Greg is awesome! Very skilled and he can make anything you can draw up. Highly recommend for any custom boat parts.

Quick and easy communication. I emailed my request and was contacted the next day. Was able to go over my specific needs

07/27/16 Taylor was unhappy that the grain on the center cover was going the wrong way and asked me to return the cover so they can do it correctly. Upon returning from my trip, I took it in on Monday. They called me this morning to pick it up. Perfection!! I could not have asked for a better finished product!!! 07/15/16 Here's the update You can read my initial post from last week Friday. Since then Taylor came over to look at my cooktop and carefully took measurements and sketched a design. What he came up with is perfection at its best. The new cooktop fits perfectly with precision edges and a little lip at the bat to assist me in removing the covers. During my meeting with Taylor, I found out they are a three generation family owned company. They are non-union so they can provide quality products at a better price. Taylor has a degree in engineering and I think that is a tremendous asset in his ability to design products. I know they take tremendous pride in the finished products. If I could give them six stars or 10 stars I would certainly do that. 07/08/16 Just met with Taylor. What an absolute delight! Soo knowledgeable, professional and totally helpful. Quite is very fair. Can't wait to see my covers next week. I will write an update! read more

Universal Manufacturers - Perfect!!! Custom covers for my 6 burner cooktop. - Metal Fabricators Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Picked up a mold for making a Chinese dish called Joong, using a mold makes forming the Chinese tamales a little easier for those who don't have the dexterity and hand coordination. I was expecting a little better quality welding and finish for the $20. It will do since I won't be using it every day and it does not have Sharp edges. The shop is located behind the Libbys Manapua shop. read more

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I went from owning a Boston whaler pleasure boat to a full on fishing boat thanks to these guys. They made me quality shotgun rod holders/outrigger holders and now I'm catching fish left and right! read more

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Very organized and okay prices. Only complaint is consistently later than promised. Eric is good estimator to work with and Lei and the other office lady are very great to work with. Just feel sorry for Lei as I can tell she gets the brunt from clients who are expecting their parts delivered according to original agreements. Thank you Lei! You deserve a steak dinner on the boss. read more

Taylor Hong and the whole Universal Manufacturers Team has always been great. Friendly and fast service. We always go to them for our Business needs. Quality and Workmanship at its highest. I needed something done outside of our business. A custom safety check / sticker type plate. Where I live we need these stickers applied to our vehicles but a lot of us don't like to add them to the bumpers. He made the first one for one of my vehicles. Again quality workmanship. I recently purchased a new Truck and there is a tow plug in the way where I wanted the sticker. They took the measurements and made in a day or 2. Perfect fit. Surprisingly people have asked me about the plates and also my wife since she also has one on her car. I refer all to Universal Manufacturers. I recommend Universal Manufacturers to all. Great Team. Quality workmanship. read more

Went here for a small job. Needed a hole drilled through a pipe but I needed it to be perfect. I don't have a drill press at home so I didn't want to chance it with my drill. Taylor was super cool and did the job perfect. Good to see a business taking care of people no matter what size the job is. read more

I was pretty wary about getting a place in Honolulu to do some modifications to my oil pan because I have seen a lot of shoddy work done before. There are very few places with any information listed online and even fewer that have reasonably good reviews. UM has pretty good reviews so it was one of the two places I contacted. Most of these reviews on here mention their high cost so I was pleasantly surprised to be quoted about half of what the other place quoted me. I liked the information I found about the other place but couldn't justify the incredible cost over going with UM. I talked to Taylor Hong at UM about my needs and sent him an email detailing everything with pictures. I brought my pan in on a Friday and he had it finished by the following Wednesday. I was quite impressed with the turnaround time and it was finished within the four business days that he had quoted me. This was a first for me, as every single time I have had a shop do work for me, the quoted time was usually, at minimum, half of the turnaround working time. I wanted a section of my oil pan cut out and replaced with a piece of 16 gauge sheet steel to make clearance for my headers. I also wanted the sensor bung that was on the cut-out section to be relocated to an adjacent part of the pan. Upon receipt of the pan, the welding looked very good with no undercut or porosity and the heat input looked acceptable. The bead profile was very consistent and penetration was 100% through most of the weld. I could tell that the person that welded it was experienced. The only problem with their work was that the bung was welded in to the same place it was originally. While they did a good job on that weld, The sensor that is supposed to be installed there will not work in that position. I emailed Taylor about it later that day and had an email back within an hour. He didn't hassle me or anything about it and just apologized and asked me to bring it back in. I brought it in the next day and they had the pan finished about six hours later. It is now in the correct position and works great. I would have given them 4 stars for the mistake they made, but because they were so easy to deal with and corrected it in a few hours, I feel they deserve 5 stars. read more

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Absolutely rude service. Very condescending and unhelpful towards females. Go to Royal Metal instead, has the same things but cheaper.

Best in the business!! Helped me install three stain steel shotgun rod holders for my boat. They work amazing and are very high quality. All the guys that I spoke to at universal manufacturers were nice and accommodating to what it is that I wanted done on the boat. read more

Well these guys really look like they know what they are doing. How do I know? I went with a few other people and we were taken on a company tour. Some of their machines were AMAZING! Amazing as in, you probably won't see this on the island. They have a water cutter, and computer guided laser cutter etc. (quite impressive). Other services they provide is material sales. The scraps from their previous projects are still extremely good pieces of material that can certainly be used for smaller or personal projects. Why buy more than you need? Consider these guys, they know what they are doing. read more

WOW what incredible service Universal Manufacturers provides! I was desperate to find a solution to my new cooktop being a tad smaller than the custom cut hole in my counter. All companies I called on the mainland wanted over $300 and weeks to make a trim kit and even more money to ship. I am so glad I found this company online and called. I was told quickly over the phone that they had the solution. I was beyond impressed with the friendly service I received walking through the doors and the amazingly quick yet perfect figuring Taylor Kong did to make my custom trim kit. It fits perfectly, looks so professional and most importantly solved my problem. I have told so many friends about Universal Manufacturers, so impressed with the professionalism and friendly service. I was also shocked how quickly it was made. All done in 2 days for $150! I'm so so impressed with Universal Manufacturers. Liz Sent from my iPhone read more

Universal Manufacturers - Custom made stainless steal cook top trim kit - Metal Fabricators Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

First of , this is review for their stuff and not for their work quality . Just today 4/12/21 i went to pick up my product i saw it and told them that it was wrong made . They call the guy who works with estimates and he starts telling me how i need to learn how to draw the plans if i want to do this . I was trying to be nice and told him that i dont do this every day and dont need to learn if i dont want too . I was gonna forget about everything but after seeing how stubborn that guy was to make me feel guilty with no reason i said I HAVE TO DO SOMETHING , starting with this review . Will check with better business biroe later but this is an start . I talked to other people and they told me the same thing . Btw , I brought the piece with me and told him exactly how i want it and he did the drawing . I even told him to make a new drawing because that paper had several drawings and it was confusing but he totally ignored what i said . I talked to this person before on several occasions when i was i bringing in some stuff for my boss and i never said anything about his behavior but today just got over the top . I even said i`m sorry for the misunderstanding but that didnt help and he just kept it going so that is when i realized that there is no point talking to this guy and i just left the wrong made piece there and and went out without saying anything else . Also could not listen to his bs anymore and did not want to argue anymore . I worked with Tony before and he was a WONDERFUL guy , and i LITERALLY said few words to Tony and every time he was so professional and nice that i have no words to describe . I always acknowledge my mistakes and apologize AND pay again if its on my part . This is not about money and if he just said im sorry we gonna make a new piece but you have to pay for it , i would do that no problem , BUT i just dont want to let people make me feel bad about something they did wrong . Sorry , i just dont like rudeness . read more

Fabrication is simply not cheap any way you spin it. But I've had good work and customer service every time. I'm a sailor and have projects intermittently related to my yacht. The front office is very friendly and attentive...they acknowledge you when you walk into the office. Taylor is one of the owners and helped me tremendously this past week. One of the other estimators that I talked to seemed like he just wasn't as attentive to my needs. I've had a stainless piano hinge modified and a patch put on my 18' aluminum boom along with some other little stuff. I'd recommend them to anyone. But make sure you leave there knowing that you communicated exactly what you need done so you're not disappointed when you return to pick up your merchandise. read more

Went in to get some aluminum cut, was met by a nice woman at the front desk who ask what type of service I needed, she then sent me across the shop to another office to get a quote. Wheeeeeeew and here is where the service went to shit. Older Asian male, uninterested, unhelpful and most importantly UNDESERVING OF MY BUSINESS. 2 thumbs down, oh that one star is for the front desk lady, only because this review doesn't allow ZERO. read more

Excellent...couldn't be happier! Taylor and his crew were very professional, accommodating, fast, and fair in their pricing. They modified, welded, and reinforced the pedestal on our heavy duty lanai table that we've had for years...and now will have for many more! Mahalo you folks! read more

Great Experience! Eric helped me with developing my product. He was very helpful, professional, friendly, and the price was reasonable. I highly recommend Universal! read more

I'm not sure what happened to these guys but they have definitely gone down hill. I took in some parts to have duplicated. Even though they had the original to compare to, the result was completely off. They re-worked the fabrication and gave them back. The parts were still not right. Third time, they delivered something that was close, not exact, but only CLOSE. The only ever reworked the original fabrication, so god only knows what kind of work hardening the material has undergone getting to the end result. On another project the item fabricated didn't even match the specified dimensions. This wasn't anything complicated, just a rectangular bar. They reworked the bar to try to bring it down to spec and completely failed. The result was crooked and badly made. I talked with three other people who had taken parts to Universal. All had similar experience. Delivery was slow, and the parts were not right the first time and had to be re-worked. One part took 6 weeks to be returned in spec, the original quote was 1 week. I don't mind paying a premium to get a quality part, but Universal is charging a premium and delivering poor results. read more

This place is awesome they make anything to do with metal.. not cheap but they can do anything

Had a metal drain fabricated. 16 feet long, 18 inches wide in 5 sections. They did a great job and David even delivered them to my home in K-Bay. read more

I had a custom engine grille for my Porsche fabricated and it came out fantastic! Very professionally run shop with a courteous staff. Will definitely be a return customer for my future fabrication projects. read more

I needed a stainless steel drawer pull duplicated to match the existing ones that I have. David and the guys did such a great job! You cant even tell the old ones from the new ones. I never yelped before but this was worth my time. Great service in a timely manor and best of all beautiful work. read more

Very bad service. Took in a piece of metal to be duplicated. After many calls and e-mail still got no responce or boo. Practically given up on them. read more