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by **no_8wire** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:51 pm

Bob Homewood Motorsport...anybody heard of them? Got a good price for tune and install for a link, just wanting to know how reputable they are...

by **Adydas** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:08 pm

Reaseach i did said he was one of the best but i guess theres allways going to be 1 bad experiance story about someone.

But to put your mind at ease if its a good deal your happy with after shopping around i personally would take it, As no horror stories.

Another good one is Randle ( tp ) from Edgell's on the shore, but hes an Autronic tuner by main but im sure he may be able to quote and tune somthing else.

by **CaM** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:38 pm

this guy

http://www.bimmersport.co.nz/index.php? ... ticleid=11

had his car pretty much totally done by bob homewood I think. seems to rate him rather highly

by **no_8wire** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:56 pm

cool...I thought his price was too good if you no what I mean...but if hes good...sweet.

by **Meadzy** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:32 pm

yep they are awesome to deal with, they do some very good work

by **Stu-** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:05 pm

Awesome guys. Recommended

no grip · by **Akane** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:12 pm

Good kiwi bloke, prepare to sell your kidneys tho.

by **no_8wire** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:15 pm

From what I found ringing around 1800 isnt to bad for dropping off the car and having a link (they supply) wired up and tuned...

by **eritate** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:38 pm

no_8wire wrote:From what I found ringing around 1800 isnt to bad for dropping off the car and having a link (they supply) wired up and tuned...

thats a good price. what version link is that ?

by **no_8wire** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:23 pm

V5...

by **atmosports** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 7:45 pm

Yeah it'll be a V5, basically you either get a V5 LEM or a G2 these days, most of the plugins will be going G2, that way you get proper cam control like you need for late model STi's etc.

Akane it could be worse, you could have to sell both kidneys,your heart & liver & go to Turbo Vehicles & some of the other places out there, I've seen some stupidly expensive invoices from other places like $5K to supply, install & tune a Link LEM think it was either a V3 or V4 from memory.

no grip · by **Akane** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 8:19 pm

That's true.

by **GT4PWA** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:21 pm

My gt4 is in with them atm. been brilliant to deal with will tell you next friday how good the work is. Grady definatly knows his stuff family business will take good care of you unlike some other tuners out there.

by **GT4PWA** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:42 am

Just picked the car up from them now. Brilliant to deal with went above and beyond. even diagnosed a could of other problems and offerd prices and resolutions. if they giving you a good price go for it

by **1598cc** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:01 pm

Adydas wrote:Reaseach i did said he was one of the best but i guess theres allways going to be 1 bad experiance story about someone.

But to put your mind at ease if its a good deal your happy with after shopping around i personally would take it, As no horror stories.

Another good one is Randle ( tp ) from Edgell's on the shore, but hes an Autronic tuner by main but im sure he may be able to quote and tune somthing else.

Havnt had such good experiences with Edgells. tuned up a b18c turbo before i knew anything about tuning.. ran something stupid like 23degrees advance, vtec at 7000rpm. blew the engine within a month.

by **Stu-** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:18 pm

Thats unlike Randell, he is expensive but he does most of his business on his reputation so I doubt he would have cooked a tune up that bad. Ah well, suppose they can't get it right all the time - although you would hope they do.

by **IH8TEC** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:43 pm

beleive randell did bazda's, and his dads car, and will be doing mine as well shortly

by **Bazda** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:05 pm

edgell does a few of the suepr gt cars (v10 viper, chesters evo) and also does Zohabs evo, he is a very reputable tuner and even gets payed by other companys from america to go tune their cars!!!

by **MikeMan** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:34 pm

The thing is with Randall your personal relationship with him seems to affect the quality of the work.

My brother-in-law got bitten by him on the rebuild of a BDA for a Formula Atlantic car some years ago, lets just say that the quality of the work did NOT match the premium price on the invoice.

I have heard a lot of good reports on cars and engines from Randall, but I have heard almost as many bad reports and issues with BIG bills (In some cases $50K+) and average to poor results.

Bob Homewood has a VERY good rep.

by **atmosports** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:46 pm

I've never really had any bad experiences with Edgells, known them for years & have dealt with them for years as well. The vast majority of people that I know of that have been there keep going back as they seen to get a good job done at a reasonable price, without any major hassles. I've always got what I've asked for from them & the odd time I've had to call them regarding an Autornic they've always been more than helpful & generally send me stuff before I've even payed for it & I don't even have an account or buy heaps of stuff off them.

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