After too many years of going to the stealership and paying way too much I realized that if I wanted to be a long term owner of an ML430 I would either have to 1. become decent with a wrench or 2. Find a reliable shop.\r
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Although I eventually managed to be able change my own oil, spark plugs, clean my EGR tube, etc. there are some jobs too messy or complicated for me. For this I need a reliable shop.\r
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The first time I went to Lake side motors I was extremely skeptical as the reviews seemed to be hit or miss and from the outside the shop isn't nearly as impressive as the dealership. Well looks can be deceiving, they hit a home run and did an excellent job with the repair. \r
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The reason this is not a five star review is recently I called because I had a bad ignighter and told the person over the phone what the problem was and asked for an estimate. He argued that my make and model did not have stock Xenon lights and they have to be after market. I told them no, they're stock hella lights and this went on for some time. I ended up buying the part and installing myself (actually very easy).\r
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I am going there tomorrow to get my Power steerign resevoir replaced. I originally was going to do it myself (never have but heard it was easy) but when I thought about it figured it might be very messy. When I called for an estimate on how much to do it they asked where I got my part from. I told them autohausz and they refused to install it because they stated that the quality of there produts aren't always as good. Upon inspection they were right! The power sterring resevoir had deep scratches!! GOOD JOB LAKE SIDE! So made an appointment and for a reasonable price I'm getting it repaired\r
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