Shops in CT

[vrex]

Happy New Years! I'm in the preliminary planning stage for some work id like to do this winter. i would like to have my front bumpers, front lip, the lower rockers, and rear bumperettes painted, and some clear bra applied. as far as paint goes, ive been given a few names or found a few places, but of course the people that recommended the places are partial to those places, so thats not really fair for an eval. places im considering:

Musante Motorsports - south windsor, CT (based purely on web search)

Plaza auto body- wallingford, CT (valenti porsche of wallingford's recommendation, my mom has had autobody work done there, good relationship with owner)

Ron's auto madness- bristol, ct (fellow porsche enthusiast has had several cars resprayed there, very happy with the results)

Any other recommendations? any thoughts on those places?

I'm also looking to have some suspensions and DME tuning work done. I'm planning on going with a coil over system. without getting into a suspension discussion, i intend to have a shop do some proper setup, including running the out of the box coilovers on a shock dyno and revalving to balance them, as well as specing an appropriate spring rate, and then corner balancing and aligning. anyone can sell and install suspension, i want a shop with some suspension engineering prowess and the tools to get it right.

I've heard great things about Daniel Jacobs in Oxford, CT. they are apparently a full service shop, providing race engineering, as well as auto body (from what i gather). they run a race team, and they are an authorized softronic's reseller. has anyone dealt with them?

Thanks for the help, and have a safe and happy new year!

Cheers-

[Grretl]

Happy New Years! I'm in the preliminary planning stage for some work id like to do this winter. i would like to have my front bumpers, front lip, the lower rockers, and rear bumperettes painted, and some clear bra applied. as far as paint goes, ive been given a few names or found a few places, but of course the people that recommended the places are partial to those places, so thats not really fair for an eval. places im considering:

Musante Motorsports - south windsor, CT (based purely on web search)

Plaza auto body- wallingford, CT (valenti porsche of wallingford's recommendation, my mom has had autobody work done there, good relationship with owner)

Ron's auto madness- bristol, ct (fellow porsche enthusiast has had several cars resprayed there, very happy with the results)

Any other recommendations? any thoughts on those places?

I'm also looking to have some suspensions and DME tuning work done. I'm planning on going with a coil over system. without getting into a suspension discussion, i intend to have a shop do some proper setup, including running the out of the box coilovers on a shock dyno and revalving to balance them, as well as specing an appropriate spring rate, and then corner balancing and aligning. anyone can sell and install suspension, i want a shop with some suspension engineering prowess and the tools to get it right.

I've heard great things about Daniel Jacobs in Oxford, CT. they are apparently a full service shop, providing race engineering, as well as auto body (from what i gather). they run a race team, and they are an authorized softronic's reseller. has anyone dealt with them?

Thanks for the help, and have a safe and happy new year!

Cheers-

[Grretl]

And a New Years greeting to you as well. I have used the services of both Musante and Dan Jacobs and both have done very satisfactory work for me. Chris Musante has some sensational wheel alignment equipment and I suspect that both are in a "slow" period as winter snows have kept many of us in the garage. I spoke with Chris Musante a week or so ago and he said that most of his present backlog is represented by modifications for racing purposes. I suggest that you also contact the Connecticut Valley Region of the Porsche Club of America as its membership is extensive and a terrific source of references.