Do It Yourself garage in Kirkland, best thing ever!

I gotta give a shout out to Stew's Self Service Garage in Kirkland! What a great concept. Stew and his on-site mechanic were very friendly and extremely patient while my son and I spent two hours installing OME 887 front coils on OME Nitro Charger shocks (assembled by Headstrong) yesterday on my '18 Tacoma.

For $40/hour you rent a lift and a complete professional set of tools. They were all in good shape, and what wasn't in the tool box (torque wrench, paint pen) was loaned by the onsite mechanic. They had all sorts of jacks and things around the shop making the project go seamlessly.

The OME 60091 rear shocks were easily installed in my garage in just over an hour. It would have been even easier doing it at Stew's.

I didn't know Stew's existed until I couldn't get a couple bolts to back out on my front ball joints and started exploring economical options to get the job done. Glad I found these guys. It'll allow me to do more to my truck because I will take on more projects that I don't want to attempt in my garage, plus you have expert advice on hand whenever you need it.

 

These places can be great if you have the know how but not the tools! I have used them a couple times when I was doing something I wanted a lift for.

 

Thanks for the write-up. I was thinking about heading there to install under armor and rock sliders.

 

I used to work right near there. Never ended up using them, but really nice guys and looked like a good space to work.

 

Id love to open up a business like that, $40 an hour for rental and $75 for my time and rental.