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Old Jun 27, 2015 | 06:27 AM
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Specialty tuning?

Hey everyone,

Just curious if anyone has gotten a tune by Specialty Tuning before? Good or bad?

He has a pretty good deal going on right now but i havent heard of him before. He uses hptuners and he says he has been doing it for 7 years and he specializes in Cobalts.

Anyone have first hand experience?
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Old Jun 27, 2015 | 07:30 AM
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Never heard of him.
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Old Jun 27, 2015 | 08:06 AM
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Says he has been in business for 7 years so i was hoping to get some ones opinion on it. Im currently on a zzp can tune and that makes me nervous. so i might just take the chance. he seems pretty reputable.
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Old Jun 27, 2015 | 08:43 AM
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Bump for opinions.
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Old Jun 27, 2015 | 09:48 AM
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Weekends dont get much traffic here, especially not this early
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Old Jun 27, 2015 | 09:56 AM
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Yea i suppose. just keeping it on the top so when people do get on. I forget its the weekend when im currently working.
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Old Jun 27, 2015 | 02:15 PM
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Afternoon bump.
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Old Jun 27, 2015 | 02:20 PM
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Guys this speciatilly tuning is zack06cobaltsc from way back

Thats who he is zack
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Old Jun 27, 2015 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Builttss
Guys this speciatilly tuning is zack06cobaltsc from way back

Thats who he is zack
Havent been on this site too long. I havent heard of him. Does he seem like a decent tuner?
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Old Jun 27, 2015 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by MonsterDude72
Says he has been in business for 7 years so i was hoping to get some ones opinion on it. Im currently on a zzp can tune and that makes me nervous. so i might just take the chance. he seems pretty reputable.
Getting a tune from someone nobody seems to know would make me more nervous than running a canned ZZP tune. I've done the latter for 18 months, but when it comes to custom tuning I only trust my car to Terminator2. Not saying this guy you're looking at is no good, just that I would want to hear lots of good reviews before even considering him. I don't care how great of a deal he's got going on. Just my $0.02...
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Old Jun 28, 2015 | 12:31 PM
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If this is who I think it is, he was a major hack job. Who knows, maybe he cleaned up his act now.
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Old Jun 28, 2015 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 09CobaltSS1
If this is who I think it is, he was a major hack job. Who knows, maybe he cleaned up his act now.
^^^^ this was just about comment but pretty much sums it up.
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Old Jun 28, 2015 | 04:59 PM
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i was able to find some reviews from his facebook page and they liked his work. If it turns out to be **** ill be sure to spread the word.
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Old Jun 29, 2015 | 07:44 AM
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everyone is good compared to james rakes and that is basically all the FB crowd have to compare this guy against
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Old Jun 29, 2015 | 03:21 PM
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run far, run fast. Don't even think about it.
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Old Jun 29, 2015 | 05:58 PM
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i was able to find some reviews from his facebook page and they liked his work. If it turns out to be **** ill be sure to spread the word.
Some people ask for advice, then still go against what everyone tells them...
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Old Jun 29, 2015 | 06:03 PM
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run far, run fast. Don't even think about it.
This man knows his ****
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Old Jun 29, 2015 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Area47
run far, run fast. Don't even think about it.
Whats so bad about him and his tunes?
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Old Jun 29, 2015 | 09:02 PM
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You have 3 reputable tuners telling you to stay away. You better listen. You can smoke a motor in these cars really fast if the tune isn't right.
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Old Jun 29, 2015 | 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by nathan112i
everyone is good compared to james rakes and that is basically all the FB crowd have to compare this guy against
Yet everyone of Facebook worships James Rakes so I wouldn't put any value in their opinions.
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by MonsterDude72
Whats so bad about him and his tunes?
he got his start and lost a lot of motors by copying and pasting maps, charging people for 30 mins of crap, and then charging gas on top of that. There were countless times i ran across people with issues and they sent me my own map back from the guy, along with other people as well.

There is a search function on this website. I'd strongly advise using it and to find out why he was banned.
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 04:11 PM
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I have no idea how to use the search on this website. I dont even know what to look for.
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by MonsterDude72
I have no idea how to use the search on this website. I dont even know what to look for.
really?
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 04:27 PM
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Nvm, i found it. Bad tunes and scamming is why he was banned.
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Old Jun 30, 2015 | 04:31 PM
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Nvm, i found it. Bad tunes and scamming is why he was banned.
DING DING DING DING

Bingo.
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