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    Castro Motorspots, you would have to be high as hell to go here...

    Castro Motorspots,

    Okay Ive had enough. Ive been there 3 times. I usually do all the work on my car, Im very capable. I was so caught up with work and I needed things fixed asap. I now realize I've taken my car there 3 times like and idiot. I can't believe I see some many e30s rocking their license plate holder.

    They have not used parts I have supplied. Changed me for work they didn't do. Sent me out on the street with no brakes. Stolen stickers out of my car and now I have no idea what work they really did or didn't do. Or if they have taken parts off my car.

    Ive driven my car over 70k miles and owned it 5 years before I took it to Castro's. Ive never had any issue with my transmission and I beat the hell out of the car. The last time it was there I had them check the car to see where leaks are coming from. My e30 has typical leaks. I was surprised when they told me the transmission was leaking as Im sure it would of presented itself by now. So a few months later its getting really hard for me to shift and its gotten so bad it would barley go into gear. I go to swap the oil thinking its maybe really old and there was hardly any oil in it. Come to find out 2 mounting bolts are missing from the passenger side where the tans meets the engine. And the inside of the bolt holes are super clean. So they couldn't have been gone for that long. Now that I changed the oil the syncos feel fucked. Hopfully I just put the wrong oil in it.

    I supplied them with the metal rings that hold the boots on the tie rod ends. Just found out they used zip ties.

    I had them do a full bushing change / rebuilt kit when I had them install the z3 short shifter. They gave me all the bushing back and said they didn't want to drop the driveline but still change and said they would do it if I ever brought it back. Not only that but they gave me the car back with the linkage grinding the hell out of the driveline with no mention to me that it was doing it. They just told me to let it grind till it wears a notch in it and then it will stop. Needless to say it was so bad I had to take it back and have them install a bent one. But now the car doesn't feel like it has a short shift so Im not sure if its still my shifter or not. Im gonna have to take it all apart and check the part number.

    After the tie rod swap I noticed a couple days later I was missing a bbs cap on my weaves.

    Had them doing the wheel bearings and all I hear is crazy grinding on the passenger front wheel when I make a hard left turn.

    Also had them install the bushing for the controls. It squeaks so bad I feel it vibrating under my feet.

    Unreal. Not only is this poor business practices. This is fraud.

    Beware.
    90 Bronzit 325is (I <3 my e30!) RIP. Best car ever.
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      #3
      I just looked at the selector rod and its not the one the one I gave them with the bend in it. Its one that had been ground down. It might not even be the brand new z3 shifter I gave them either.
      Last edited by torqueflight; 10-24-2015, 09:00 AM.
      90 Bronzit 325is (I <3 my e30!) RIP. Best car ever.
      83 Delphin 320i (R.est I.n P.ieces)
      07 STI Stg2 (Sold)

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        #4
        Please take a few minutes to proofread that initial post. It's painful to read
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          #5
          I had my exhaust setup done there a few years back and asked them to install the S52 headers that I had provided. They ended up leaving the M50 headers on and broke one of the header studs without telling me anything, causing me to have an exhaust leak for a few months until I noticed it.
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            #6
            I'm not super surprised. Many shops that have good reputations do screw up, usually due to bad employees/ people that have no idea what there doing. I used to go to a shop called "Sonic MS" in my area for doing modification's on my car. A few years later my shocks blew on the car, most likely due to me being to low on my coils. Well when I ended up doing the suspension job myself the second time around to replace the shocks, I found out quickly how horrible of a job the technician did installing my suspension kit, over torquing seriously every single faster. Threads where even stripped on a stud! It sucks, but technicians usually have a time limit on a job, or at minimum a "suggested" time to complete a job by. Because of that, they might rush threw the job, not doing there best work.

            If you think your capable of doing work yourself OP, then by all means do it. Also, if you do work on your car enough you should have caught that tranny leak. I have yet to see a e30 that doesn't have a leaky tranny on stock seals, can't blame that one on Castro.

            Edit: I guess your blaming the mounting hardware thats missing for tranny on Castro


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              #7
              Last edited by Dj Buttchug; 10-24-2015, 04:00 PM.

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                #8
                Hello everyone,

                Lets start out with clearing things such as installing parts and "stealing" stickers. The OP came to my shop about 3-4 times, the last time he was here was April, so roughly 6 months ago and is just now calling us back on issues he is having. If there was any sort of grinding, I would assume the customer would have returned back immediately and had us check to see what was going on, not complain about it 6 months later. For the record the OP's car is so far from being well maintained or cared for, making it very difficult to fix one thing without damaging the rest. Car came in with leaks we repaired what the OP asked us to repair, he did want me to replace rear end bushing, but we didn't just gave them back, we suggested to do a complete overhaul of the rear suspension rather than just replacing one or two parts, trying to save him time and money (BIG MISTAKE). As far as the shifter goes, this car has a drive shaft harmonic balancer, which I'm sure you are all familiar with, I told the OP we tried to bend his original unit to try and compensate for the rubbing, I did notify him and made him aware of the issue. OP states there were missing transmission bolts, however we did not perform any work with the transmission besides the shifter, so why would we go out of our way to loosen or remove bolts? OP did supply us with the proper hardware for the rack boots, and pointed out that zip ties were used instead of his clamps, I personally apologize for that. I'm unsure as to why my mechanic installed zip ties rather than the hardware supplied. I let two mechanics go about 3 months ago one of which work on the OP car. I told him I had no problem making this right. OP states his selector rod was not used, but in fact his was used and I let him know it was still rubbing, and that I'd shave it down to allow clearance. From what I understand shifters or selector rods don't wear, so I don't understand how the OP is all of a sudden feeling a problem. He also states he lost a center cap, speaking from personal experience I too have lost center caps and many times had nothing to do with the way they where installed. OP I offered to take everything apart in front of you, just to show you all the work we performed was actually infact done. OP also states he has squeaky lower control arm bushings, but all we did was installed the bushings he supplied us with which weren't OEM, so maybe he should contact the manufacturer instead of blaming us. OP also states we let him go without brakes, but in fact I let the him know his front brakes were wearing unevenly, and his right front caliper was sticking, he decided to have us leave it the way it was because he was going to do brake job later. After he picked up his car he drove it out the lot and came right back because he stated the pedal sunk to the floor, I told him this was due to the sticky caliper, I jacked up the car on the right front and showed him the wheel was binding due to the caliper. We then agreed to replace the caliper, front lines, and he still decided to keep the old unevenly worn pads (Again Big Mistake). What we find ourselves doing is trying to help people out but in the end it comes back and bites us in the a**. I offered to try and make things right, he refused which I can understand, but I'm still here to defend myself and my shop, I did apologize for the mistakes we made and am not afraid to admit we made those mistakes because I don't personally do all the work on the cars, and we are only human. Attached below are the two work orders of the work that was performed on the OP car, nothing has been modified or altered.
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                www.CASTROMOTORSPORT.com

                Castro Motorsport
                12600 Sherman Way, Unit C
                North Hollywood, CA 91605
                818-765-3606

                Follow Castro's on Facebook:
                http://www.facebook.com/pages/Castro...02411516506828

                Follow Castro's on Instagram:
                http://instagram.com/castromotorsport#


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                  #9
                  Originally posted by IRUNEDM View Post
                  I had my exhaust setup done there a few years back and asked them to install the S52 headers that I had provided. They ended up leaving the M50 headers on and broke one of the header studs without telling me anything, causing me to have an exhaust leak for a few months until I noticed it.
                  OP states we didn't install manifolds, before leaving the M50 exhaust manifolds on we discussed as to why we didn't install them with the customer. If I remember correctly, this car came in for a BAR Legal exhaust. This would be the reason as to why we left the M50 manifolds. According to our BAR office the cast M50 manifolds must be used in order to pass the California State Inspection. As far as the broken manifold stud, I personally was not aware of it and if it did cause issues I would have no problem repairing the problem. The only way I am able to fix or repair issues after we work on a car is only if I am notified of the problem. I do apologize OP for the inconvenience.
                  www.CASTROMOTORSPORT.com

                  Castro Motorsport
                  12600 Sherman Way, Unit C
                  North Hollywood, CA 91605
                  818-765-3606

                  Follow Castro's on Facebook:
                  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Castro...02411516506828

                  Follow Castro's on Instagram:
                  http://instagram.com/castromotorsport#


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                    #10
                    I had my front suspension modified there a few years ago so I could install them myself. I went there thinking they would do a decent job and boy was I in for a surprise. Chris cut and welded the front housings to spec and even installed the coilovers into the housings just as I requested! Not only that, he even welded on M3 sway tabs and resprayed the housings so they looked nice! Unbelievable.

                    Another time after leaving their shop, I was rearended. I called chris because it was literally a block away and he had the audacity to send over his brother to check the damage. He didnt even ask for anything in return!

                    What a bunch of assholes!

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by torqueflight View Post
                      Castro Motorspots,

                      Okay Ive had enough. Ive been there 3 times. I usually do all the work on my car, Im very capable. I was so caught up with work and I needed things fixed asap. I now realize I've taken my car there 3 times like and idiot. I can't believe I see some many e30s rocking their license plate holder.

                      They have not used parts I have supplied. Changed me for work they didn't do. Sent me out on the street with no brakes. Stolen stickers out of my car and now I have no idea what work they really did or didn't do. Or if they have taken parts off my car.

                      Ive driven my car over 70k miles and owned it 5 years before I took it to Castro's. Ive never had any issue with my transmission and I beat the hell out of the car. The last time it was there I had them check the car to see where leaks are coming from. My e30 has typical leaks. I was surprised when they told me the transmission was leaking as Im sure it would of presented itself by now. So a few months later its getting really hard for me to shift and its gotten so bad it would barley go into gear. I go to swap the oil thinking its maybe really old and there was hardly any oil in it. Come to find out 2 mounting bolts are missing from the passenger side where the tans meets the engine. And the inside of the bolt holes are super clean. So they couldn't have been gone for that long. Now that I changed the oil the syncos feel fucked. Hopfully I just put the wrong oil in it.

                      I supplied them with the metal rings that hold the boots on the tie rod ends. Just found out they used zip ties.

                      I had them do a full bushing change / rebuilt kit when I had them install the z3 short shifter. They gave me all the bushing back and said they didn't want to drop the driveline but still change and said they would do it if I ever brought it back. Not only that but they gave me the car back with the linkage grinding the hell out of the driveline with no mention to me that it was doing it. They just told me to let it grind till it wears a notch in it and then it will stop. Needless to say it was so bad I had to take it back and have them install a bent one. But now the car doesn't feel like it has a short shift so Im not sure if its still my shifter or not. Im gonna have to take it all apart and check the part number.

                      After the tie rod swap I noticed a couple days later I was missing a bbs cap on my weaves.

                      Had them doing the wheel bearings and all I hear is crazy grinding on the passenger front wheel when I make a hard left turn.

                      Also had them install the bushing for the controls. It squeaks so bad I feel it vibrating under my feet.

                      Unreal. Not only is this poor business practices. This is fraud.

                      Beware.
                      It sounds like you beat your 30 year old car to shit and things just start giving out. Seems normal to me. They warned you of the leak and your trans was dry when you checked a few MONTHS later?...big surprise. You dont even know if you put the proper oil in your trans.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by castros View Post
                        he stated the pedal sunk to the floor, I told him this was due to the sticky caliper,
                        No, no, no.

                        That makes no sense at all. The fact that you would say such a thing does raise an eyebrow to other things.

                        The brake system is hydraulic, liquid doesn't compress. Only things that will cause a pedal to go to the floor is air in the lines, a leak, or a bad master cylinder.
                        Last edited by Exodus_2pt0; 10-25-2015, 01:52 PM.
                        No E30 Club
                        Originally posted by MrBurgundy
                        Anyways, mustangs are gay and mini vans are faster than your car, you just have to deal with that.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by Exodus_2pt0 View Post
                          No, no, no.

                          That makes no sense at all. The fact that you would say such a thing does raise an eyebrow to other things.

                          The brake system is hydraulic, liquid doesn't compress. Only things that will cause a pedal to go to the floor is air in the lines, a leak, or a bad master cylinder.
                          That would still cause the caliper to stick and wear the pads unevenly. Its happened to me before.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by tonywonder View Post
                            That would still cause the caliper to stick and wear the pads unevenly. Its happened to me before.
                            No. A soft pedal is the symptom of another problem, and a sticking caliper is not one of them.
                            No E30 Club
                            Originally posted by MrBurgundy
                            Anyways, mustangs are gay and mini vans are faster than your car, you just have to deal with that.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Exodus_2pt0 View Post
                              No. A soft pedal is the symptom of another problem, and a sticking caliper is not one of them.
                              A sticky caliper and uneven brake pressure are also symptoms of the other problems you stated.

                              To reiterate, It has happened to me before.

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