this seems to have posed a problem with a few shops that I've tried in the area.

 

www.firsttowin.com

one of the best kept secrets in the area.
Highly recommend them.
Steve got my car up on the lift last week.
I can not get on dealerships lifts either btw

 

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check them out.

 

You can try curry's auto. I get the alignment done there, the one in great falls, VA. My car is also lowered.

 

I have found a shop in Manassas. Import tune shop....PTunning. They are great. I have an appointment for Sat. I ordered the parts, but they called and have made sure I ordered the rite parts and tracked the order for me. They also saved me money by suggesting what I should actually do as far as what my goals were for the car. I'll let you know the end result come Sat. Oh, and they cut me a fair price for labour

 

I always take my STi out to P Tuning. I may have to give them a shot at the 8 as well. They are very informative and professional. Great service, I highly recommend them.

 

took 2 days for them to do the cooling system and power pulleys. Only because the Mishimoto fans weren't "plug n play" like Mishimoto said they were. So after rewiring the harness, they then had to install new relays. Fair pricing and amazing job. I am setting up another appointment for next sat for some new parts