pro tuners in cali

The three most notable shops, to my knowledge, are Yimi, Church and Cobb. Now, I'm not trying to down on Cobb, though I would personally go with either Yimi or Church. When I went with my friend to get his '12 STi tuned, he was not able to speak to the tuner at Cobb. When I spoke to the reps at both Yimi and Church, they seemed very knowledgeable and friendly. Best of luck!

I had my STi tuned about 1 year ago. Car had roughly 50k mi when I brought it in. Now I'm at about 65k mi, no issues. Very knowledgeable, great service. They're booked regularly, so plan ahead.

crackermacker22 said:

I had my STi tuned about 1 year ago. Car had roughly 50k mi when I brought it in. Now I'm at about 65k mi, no issues. Very knowledgeable, great service. They're booked regularly, so plan ahead.

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Tuned by whom?

Silver 226 said:

Tuned by whom?

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Sorry, mentioning the tuner would help huh! Yimi :tup:

Yimi! Was tuned by church before, had some qwerks with the tune. Yimi fixed it and pulls even harder. Getting tuned tomorrow at Yimi with my new built motor!

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sweet thanks for the feed back guys. I like to hear that yimi is a good place to go b/c its closer:lol: but still like 2-3hr drive

yimi has horrible customer service, I would stick with church seems like yimi doesnt need the business i got sent a quote that took several phone calls and emails and they still have not replied in over 2 months.

Church is also booked regularly however they always have had excellent customer service and never once had a issue with getting hold of them. :tup:

I've been going to Yimi for years until I moved to PA. They were totally worth the 5hr drive.
There's a tuner review thread in here somewhere but Id recommend Yimi Sport anyday. I wish they were over here in PA

Paul has tuned my car multiple times because I am always adding parts. My first tune on my 04sti with a 20g was a few years ago & I've had 3 more tunes since then due to more mods and addition of alcohol injection, but he can do it all. I am still on the same motor he tuned me on & I go wot everyday. I still have the same car, it's my DD.
check them out you won't be disappointed.

jbtc22bwbc said:

Hi everyone, I am looking to get my sti tuned and want to know if anyone knows anything about, reviews, or recommend either YIMI SPORT or COBB SOCAL? Are they good tuners/shops? Thanks

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We offer custom dyno tuning through a selection of facilities around San Diego, including HG Motorsports, Subie Shop Auto Repair and speaking with Infamous Performance about offering custom tuning at their facility also.

Check out our website and if you have any questions please ask,
William Knose

ultra300x 702 said:

yimi has horrible customer service, I would stick with church seems like yimi doesnt need the business i got sent a quote that took several phone calls and emails and they still have not replied in over 2 months.

Church is also booked regularly however they always have had excellent customer service and never once had a issue with getting hold of them. :tup:

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where is church located? and I also called yimi to get a quote on installing stage 2+ parts and tune and was told they would send me an email and call, hah never did

DeliciousTuning said:

We offer custom dyno tuning through a selection of facilities around San Diego, including HG Motorsports, Subie Shop Auto Repair and speaking with Infamous Performance about offering custom tuning at their facility also.

Check out our website and if you have any questions please ask,
William Knose

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Thanks William but SD is to far for me I live in Santa Barbara county.

jbtc22bwbc said:

Thanks William but SD is to far for me I live in Santa Barbara county.

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Completely understand, but to let you and everyone else know I am setting up a few dealers in the LA area and working on getting some dyno locations situated so I can start traveling up there from time to time to offer tuning a multitude of platforms.

Cheers,
William Knose

DeliciousTuning said:

Completely understand, but to let you and everyone else know I am setting up a few dealers in the LA area and working on getting some dyno locations situated so I can start traveling up there from time to time to offer tuning a multitude of platforms.

Cheers,
William Knose

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Well please let me know if and when you travel to the LA area b/c I would love to get my car tuned by you.

DeliciousTuning said:

Completely understand, but to let you and everyone else know I am setting up a few dealers in the LA area and working on getting some dyno locations situated so I can start traveling up there from time to time to offer tuning a multitude of platforms.

Cheers,
William Knose

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A guy named Bruce told me to see you, hopefully I can get some mods worth having a tune.

YimiSport is a great tuner. I had great results going from Church to Yimi but the shop is 3+ hours away from me. I am in San Diego so I will probably try out Delicious later in the future since Infamous Performance is 15 min away from me hahah

I recommend edo performance. They have a dynapack that is calibrated much lower than other readings. Other than that, great shop. And i havent had a problem yet.

...and of course I recommend Church, since he's teaching FASTuuN EFI Simplified and SubieTuuN too. Which will be available soon.

Shawn has been named #13 top import tuner in the U.S!

Best of luck whom ever you decide on.

Joe
[email protected]

jbtc22bwbc said:

Thanks William but SD is to far for me I live in Santa Barbara county.

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The drive would be worth it. I can tell you first hand on 2 amazing tunes(2010 STI @ stage 3 and a 2011 [email protected] Stage 5). And his customer service is next to none.

Take a look at his references and his portfolio, pretty sick::tup:

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