Services : Vehicle Maintenance
SCR is proud to offer a complete set of service & maintenance items for your car.
As mentioned elsewhere on this site, we do specialize in European marques like Audi, BMW, MINI, Porsche
and Volkswagen. When you entrust your European car to us, you know that your car is being worked on by
an expert who sees dozens of them every week, not a tech who figures "all cars are pretty much the same".
As with our performance products, we also extend our expertise to many other vehicles, not just our European core.
We see substantial numbers of Subaru/WRX/STi, Mitsubishi EVO, Lotus, DSM, Mustang, and most other sports/performance coupes and sedans.
We are finding that our customers like our service so much, that they bring the rest of their cars and trucks to us as well.
Whatever you have that needs maintenance, we will keep it on the road for you in top running condition.
Please use the selections below to get more information on our offerings.
Oil Services + Checkups
SCR Performance offers routine maintenance and checkup service for your vehicle, performed
at the time of routine oil changes. Give us your vehicle with the peace of mind that you won't be added
to the legions of motorists who have a horror story courtesy of their local "grease monkey". In additional
to conscientiously servicing your car, we will inspect it for any upcoming or latent issues to prevent any
problems before they start.
Wheel/Tire Services
Our wheel and tire machines are the best mounting and balancing equipment you can buy. These new machines
are the best available on the market today, to make sure we can mount your low-profile tires without harm
to your wheels. Composite heads on the tire mounting machine mean that we will never scratch a wheel -
even hard-to-mount sizes common on European cars. Our tire balancing equipment can detect faulty wheels,
faulty tires, and can correct for these if necessary.
We believe the peace of mind you'll get from knowing that your wheels will be mounted on the best equipment
available, by somebody who cares, is the most important feeling we can offer.
Vehicle Alignments
SCR Performance is extremely proud of our best-in-class laser alignment tools.
We offer in-house, 4-wheel laser alignments for street, sport, and race applications.
Laser alignment machines offer unrivaled accuracy, which translates to better handling and improved
tire wear over the life of your vehicle. Complement your new wheel and tire package with a four-wheel
alignment from SCR.
For lowered street cars and race cars, we have special ramps to make sure your car will get on and off
our rack without any difficulties or damage - which is not something that can be said for all shops!
Fault Code checking / VAG COM services + diagnostics
Modern automobiles are amazingly complex vehicles. The latest Audis have over 25 separate processors
in them to maintain vehicle functions. Fortunately, we have the electronic tools to scan, clear, and
set data in your car. This includes the VAG-COM tool for VW/Audi/Porsche/Lamborghini vehicles, and
an advanced Snap-ON OBDII scanner for advanced diagnostics.
SCR will pull codes for you if you want to check on the source of a MIL/CEL (check engine light), and we
provide diagnostic services in addition to our repair services.
Vehicle Prepurchase exams
For a modest charge, SCR can examine a vehicle before you buy it to make sure there are no hidden issues. We will
pull any fault codes, inspect the vehicle on our rack, check its alignment, and provide you with a printed report
of everything we find.
Just because a dealer may have
marked a vehicle as "Certified" doesn't mean there can't be some significant issues with the car - some of the
most damaged vehicles we've ever inspected were "Certified Pre-Owned" Audis and BMW's. If you're buying
from a private seller, then there are even more possibilities for unknowns.
Don't find out you've made a mistake until it's too late, let us present you with what we find. At best,
we can tell you that the car you've brought us should be a great buy!
We can fit these exams in almost any time during the day, but please contact us first if
you are planning on bringing us a car to inspect.
Brake system checkups and maintenance
While extremely effective, modern brake systems still need attention. The sporty capabilities of Volkswagen
and Audi vehicles in particular are hard on brake disks and pads.
Brake fluid should be flushed at least once
every two years, and we diagnose any braking system issues you may be experiencing, even something as simple
as a brake light resulting from low brake fluid levels.
Timing Belts & Related Engine Service
While a timing belt provides quieter operation than the timing chains used on other engine designs,
it must also be replaced more frequently. With Colorado's wide range of hot and cool temperatures, timing
belts require replacement more often than the 75 or 90,000 mile intervals - we recommend no later than every
60,000 miles, especially as the consequences of a broken belt are very expensive.
While a timing belt is being replaced, we recommend replacement of several nearby items while the car is in
'service mode', such as replacement of the tensioner, accessory belts, and water pump.
Prices vary per vehicle, please call or e-mail us for details.
Transmission flushes
Modern automatic transmissions such as the TipTronic and StepTronic CVT's are extremely precise
machinery. We have a full transmission flush machine, not just a 'drain it and refill it' transmission
service you will get at most shops. This ensures fresh fluid that is the lifeblood of your transmission.
We service many VW, Audi, and Porsche gearboxes every month, and we know which ones require special fluids.
Are you sure the other guys have the right fluid for your European car?
EFI system service
For older and higher mileage Euros, even the reliable parts of your fuel injection system can wear and start to fail. We
can check and replace all fuel filters, fuel pressure regulators, pulse dampers, and fuel pumps. If a good
cleaning is all your injectors need, we can send them off for servicing at reputable injector servicing establishments.
Shock absorber and bushing replacement
Shock absorbers are only good for about 80,000 miles, even on the smoothest roads. Here in Colorado, they
wear even more rapidly, resulting in poor ride, bottoming, and "wallowy" handling. We can replace your worn
dampers with new units, or suggest aftermarket replacements in accordance with your desires.
A particular achilles heel of the Audis are worn control arm bushings and tie rod ends, which begin to make
the car feel a bit "loose" on the front end, often after as little as 40,000 miles. We keep bushing
and tie-rod kits on our shelves and can have you in and out in the same day, with a precision alignment
afterwards on our alignment rack.
Wheel Repair
If you have damaged a wheel, SCR has a service contract with a wheel repair facility, and we can more than likely
have your wheels repaired for far less than the cost of a replacement wheel.
General post-warranty repair & service
For anything else we haven't specifically called out above, we can help you. If you have a newer vehicle just
coming off of warranty, or an older vehicle in need of some attention, we would love to show you how
we like to do business, and why our customers keep coming back.
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News Briefs
[2010.03.04]
SCR Customers running at the 100-Acre Wood Rally
One of our customers, Roger Matthews, sent us an update and some pictures from his competitive weekend at the 100 Acre Wood rally
[2010.02.05]
SCR Performance to manage Savannah Rickli
SCR Performance is proud to announce that Savannah Rickli has been signed by SCR to manage her
burgeoning career. The SCR management team, consisting of Mark Baer and Grant Barclay, will be assisting
the progress of Savannah’s career in areas related to marketing, car control and race logistics.
[2009.11.22]
SCR Driver Savannah Rickli advances to next stage of TDi Cup Selection
Savannah sent us an update from the Boston prequalifier for the Jetta TDi Cup, where she advanced
to the selection round in Las Vegas.
[2009.11.16]
SCR Performance hauls home the hardware with 2009 championships
2009 marked a banner year for SCR Performance and its drivers. At the 2009 SCCA banquet, an even dozen awards were taken home by SCR Performance and their drivers
[2009.10.26]
SCR Performance on the podium at Rallycross National Championships
The SCCA Rallycross national championship was right in our back yard this year, held near PPIR in Fountain, Colorado, and SCR was on the podium!
[2009.09.15]
SCR Performance Trophies at Nationals!
SCR Performance brought home some hardware this year in what proved to be a very difficult Solo Nationals for the Rocky Mountain Division.
[2009.07.04]
SCR performs pace car duties at July 4th Freedom Sprints
SCR Performance celebrated the 4th of July this year the best way we can think of: by going racing!
[2009.06.30]
Return to Pike's Peak
It was a much calmer weekend this week at PPIR, compared to our previous visit, but there were still lots of drivers putting in strong finishes at
PPIR.
[2009.06.18]
Summer Racing season rolls on.
The 2009 Solo season continued in fine form for SCR Performance on June 6th, with no fewer than 11 drivers flying the SCR colors.
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