If you have a Lexus / Toyota vehicle, Tommy is your guy. I had some lowering springs installed on my IS200T and he did a great job, answered all my questions, and was available after the install for any support or issues. His shop really is the type of car shop that aims to create long term relationships with the customer, so he is meticulous about getting it right Be sure to text/call him to make an appointment beforehand, as he is a one-man shop read more

Highly recommended. Very knowledgeable mechanic, friendly and reliable and trustworthy.

Tommy is the man if you want quality work. Installed catback exhaust and very happy with Tommy's professional work. Highly recommended. Thanks brother! read more

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Tommy did a great job installing my swift springs on my rcf. He was fast and he knows what he is doing. I will definitely be using him again. read more

I went to get lowering springs installed on my Lexus GS350 and Tommy was very helpful. He was quick with my install only taking 1 hour , even while helping and talking with other customers about small things. Additionally, he gave me a quote that was 2 times less than what I was quoted for another shop. I would recommend Tommy to anyone, especially Lexus as he knows his stuff. read more

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Made an appointment and brought my 4Runner and lexus here for front dash cam installation. Got it all done quickly and exactly how I wanted for a good price. Going to be back here for more aftermarket installations. read more

Got my RCF serviced and couldn't be happier! Highly recommend him for any of your car needs! read more

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These small mom and pop shops are the best! I was referred to Tommy's shop by a friend who has had great things to say about his work. After asking for a quote for an exhaust installation and oil change, I went in a few days later and I was in and out a satisfied customer a few hours later. The installation went smoothly; he even went the extra mile to make some minor adjustments to a few underbody components to quell any potential rattling. I came back the next day and he helped load my old exhaust into the car for transport back home. You would be hard pressed to find this shop while driving by because it's not on a busy street. Making matters worse, Google Maps lead me to the park right next to it. Aside from that, excellent work at a fair price! read more

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Another professional install byTommy. Highly recommended for all your custom install projects. Custom Lexus 3IS Carbon Fiber Steering Wheel read more

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Tommy checked my brakes. He advised me that my pads were running low almost metal to metal Tommy is honest and I will be a return customer read more

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I had the pleasure to have Tommy worked on my Toyota Landcrusier to install dash cam, Atoto android head unit and a back up camera. His craftsmanship is neat and he is very pleasant to deal. He is very knowledgeable and the fee is reasonable. I would definitely return for my next aftermarket installation. read more

Was recommended to Tommy at Music Box by a vendor that I purchased some coilovers for my RCF. He was very knowledgeable on what he was doing and educated me on the right settings for my car. He got me in and out within 2 hours. He said after a couple of weeks of driving the car if I wanted to make any changes to the ride height just to give him a call and he would make the adjustments for me. I will defiantly be back to do my brakes with him. read more

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Tommy is a Top Notch Lexus mechanic with reasonable prices and fast service. Give him a try! You'll be glad you did! Thanks Tommie! read more

You ever just feel grateful you come across people like Tommy, and places like Music Box? Yeah..... I'm giddy thinking of all of the future ventures without rude mechanics and being ripped off! If you have a LEXUS, please don't look elsewhere! I brought my IS500 to get a Borla Axleback Exhaust installed! Phenomenal work, great price, and Tommy worked around my work schedule!! read more

Can't recommend this place enough. Tommy is very communicative from start to finish. He provided quote via phone call and I was able to schedule a car for drop off that same weekend. He was able to install aftermarket springs, change out my front grill and install the front lip all within 3 hours. read more

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Big thanks to Tommy. Called and set up an appointment to add a keyless entry to my MR2. I do all my own car work, so I am pretty picky. However I don't like to do wiring so I had him install. Been member of club lexus for 18 years, and after hearing about him for years, first time had him work on a car of mine. Excellent job. Good price. Good/quick work. Highly recommended read more

Been going to Tommy for a while now and just got my carbon fiber wing installed today. His rates are very reasonable and he's a great guy to do business with. Really knowledgeable and nice to talk to as well. I drive 50 miles just so that he can get work done on my car. I would recommend him to anyone. read more

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Tommy is amazing! Works quickly, efficiently, and carefully. He has been working on Lexus cars for a long time so he definitely knows those cars like the back of his hand. Very knowledgeable guy. Although he doesn't accept credit cards, his pricing is very fair. Good thing there are a couple of gas stations nearby where I was able to withdraw cash. Tommy could also get tires at wholesale price and install and balance them. His shop is small, enough room for 1 car. The place is pretty easy to find. Even though I live far from Tommy's shop, I will definitely have him work on my car in the future. read more

Took my RC F to get lowered, painted calipers, and wheels/tires done. Tommy was extremely helpful and supportive through the entire process. He is very knowledgeable and trustworthy while providing a high level of professional service. Would definitely recommend to any Lexus owners as well as anyone looking for a good trustworthy shop for their car. Thanks again Tommy! read more

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Contacted the owner about getting an 2-way alarm installed. I thought the car in and within the same day, the alarm was installed successfully and it works very good for the most part! The buttons now turns on alarm as well as functions as a key fob to unlock the doors. Owner also programmed the key to open the rear trunk. Owner is easy to work with and can be very helpful as long as you know as the customer what you want. We even chatted a bit while he worked out the kinks with my alarm. He even notified me of my failing window regulator motor needing replacement, which I did together with alarm. Labor is very fair, even compared to many other places in the area. Killed 2 birds with 1 stone read more

Tommy is a genuine and caring guy which is pretty rare nowadays. Thanks for coming after hours to open up your gate for me and having to come back when I didn't have my wheel locks. Will definitely be back! read more

I talk to Tommy couple of times over the phone and he is very honest and gave me advices on my Lexus IS250. He install KYB shocks on my IS250 two years ago. Recently my KYB shocks start leaking. So I end up getting coilovers and I call him to make a appointment. He finish instating the coilovers within two hours. He is fast and reasonable on labor too. But he doesn't accept credit cards. So make sure you bring cash. When it comes to modify your Lexus I highly recommended Tommy. read more

Musicbox is a one man private operation business. That one person's name is Tommy. He is the owner, the installer, the inspector, the plumber, mayor, security guard, and the President of Musicbox. Tommy specializes in car audio/ aftermarket part installations. Tommy is a nice, professional, humble, and honest person. You can think of Tommy as a buddy. He is easy deal with and you can ask him any questions regarding your car and he will take good care of you. He is the only person I go to install my aftermarket parts on my car. The reason is because is he's a detailed person and has been in the business of installing auto parts for most of his life. He knows what he is doing. The installs are always fast. I am talking the good kind of fast. The "fast" where if its going to take 15 minutes to do the job, he will do it in 15 and won't lie to you that it will take 2 hours. It is what he does best and probably better than your local dealer / mechanic at a fraction of the labor cost. His prices are very reasonable. I like that I can give him a call and schedule a time to do the work. He even works on the weekends as long as you call him in advance. The man is a machine. He probably can probably install a LCD TV on your lawn mower if you wanted!!! I was able to locate him on an internet forum (Clublexus) and he has a very good reputation within the community. I have yet to find a negative review about Tommy and his services. I have had nothing but the top notch service from Tommy and it has always been a pleasure dealing with him. For whatever reason, my car comes out better than before when Tommy is done with it. I will definitely continue to go to Musicbox for my future audio / aftermarket needs. A+ in my books and highly recommended! read more

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Tommy was very helpful in finding the right parts and recommendations for working on my Lexus RC-F. I saved over $1000-$1500 for services had I taken it to Lexus dealer. Also, he is very personable and feels like that one uncle who knows everything about cars. He is very familiar with the 2UR-GSE engines (IS-F, RC-F, GS-F). read more

Thank you Tommy for working on my 2017 Toyota Tacoma offroad. Last week he installed front ditch lights for me. Today he installed an ARB Safari Snorkel and damn he did a perfect job. For those of you that dont know. To install a snorkel it requires you to drill holes and cut a big hole into your fender which is nerve racking but Tommy got it done with me cringing on the side. Next he installed my RCI rear differential skid plate to protect my rear diff from rocks and other things that can cause damage, and then to top the icing on the cake he installed my RCI Rock Sliders. For a person who works alone he is amazing at what he does. He knows how to think outside the box to make things work when it looks like it cant. Awesome experience here. If you need 4x4 work done he can do electrical led lighting, skid plates, rock sliders, bed racks, and snorkels. Just be sure to bring him all the correct parts. read more

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Called Tommy because I have heard so many great things about his work on the Lexus forums. I decided to drive down from Ventura county and have him work on my Lexus. I can't be any happier with the end result. I will definitely come back to Music Box. read more

I've heard of Tommy from many fellow Lexus drivers and have heard nothing but good things. I've had him install a rear diffuser, side skirts, and front lip on my Lexus ISF. Tommy is the best! Great job on the installs, quick but not a half-assed job. He is more than reasonable with his pricing too. I wish he had his tire shop and alignment machine set up cause I'd go to him for that too! It is hard to find honest, fair, and good work these days and Tommy is it. Anything he is able to do, I trust him to do on my car. I believe he pretty much does anything apart from mechanic work. Wish he did that too! I'd never go elsewhere again if so lol. He is really nice and easy to talk to. Just give him a call to set up an appointment or if you have any questions about whatever car-related install/work you have. He will be happy to answer your questions. read more

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Stopped by Music Box this morning, to have my windows checked, would not roll down anymore. I called for an appointment, and Tommy was able to squeeze me in this morning, bright and early. That I really appreciated, especially it being a holiday weekend and all. He was able to take care of my window issue pretty quick, he has reasonable prices compared to other shops. Very friendly guy and easy to chat with. Highly recommend him for you electrical needs. He also does a variety of other things based on our conversation this morning, and as you can tell from all the other reviews about him. read more

Had him install coilovers on my MK6 GLI car 2 years ago, within the first week having coilover, I noticed that there was a clanking noise coming from my the front end of my car each time I would hit minor bumps or cracks on the road and I automatically assumed it was my coilovers, did my research and found out it was my top mounts and needed to be replaced (as what I originally thought) ordered aftermarket top mounts and had him install the top mounts. back then he charged $60 per each side, and my second time of returning to him he still charged me $60 on each side after seeing him not even taking out my whole suspension out ( I was a noob back then) anyway he had replaced the top mounts from my car and thought I was okay. Next day, the clanking was still there. I couldn't really do anything at that time since the next week I had to drive up to Utah for school. Fast forward a year, one of my front struts blew out on me while I was in Utah, so I had those warrantied and had them replaced by a friend that I met up there. After my friend had took out my suspension and reinstalled my new struts, he had noticed that the front struts were not installed correctly. There was a tab within the front struts that had to go in a certain way and Tommy had not installed the struts correctly, so basically the whole strut was not installed all the way inside the strut holder of the car. Which clearly explains a lot of things to me because I have a friend with a Mk6 GTI with the same suspension and wheels specs and his coils are slammed and mine are slammed all the way too and yet my car looks about 1-2 inches higher than his, it also explains why I was getting that clanking noise as well, since the strut was not seated properly, there was a lot of play going down there, and thats the reason why my struts were blown within a year of use because the struts were getting a lot of stress from not being installed correctly. Anyway my coilovers were installed correctly from a friend and my car look the way it should have in the beginning with it being low. I had him work on my car 2 years ago and he was pretty nice and had told him that I would refer my friends over to him to have their cars worked by him and so far I have told 5 friends to call him and his prices on VWs are not consistent! He charged me $240, and now he's charging $350 for the whole installation, and friends have told me how he doesn't seem like a friendly type of person in which I thought he was friendly when I had met, anyway I guess his people skills has got less and less over the years. My other comment is when I came to him the second time to install my top mounts, with him charging me original price per each side and with him not even taking out the whole strut out to replace the top mount. I believe my struts being blown a year later could have been avoided if he would have installed it correctly the first time, or better yet, taking out the whole strut the second time and installing it again. oh and P.S. I converted to euro cars in 2012 from the JDM scene and didn't really know anything about euro cars back then, and when I had him install my coilovers, I do remember him using an angle grinder or a dremel of some sort to grind down something off my new aftermarket coilovers, and I remember him doing that and I asked him why he did that and he said the company made the struts wrong and made me question why would the aftermarket company produce a product that would need some modifications to them? but yeah he was totally wrong and he didn't need to do that in the first place, he was just trying to short cut the installation and on the contrary, it affected my struts. I know he is a one man army and all. Hope my 2cents would help people. Think twice. read more

I have been using Tommy for a while now. Don't let the name fool you, as some others mentioned. I had him to this to my car: 1) Install Fog lights and run the relay to my steering wheel on my new 2013 GS350 so it looks stock - talk about perfection!!! I take it to the dealer and they keep asking how I did it and I just tell them to go see Tommy ;) 2) He painted my calipers (looks amazing!!!) 3) He just lowered my car with RS*R springs 4) This will be next...customer exhaust to be installed hopefully in the next 3 weeks. I know he is amazing at stereo's as I saw him working on a Ferrari the last time i was there (it looked and sounded great to me). So if he can do mods on a Ferrari, he can do mods on my car! Trust him with your car because he treats it like his...I even drive 60 miles to get things done because I know he will do an awesome job!!! Thanks Tommy...see ya soon for the exhaust! read more

The name of the store might be Music Box, but Tommy does so much more than just stereo installation. I came here to get an alarm installed by Tommy. I was recommended to him by so many people from various car clubs - Club Lexus, Imports @ CPP, etc. They said he was great at what he does, so I thought I'd give it a shot. The other reviews are right when they say the shop is only run by Tommy himself - but the great thing is, he usually only does work by appointment, so you're really never waiting. Plus, when he's working on your car, you two could chat away about everything. He's really the nicest guy I've met who's worked on my car. Installation took a couple hours, but it honestly didn't feel like it. Tommy told me that he feels as though we were just hanging out, not really a business and customer kind of thing...and I agreed. Overall, he's the first guy I'd recommend to my friends if they ever needed work done to their car. MusicBox is definitely one of those hidden gems that exist - you'll need to check it out yourself. read more

Great guy, Great service, can't ask for anything more. Installed my Tanabe Springs on my Lexus GS 350 F sport. Did it in less than an hour. This guy is amazing. Will definately come back for all my mechanic needs. Thanks so much Tommy! read more

After hearing so much about Tommy on clublexus I finally contacted him about installation for JoeZ exhaust. Very easy going and easy to deal. Knowledgable and an expert in Lexus vehicles. He's very fast and efficient cause he knows his way around lexuses. Will be back for more! His pricing is also very reasonable. read more

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Great service, great prices. A place I can trust taking my car to. Highly recommended.

I'm not sure why there's some negative reviews or unhappy customers. However, I can say that my experience with Tommy was great. I've heard about him in forums and it was mostly postive. So I checked out his instagram, had a few cool pictures and added him. Months later, I purchased a carbon fiber steering wheel with an LED screen. Most places in my area had no clue how to install something like this. As I was trying to figure out where to take my car next, I remembered that Tommy had done this before in a GTR. I asked him a few questions on instagram, was very nice. I decided to go to his shop and give him a try. Not only was he nice, he was definitely knowledgeable when it came to this stuff. There were wires everywhere, my steering wheel was basically in pieces. It was a horror scene but it was all part of the process! In the end the steering wheel was installed perfectly fine and all the wires back in the right back. I will definitely come back again! TLDR: Guy is nice, professional, knows his electric stuff. Installed LED CF steering wheel, looks clean, great install, and will return. XD read more

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Tommy is the best. Had several accessories added this year (parts + wiring). Professional install + 5/5 service highly recommended

Tommy is very efficient, friendly, and detailed with his work. With my 2009 IS250, I've had him install coilovers, HID headlights, interior LED lights(bulbs purchased through him), and heat gunned the fender liner for more clearance with my first visit. On my second visit, I had him lower my coilovers a bit more, shave the rear quarter panels, made more clearance on my fender tabs, and install HID fog lights. I waited during both visits, and while waiting, we chatted a lot about random stuff, so time went by pretty fast, and by the time you know it, he was done! When it was time to bring my IS back to stock, I brought my original parts for him to reinstall, and he got that done in a jiffy too! When I got my 2012 IS350 F-Sport, I went back to him again, and swapped over the coilovers from my 2009 IS250 to my 2012 IS350, again, it was quick, painless, and pleasant. I received a lot of business cards from him, and I've handed them out to friends who wanted to install aftermarket accessories for their car. The friends that did see him, one with a 2009 Camry, had coilovers installed by him, and another one with a 2009 IS250 had their headlights and foglights blacked out, and body kit installed, just to name a few, and both were very happy with the results. You must make an appointment with him, and he's usually available Mon-Sat. read more

Super professional, reasonable, and very friendly. Had Tommy fit my 2012 ISF with an OEM replacement exhaust and it sounds great! I'm coming back for front tires and spark plugs. Definitely recommend if you're looking for someone to service your Lexus, Tommy's the man! read more

Tommy is super helpful, honest, and with reasonable rates. It's like the prev reviews state, he treats your car like it's his. Highly recommend Tommy's work, but he's also a really nice guy. Being at his shop was like hanging out with a friend. read more

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Tommy is an awesome mechanic. Scheduled a suspension install and wheel spacers on my Lexus GS350 and he had me out the door in 1.5 hours. He knows Lexus. He let me know what I needed to do after the install as well as updated me on my tire wear and local shops for tires and alignment. Really good guy! read more