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mechanic recommendations in San Gabriel Valley

Discussion in 'Southern California' started by tolucajo, May 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM.

  1. May 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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    Tacoma(2nd gen) and 4runner(5th gen) owner looking for mechanic shop for general maintenance and etc in the San Gabriel Valley area. Any opinions/suggestions? Prefer not to use dealer service departments. Thanks
     
    tolucajo, May 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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  2. May 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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    I highly recommend @Superdave1.0 hes in the Lakewood/downey area and a professional mechanic
     
    IEsurfer, May 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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  3. May 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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    Second on this. Dave is great
     
    lamjam, May 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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  4. May 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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    Thanks fellas
     
    tolucajo, May 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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  5. May 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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    ill ay

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    ill ay I DO MAN STUFF

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    I recommend Dave of Super 2.0. He's better then superdave1.0
     
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  6. May 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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    Damn I went to Superdave1.0! Gonna ask for my monies back.
     
    Diver_De_Taco, May 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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    RPM Garage in Monrovia. They work almost exclusively on 4x4 Toyotas
     
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  8. May 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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    They’re really good but also really expensive I think they charge the most of all the local Toyota shops
     
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  9. May 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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    Superdave1.0 Grandma Dave

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    LOL
     
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  10. May 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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    They used to be really hard to get an appt with too, would have to book an alignment 3 months in advance lol. They moved from that small 2 garage space to a huge lot with several garages though, haven’t been there since they moved
     
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