Went to Gulf Coast in SHJ (near Sahara Center, first car shot on the way to Sharjah past the Sahara Center) upon being recommended by a friend.
Car was in bad shape of an alignment and the guy who balanced my new set of sumitomo's seemed like he did it by guess alone, so needed a proper balance as well.
Staff seemed extremely knowledgeable, shop was in good order, and the equipment was new and in very good shape.
They put the car up, and attached the alignment reflector doodads (technical term, I'm sure) and as I thought, car was badly aligned. They explained what they'd be doing, and gave me a quote of 1,200AED and 300AED for balancing all tires, so 1,500AED all out. It was to take about an hour and 15 to do all work completed. Wasn't sure if the price was good, but had a good vibe about the shop so agreed.
Was treated to tea and had good conversation with one of their managers (forgot his name, sorry!) and the car was done in about an hour. He went through the results of the re-test and showed the improvements, in both the alignment and balancing, and explained what all was done, including photographs.
Took the car out onto the highway and wow, felt like a brand new car. Was very pleased. Received a phone call an hour later asking how the ride was, and to make sure I was satisfied (nice touch, it's like a friendly hug after a mugging).
Price good or not? NOT!!! but happy about the service and the end product. Definitely NOT a recommend. Maybe an arabic speaker would fetch a more reasonable price. (I.e. no "white-guy tax")
Car was in bad shape of an alignment and the guy who balanced my new set of sumitomo's seemed like he did it by guess alone, so needed a proper balance as well.
Staff seemed extremely knowledgeable, shop was in good order, and the equipment was new and in very good shape.
They put the car up, and attached the alignment reflector doodads (technical term, I'm sure) and as I thought, car was badly aligned. They explained what they'd be doing, and gave me a quote of 1,200AED and 300AED for balancing all tires, so 1,500AED all out. It was to take about an hour and 15 to do all work completed. Wasn't sure if the price was good, but had a good vibe about the shop so agreed.
Was treated to tea and had good conversation with one of their managers (forgot his name, sorry!) and the car was done in about an hour. He went through the results of the re-test and showed the improvements, in both the alignment and balancing, and explained what all was done, including photographs.
Took the car out onto the highway and wow, felt like a brand new car. Was very pleased. Received a phone call an hour later asking how the ride was, and to make sure I was satisfied (nice touch, it's like a friendly hug after a mugging).
Price good or not? NOT!!! but happy about the service and the end product. Definitely NOT a recommend. Maybe an arabic speaker would fetch a more reasonable price. (I.e. no "white-guy tax")
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