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  1. Join Date
    Apr 2005
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    #6
    Hi guys,
    Im just having second toughts if I should give tips on repairs because as we all know mechanics are like doctors and every doctor has his own style and his own way of treating a patient. When I was young, my father also repaired and restored cars and I also have seen private mechanics and mechanics from Casa when I was in the Philippines. I learned and became a pro mechanic here in Japan so my style may be very different. I worked for a semi-dealer company where Im the only foreigner and made it to be one of the top mechs in that company before I resigned. While working for that company, I also trained doing crashed, water damaged car restoration for another company so I learned a bit of panel beating and painting also but I also learned how the car auctions work so I decided to go solo and that is the reason why I only do my cars. My foriener buddies also trained me how to chop cars and bikes so basically Im a jack of all trade and a master of none and since I try to do things the cheapest way, my style may be a bit odd for some.
    Back in my old work place we repair cars like hot cakes. Everything is done very fast (time is money), I remember since Im was one of the fastest member that the company made me do difficult jobs in doubles (I can change a timing belt for Celciors/Lexus/Cimas/ Benz 600, etc and I can do 2 in a day for the same fckin salary... fck them! And if its only for chopping, I can drop a Surfs engine in 20 min... snip-snip, chop-chop style). Back there we use high tech tools, fancy high tech gadgets lots of books but in the end, the pros-pros do it (sometimes) by using the basics like duct tape and WD-40 and it works!
    Im not good remembering models, engines, or whatever since the cars rolls very fast and the models keeps on changing. Japanese models change every year and Im sure that only a handful of these mods goes outside Japan. We also did many foreign cars but mostly Europeans like Benzes, Minis, VWs, BMW, Porches, Romeos, etc and sometimes, RRs, Bentleys and Ferraris. Maybe Ive lost some of my love and respect for cars especially for my cars since I put cheap diesel engine oil in all my cars whether its a cheapie or an expensive model. My Evo 7, Benz 500, and my Celsior loved the deisel engine oil I just hope that some especially DIY enthusiast can benefit from my cheap way of doing repairs. Please dont ask if I drive an expensive car because I hate them. I only drive dirt cheap vans that nobody will be interested to use.
    If you have problems especially if its for a very rare Japanese car and you mechanic is running in circles, maybe I can give some help especially if you want to do it yourself. BUT please try to understand that I dont have all the answers and may be occupied doing work.
    TY

    PS: if you have time, please check the gallery. Ive posted some of my vehicles that Ive repaired and chopped and in shorts... please dont expect anything fancy because all I have are cheapies.
    Last edited by Trials Jpn.; February 4th, 2006 at 02:48 AM.

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