A+ Japanese Auto Repair, Inc.
The plus is that the people working here always seem to keep in contact with you and are good at customer service. It is also a good alternative to going to a car dealer for repairs. Overall a pretty good place to go to get the repairs done right. Some of the bad things are that I agree with one of the other reviews that the prices are high sometimes.I did have a laundry list of items to be taken care of and since I was in need of an oil change and my vehicle uses full synthetic oil only, they said that oil change is around $102.00, and then right away wanted to sell me the $80.00 spring special, which may have saved money, but I'm not really sure because I brought my own 5 quart jug of full synthetic oil for them to use for the oil change, which costs about $35-$40 at Autozone. One thing I wanted done was to change the aftermarket lowering springs back to the original springs, which I provided. So, it turns out that one of the struts on the front had a bunch of play in it, and low and behold all of a sudden I'm told that both front struts need to be replaced, so I say okay because my car is 12 years old and they say they usually replace them in pairs. So, now with alignment I'm all of a sudden up to about $900.00. I'm told they come as an assembly with the spring on it and fully assembled for installation. So, where did my original springs go that I provided? They only use factory parts and they are at retail from the Honda dealer, which is why it seems expensive often.Then, getting to the rear spring replacement. The bolts are seized from the rust because my car was in a salt used state in the winter time. Now, the rear shocks have to be replaced. To sum it up, I had a few other things on the laundry list I could not take care of because it would have brought the total up to way more than I already spent. They did do some things as courtesy like check out my ABS light without charge, and replaced a brake light that wasn't out when I went in. I wanted to get the stuff taken care of so I paid the high dollar amount for mostly replacement of front and rear struts and shocks, alignment, brake and clutch fluid flush and fill, and the discounted spring special.When I left I asked where are all the old parts(since the only ones I received were the aftermarket springs), and he will check with the technician on Monday. I had at least one fully assembled strut with no problem except being worn and at least 2 front strut springs that I provided.Advice is that only do the repairs you want done even if they recommend more stuff to be done. If you want to save more money go somewhere that can use aftermarket parts, not OEM, as an alternative.I was happy with the result and the rep I dealt with on the visit, so I can't give too bad of a review.