# 2000 Porsche 911 - Shop suggestions **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** porsche\ **Created:** [April 5, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962 "2019-04-05T04:17:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MikeGamboa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@MikeGamboa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeGamboa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/1 "2019-04-05T04:17:12Z")
Any recommendations for good, independent Porsche shop for IMS Bearing upgrade? ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/2 "2019-04-05T13:03:50Z")
The one on Smith Ave. does great work ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/3 "2019-04-05T13:06:34Z")
What is wrong with people asking questions like this ? They don’t give their location and if it was some place like New York City the shop someone names could be 50 miles away. Have they never heard of Google ? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/4 "2019-04-05T13:30:10Z")
That shop down by the river is good, I hear. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/5 "2019-04-05T13:44:04Z")
You’d get a lot more answers on a Porsche forum. Just make sure you give them your location. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/6 "2019-04-05T14:32:43Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > That shop down by the river is good, I hear. … and the owner lives in a van, down by the river, so he is always nearby in case customers need him. 😁 In an NJ-centric forum, somebody recently asked for assistance from “anyone who lives on Poplar Street”, but he failed to supply the name of the municipality. Like with most things in life, _The Devil is in the details_… 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![MikeGamboa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@MikeGamboa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeGamboa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/7 "2019-04-05T15:12:08Z")
My bad - first post on the forum - I am in Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/8 "2019-04-05T15:14:50Z")
There is one in Stuttgart, Germany that does great work! ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/9 "2019-04-05T15:56:10Z")
I’d join a couple of Porsche forums, I’m sure they have some good recommendations in your area. This is a fairly common repair, but I’d want a shop with a lot of experience doing it, since it requires engine removal. Is this a precautionary repair, or did your IMS bearing fail? ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/10 "2019-04-05T16:03:48Z")
Since you live in the Chicago area, there is likely a Porsche club that meets regularly. Look it up on line and invite yourself to the next meeting. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/11 "2019-04-05T17:46:30Z")
Probably more great shops out there but Midwest Eurosport looks like a good place to start. ---
**Author:** ![MikeGamboa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@MikeGamboa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeGamboa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/12 "2019-04-05T19:22:02Z")
Thanks - no failure yet going to have oil tested. Car did not have service history. Thanks to community for all your suggestions! ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-porsche-911-shop-suggestions/137962/13 "2019-04-06T03:30:04Z")
Click the “Mechanics files” link at the top left of this page. If there’s no Porsche specialists listed there for your area, go to a few of those shops anyway, and ask them which is the best inde Porsche shop in town.