I called West Coast Fabrication after months of searching for a shop that could make a custom exhaust for my 1998 Honda Xr600r. I never assumed a shop locally could accomplish this goal, and they greatly exceeded my expectations. Steve (the fabricator) delivered on every aspect of the build and I could not be happier with the outcome. I was shocked when it was completed in less than a week and for a very reasonable price. I truly can't talk this place up enough! read more

West Coast Fiero - Auto Customization Near Me - Tehachapi, California

My 1988 Pontiac Fiero GT needed new manifolds, and I was so lucky to find these folks. They custom made the most awesome manifolds from stainless steel. I dropped my Fiero off at the mechanic and everyone stopped to look at them, it was actually kind of embarrassing. Seriously these grown men were all passing them around and rubbing the welds like it was a baby. One of the mechanics said this is true art. They were shocked by how thick the pipe was and said these are really well made. Then they went on about how much these new manifolds are going to improve my performance, but all I really cared about was that they look stock and not leak, lol. I didn't take pictures, but once they are installed I will try to upload some pics. I highly recommend them, and I'm one very happy customer! read more

West Coast Fiero - I know it's hard to see them, but I just picked up the car and all I can say is wow! - Auto Customization Near Me - Tehachapi, California

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On February 9th, I placed an order with WestCoast for a bunch of parts for my Fiero 3800 swap, and for some headers and exhaust for the same build. They told me the first batch of parts would ship in about 2 weeks, the exhaust, in about 6. Okay, fine, completely reasonable. A few weeks goes by, and I get the first batch of parts, no complaints yet. Fast-forward to March 26th, I email asking for an update on the exhaust, explained my car was in a professional mechanics shop waiting on nothing but the exhaust. The owner of WestCoast, Chris, told me "You are in the works with your exhaust. Check middle of next week". I send an email the next week, no reply. another the week after, no reply. Another, no reply. Weeks go by, and multiple emails with no response, I call up, takes about 5 tries to get through. Chris answers, when I mention how it's around 10-12 weeks from the order, instead of the expected 6, he starts going off about "don't you know there's a pandemic?"... Well yes Chris, I do, and we're over a year into it. I thought the pandemic was considered when I was given a 6 week estimate on the exhaust. He rudely says "if you don't want to wait, we can give you a refund", which I decline, as I need the parts ASAP and I placed the order weeks ago, and my mechanics are waiting on the exhaust. I call back 2-3 weeks later, ask for an update, they tell me I'm "up next", after the exhaust they're currently working on, and to call back in a week. I call back in another week, they tell me "there's one more person ahead of me, then they can start mine"... They told me the delay was the headers, as they only have one guy (acting like it's my fault), but they could ship the downpipe and exhaust separate from the headers. I said no, since the rest of the exhaust is useless without the headers. So, I end up waiting another 4 weeks, so we're at the around 18~ week point since I placed this "6 week" order. I call up again, and by now, I am trying to only deal with a specific worker they have "Brett" (Honestly, Brett is a great employee, his boss is just horrible at running the business and dealing with customers). I keep hearing at this point now "it's a work in progress" for about 3 weeks. I paid $600USD to have my headers and exhaust ceramic coated, but they now tell me that their ceramic coating supplier went out of business, and they can either wait a few more months to find a new supplier, or ship my exhaust as is and refund me for the ceramic coating / use some of the ceramic coating to pay for shipping (Despite the order being 20~ weeks late at this point, they still want me to pay full for shipping). I tell them ship it ASAP, so they take the $300 in ceramic coating for the headers, and use that for shipping.... 3 more weeks go by, they send me a UPS tracking number for the rest of the exhaust... I guess the $300 in ceramic coating for that half of the exhaust isn't getting refunded either. The products in the end are good quality, don't get me wrong, but the absolutely disgusting business practices, constant lies and leading on customers, rudeness of Chris the owner, I cannot warn people enough to stay away from WestCoastFiero / WestCoastFabrication. This was a $4,500.00 USD order, and they didn't care about me at all. If I complained at all before I got all the stuff, and didn't remain as patient as I was, there's no way in hell I would have got what I paid for. In my opinion, they owe me at least $600 for the ceramic coating they didn't do. I didn't get what I paid for fully in the end, and am very unhappy with this company. BUYER BEWARE! They have cost me hundreds more than I originally expected in needing to pay for additional ceramic coating now at my local shop, and having to tie up a spot at my mechanics shop. It's unreliable if you'll even get a response from them through email, and they'll give you the runaround on the phone. Chris had the audacity to tell me to be patient around 18 weeks into the order, when he said it would take 6. No respect for the customer. These people do not deserve your money, even if you're perfectly polite as I was to them, you'll get treated like garbage. It's not like I paid for cheap parts either, WestCoastFiero is known to be expensive, and sure the parts turned out good, but not 4x longer than quoted time good. You will find countless other reviews online of people not getting parts they paid for, being given the run-around, some people being sent broken parts, etc. This is not a unique experience with WestCoastFiero/WestCoastFabrication, it's the standard. I could have gotten something 90% as good at a local shop, for 50% of the price, in 10% of the time. From Reddit, to Facebook, to the Fiero Forums, WestCoastFiero is known for their shitty customer services and how they handle things poorly, and I had the same experience everyone else did. I could post so much more but limited by characters by Yelp. DO NOT BUY FROM THESE PEOPLE!!! read more

A couple of months ago I purchased their Eibach lowering springs for an 85 Fiero. They told me they had a formula for cutting them to certain specs which included weighing them under load and using their expertise to get the desired results. It took forever. When I called to inquire why it was taking so long, Chris told me it was a slow, precise process and they were in the final phase of cutting. They also told me they were making custom "hats" to go on top of the rear springs so they stayed in the spring boot when the vehicle was jacked up. Those never arrived even though they said they were working on them for a week. When I received them they were bone-ass stock Eibach springs that everyone has for $100 less. There was no cutting, grinding, nothing. I didn't leave a bad review because they weren't worth my time!!! About a month ago I was looking for door sill plates. The only ones I found were at WCF, against my better judgement I finally gave in and bought them. You would think after 35 years in business they would know how to make them correctly. A 9th grader in their first day of shop class could have done a better job. The forward section on both sides was not cut to fit the sill, I had to do it myself which was much better than Chris could have done!! Also, their dumb-ass shipping dept. sent it UPS but put it in a USPS Priorty box which cost me another $11.10 to receive my package. I'm not even going to try to recoup that loss because Chris will fight it and he's not worth the time. NEVER do business with this DICKHEAD!!!! read more