A-Spec in Schaumburg

[vivanapoli806]

Went there today to drop off my car. Talked with the owner Sean for a little bit. Really nice guy and have me fair price on everything I wanted installed. Getting walnut blasting done as well as couple other things I will update once I get the car back.

[vivanapoli806]

Got my car back and couldnt be happier Sean and brad at a-spec are great guys. They did walnut blasting for me and installed dci, chargepipe with bov, fmic, occ, wheel spacers, steering wheel trim, and changed oil and spark plugs. Highly recommend these guys especially for walnut blasting. I saw some decent gains just doing that alone.

[CHITOWN1series]

Thanks for the info. I need to get mine walnut blasted soon. Approaching 55k

[vivanapoli806]

I'm at 41k and they said mine was pretty bad. For the price they do it at u can't go wrong. Tell them nick with the black 135i recommended u

[mano26]

What did they charge? I think A&L does it for $350 but Schaumburg is closer to me

[vivanapoli806]

Sent u a pm

[bmwdude89]

If that doesnt work i recently went to 2 local bmw masters techs that work at a local dealer. They do side work on the weekends and used the bmw special tool. They are in algonquin and charged me $325. Also did my oil fikter housing gasket at the same time. Will be going back.

[vivanapoli806]

I know who u are talking about. They used to post on here but I don't think they do anymore. I chose A Spec because they are close to me and the guy there has done tons of blasting on bmw and minis

[mano26]

Originally Posted by vivanapoli806

Sent u a pm

thanks!

[135iam]

I have an appointment at A-Spec on Monday. Looking forward to it.

[135iam]

Very happy with the work done by A-Spec tuning today. I showed up with my rear coil overs and M3 rear arms installed.

Brad installed my front coilovers, M3 arms, Dinan fixed plates and set the ride height were I wanted it.
He ran it down and got it aligned, and finished it off with a walnut blasting of the intake ports.

Interesting to see the intake valves. At 37000 miles I had buildup on the all of the valve stems, and buildup starting to form on the valves.. Kinda looked like grainy brown sugar syrup on the valves with minor buildup.
I was thinking that I didn't "need" it done after seeing worse pictures online, but the 8/10ths of a gallon improvement on the 120 mile drive home showed it was worth it. At a great price as well.

[johngrossi]

I've heard great things and I've been looking into getting on their dyno. Anybody have experience with their dyno?

[vivanapoli806]

Originally Posted by johngrossi

I've heard great things and I've been looking into getting on their dyno. Anybody have experience with their dyno?

They put my car on the dyno before and after they did my walnut blasting. Email Sean at Sean@a-spec.com he will give u prices and answer any questions u may have

[BGR]

Will warranty cover any sort of valve cleaning? Maybe only if it throws a code?

[vivanapoli806]

Originally Posted by BGR

Will warranty cover any sort of valve cleaning? Maybe only if it throws a code?

Walnut blasting is not covered under warranty. It might be if it throws a code not sure. But I wouldn't wait until it gets that bad and try to get it covered. It's not that expensive they charge a flat rate at a-spec

[135iam]

Originally Posted by BGR

Will warranty cover any sort of valve cleaning? Maybe only if it throws a code?

When I brought my car into the dealership at 36,500 miles I complained of rough idle and suggested it might need the intake valves cleaned or spark plugs replaced. They pulled the plugs, looked at them and put them back in, they ran a few diagnostics on the car and ended up replacing all 8 injectors. (several thousand dollars of warranty work) The car ran better.
I asked about cleaning the intake valves again and they didnt have the equipment to do it or think it was ever needed.

I followed up myself 500 miles later with the walnut blasting. After seeing the valves myself, I am glad I paid to get it done. Car is running great, still on stock plugs (kinda makes me wonder if new plugs every 20K miles like alot of people on here seem to recommend are just a mask for needing the valves cleaned???) I plan to do plugs at 45-50K miles.

[bluephobic(1)]

A-Spec has done work for me sean and brad are great guys it took about 45 mins to do my walnut blasting @ 30k miles at 7pm on a friday wish i was still up there to have do some more work for me

[vivanapoli806]

Originally Posted by 135iam

When I brought my car into the dealership at 36,500 miles I complained of rough idle and suggested it might need the intake valves cleaned or spark plugs replaced. They pulled the plugs, looked at them and put them back in, they ran a few diagnostics on the car and ended up replacing all 8 injectors. (several thousand dollars of warranty work) The car ran better.
I asked about cleaning the intake valves again and they didnt have the equipment to do it or think it was ever needed.

I followed up myself 500 miles later with the walnut blasting. After seeing the valves myself, I am glad I paid to get it done. Car is running great, still on stock plugs (kinda makes me wonder if new plugs every 20K miles like alot of people on here seem to recommend are just a mask for needing the valves cleaned???) I plan to do plugs at 45-50K miles.

I think it's recommended to do spark plugs every 20k if your tuned. I just did mine while I had the blasting done. I got the Bosch plugs and haven't had any problems with them at all