A car I am interested in buying had his engine replaced by AJ USA repair shop. Anyone heard of them, are they any good??

Yes. Expensive though. Not that this matters in your case. But as always, especially for this type of car, have it independently inspected.

yea ive been there. $$$$ and it didnt seem that they were into aftermarket too much, but i could be wrong.

i havn;t heard about there repair shop but i heard about there retail store in Mira mesa. They sell after market stuff such as intake, exhaust, structs, etc... i think they have a web site and sell stuff on ebay also.

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I don't really care if they are expensive, I just want to know if they can install a M3 engine properly. The guy says he paid about 9 thousand for a crate motor and installation. crate motor is about 4-5K so I'm guessing they are expensive but is their work worth it. If i were to buy this car would the engine crap out on me later?

Thanks

I had my car serviced there twice. They offer good service and I had a good experience with them. If you are a BMW CCA member, you get 10% off of parts/labor.

yes i agree with estorilblaum3. i had my first bmw serviced there and they were very good with everything.

thanks guys for the help...

I had my mom's '98 Altima serviced there :). The intake manifold gasket was shot and Mossy wanted $1100 and change, so I took it to Cameron Clanton (the service manager that was at AJUSA until about 2 months ago) and he took care of it, had the manifold deck surfaced, etc., for $400.

Nice guy. Too bad he's not there anymore. The SDBMWCCA had a Tech Session there a month or so ago though. That was lots of fun...nice facility, etc.

But for BMW repair in San Diego you can't beat BMW Service Specialists in Downtown.