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March 2024 by Sir VapesALOT
After years of driving my car after they did a swap for me I finally figured out why I have an idle issue. One them stripped the threads on the rear section of my lower air intake. $8,000 for the swap and now since trying to find what the problem was $7,000. “If it doesn’t go away after 300 miles, let us know.” I tried on many occasions to reach out with no answers. What a waste of time and money. Thanks for putting my motor in.
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March 2024 by Frank T
Louie and his team got my dark re GSL-SE with a few upgrades..Highly recommended. Busy shop so it takes a while to get in but well worth it..
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November 2023 by Bubba W.
I had originally went to DNA Garage for a simple brake job with plans to use to the shop for future. After Louie inspected my car throughout he came back with a simple list of issues and a recommendation for brake pads. We had talked about me receiving an estimate and Louie had said that I'd receive it within 2 days. After about a week and half had passed I decided to reach out to Louie via email to see if I could get an update on the estimate and I was met with no response. After another week I reached out again and unfortunately was greeted with the simple answer of "We're too busy at the moment but the estimate should come in a few days." It has been almost 4 months and I have yet to hear anything. Louie and his crew seem like a good and friendly shop and I completely understand being busy and not being able to schedule appointments but no response for an estimate is just confusing.
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February 2023 by Luis Espinosa
Best shop for all your rotary needs!! Highly recommend!
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September 2022 by regina louviere
Great quality service! This is THE place to bring your rotary!
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September 2022 by Regina L.
Great quality work! DNA GARAGE is the place to bring your rotary!
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June 2022 by Mike T.
Less than 500 miles after DNA Garage worked on my 93 Mazda RX7 has a huge amount of blow by, the oil smells like gas, it lost ½ the boost it was tuned for, engine temp hits 229F and the ECU limiter kicks in. After a slightly negative review I posted about DNA garage Louie the owner told me to find someone else to help resolve the problems.I trusted DNA garage with my car to primarily have them do a ecu/harness replacement/upgrade and any mechanical work necessary to get to 320hp ie; new fuel injectors, fuel pump, water pump and sensors… I was told 2 weeks to get the parts in and another 2 weeks for the work. Some 3 months later the work was completed.When I finally got the car back it had new dents and scratches. Louie paid the paint shop next door to fix the scratches, but I paid to fix the dents. The scratches are still noticeable.When the car broke down I reached out to Louie because he told me that he would continue to help me with my car even after I moved out of state. Louie did try to help, but did not solve any of the problems. Louie would promise to ship this tomorrow , or call at this time, but failed on the commitments numerous times.While trying to work with Louie to diagnose the engine problems I found poorly connected wires ie; open grounds (cooling fans and pop up lights), the new $1300 harness was spliced into old wires/connectors that had cracked insulation, and numerous loose brackets all of which I fixed. When I brought this to his attention he told me the connectors were probably out of stock at the time, for example. This was not true, they are easy to get. Very poor craftsmanship for a $6000 job.I regret my decision let Louie and DNA Garage modify my RX7 and wish I would have researched other rotary shops. I am now working with a rotary shop in Florida ( I live in Nevada) replacing the turbos, cooling system and all the bad connectors/wiring I am finding in the harness.Update:After talking to Louie he agreed to build a new harness and would ship it 2 weeks. After more than 2 months a replacement harness has not arrived. What DNA finally did send was a generic un-terminated harness to the shop that is rebuilding the engine. So now that shop has to build the harness at my expense. Yet another missed commitment. Also my family moved to an area that’s cold in winter, so I decided to checked the antifreeze, there was zero hot or cold protection when I checked the fluid with a hydrometer. If it looks like water, smells like water, tastes like water, well your guess is a good as mine.Service: Auto engine tuning
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June 2022 by Kyle Trapp
Don’t bring your car here unless you are a you tuber with lots of followers.You will get lip service and poor quality work.After they worked on my car it broke down and I had to go to another shopand have all the work they did re-doneServices: Oil change
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March 2022 by Alexis Meda
Great service!!! Really helped me out when my 7 decided to basically die
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March 2022 by Junior Ramirez
Does Great Work!
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March 2022 by Kevin John
I have had a few cars done there and all have been done with great care and attention and I must say beats my expectations.
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February 2022 by Kyle T.
Here's a review of my experience with DNA Garage in Costa Mesa Ca., a shop specializing in rotary engines, starting with the ending:Less than 500 miles after DNA Garage worked on my 93 Mazda RX7 FD, it has a huge amount of blow by, lost 1/2 the boost it was tuned for, engine temp hits 229 degrees and the ECU limiter kicks in. After a slightly negative review I posted about DNA garage Louie the owner told me to find someone else to help resolve the problems.I want to say from the beginning diagnosing problems on old cars is a challenge. Having said that, I believe the turbos to be bad among other things, and want to be clear I am not blaming DNA Garage for that even though they did put the turbos on. They were swapped with original turbos as a courtesy. But for the rest of the problems I do fault DNA Garage since we were sold that the end product would be an "extremely reliable" RX7.I trusted DNA garage with my car to primarily have them do a ecu/harness replacement/upgrade and any mechanical work necessary to get to 320hp ie; new fuel injectors, fuel pump, water pump and sensors... I was told 2 weeks to get the parts in and another 2 weeks for the work. Some 3 months later the work was completed.When I finally got the car back it had new dents and scratches. Louie paid the paint shop next door to fix the scratches, but I paid to fix the dents. The scratches are still noticeable.When the car broke down I reached out to Louie because he told me that he would continue to help me with my car even after I moved out of state. Louie did try to help, but did not solve any of the problems. Louie would promise to ship this tomorrow , or call at this time, but failed on the commitments numerous times.While trying to work with Louie to diagnose the engine problems I found poorly connected wires ie; open grounds (cooling fans and pop up lights), the new $1300 harness was spliced into old wires/connectors that had cracked insulation, and numerous loose brackets all of which I fixed. When I brought this to his attention he told me the connectors were probably out of stock at the time, for example. This was not true, they are easy to get. Very poor craftsmanship for a $6000 job.Louie also kept some of my old parts, stock intercooler, HKS BOV, and a fuse panel cover which is almost impossible to replace, to name some.I regret my decision to let Louie and DNA Garage modify my RX7 and wish I would have researched other rotary shops. I am now working with a rotary shop in Florida (I live in Nevada) replacing the turbos, cooling system and all the bad connectors/wiring I am finding in the harness.Update:After talking to Louie he agreed to build a new harness and would ship it 2 weeks later. More than 2 months a replacement harness has not arrived. What DNA did was send a generic un-terminated harness to the shop that is rebuilding the engine. So now that shop has to build the harness at my expense. Yet another missed commitment. Also my family moved to an area that's cold in winter, so I decided to check the antifreeze, and there was zero hot or cold protection when I checked the fluid with a hydrometer. If it looks like water, smells like water, tastes like water.. Well, your guess is as good as mine.
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March 2021 by AJ Perris
Louie and his team were able to fix my leaky diff bushings while I waited. He also was able to include the install for the axle seals I already purchased.
