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Old 06-27-2015, 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 06-27-2015, 07:30 AM
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Never heard of him.
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Old 06-27-2015, 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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Bump for opinions.
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Weekends dont get much traffic here, especially not this early
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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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Afternoon bump.
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Guys this speciatilly tuning is zack06cobaltsc from way back

Thats who he is zack
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Originally Posted by MonsterDude72
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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Originally Posted by Area47
run far, run fast. Don't even think about it.
This man knows his ****
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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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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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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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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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I have no idea how to use the search on this website. I dont even know what to look for.
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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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Nvm, i found it. Bad tunes and scamming is why he was banned.
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Originally Posted by MonsterDude72
Nvm, i found it. Bad tunes and scamming is why he was banned.
DING DING DING DING

Bingo.
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