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      02-07-2015, 07:15 AM   #1
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walnut blasting GTA

Hey Guys

I'm in Ottawa and I go to Toronto often and I was wondering if there are any Indy shops that in the GTA that do walnut blasting ? I hear only the dealers in Ottawa do this and its quite expensive

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      02-07-2015, 11:55 AM   #2
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Leslie from the Markville Mall area is your man. He's at (647)922-5545. You can text him at that number and arrange for a time with him. He's got a lot of people vouching for his work.
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      02-07-2015, 11:18 PM   #3
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Thanks much appreciated
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      02-09-2015, 03:24 PM   #4
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      02-09-2015, 05:48 PM   #5
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I just bought and picked up my car at 3pm yesterday and dropped it off to Leslie yesterday at 4pm for walnut blasting, intake manifold cleaning, etc. I left and went back at 11pm. Ended up leaving from his garage at 4am, as we ran into a small setback. Down to earth guy. The connector to my mass air flow sensor got caught in the intake manifold as he was putting it back, and it sheared it off.

Leslie then cut the connector from his own 335is and we soldered it onto my car. No issues. My car has relatively high kms, and the intake valves were extremely carbonized. He had to spend extra time and material (walnut shells), but the results were amazing. Felt a major difference afterwards...as I drove back home (4 hrs away from Toronto).
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      02-13-2015, 08:55 AM   #6
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I just bought and picked up my car at 3pm yesterday and dropped it off to Leslie yesterday at 4pm for walnut blasting, intake manifold cleaning, etc. I left and went back at 11pm. Ended up leaving from his garage at 4am, as we ran into a small setback. Down to earth guy. The connector to my mass air flow sensor got caught in the intake manifold as he was putting it back, and it sheared it off.

Leslie then cut the connector from his own 335is and we soldered it onto my car. No issues. My car has relatively high kms, and the intake valves were extremely carbonized. He had to spend extra time and material (walnut shells), but the results were amazing. Felt a major difference afterwards...as I drove back home (4 hrs away from Toronto).
Wow, that is just great customer service!

I'm sold - Leslie I will come and see you in the spring!
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      02-13-2015, 10:31 AM   #7
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will be going to leslie to get mine done too
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      02-13-2015, 07:28 PM   #8
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I keep hearing about how great Leslie is. He is also the guy to contact for the muffler PE mod. What is the name of Leslie's shop?
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I keep hearing about how great Leslie is. He is also the guy to contact for the muffler PE mod. What is the name of Leslie's shop?
he works at his house's garage
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      02-15-2015, 06:10 PM   #10
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Here's another vote for Leslie.
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      02-26-2015, 10:23 AM   #11
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Another vote for Leslie from 1addicts
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      02-26-2015, 11:12 AM   #12
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I am going to get walnut blasting and jb4 installed this weekend,I also asked him about charge pipe install(I know its not that hard but still) he said if im getting the walnut blasting done he wont charge me anything and will install it for free. - I know people that are not on this forum but raved about what a great guy he was.
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      02-26-2015, 11:17 AM   #13
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So how much is for the walnut blasting? from the main forum someone said it cost his $7700 US for walnut blasting & water pump! And how to tell if I need walnut blasting?
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So how much is for the walnut blasting? from the main forum someone said it cost his $7700 US for walnut blasting & water pump! And how to tell if I need walnut blasting?
lez charges $250 for walnut blasting - compare to what your putting into this car, that price is unbeatable
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      02-26-2015, 01:32 PM   #15
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lez charges $250 for walnut blasting - compare to what your putting into this car, that price is unbeatable
Compare to $7700, $250 is nothing! I should blast mine too then even I don't know am I need one LOL.
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      03-21-2015, 04:58 PM   #16
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Hey guys ..just got my car done with Leslie , good guy good work.. I Defiantly recommend him ....thanks for the tip cpie . .

The car definitly is more responsive and feels smoother worth the $
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      03-21-2015, 06:13 PM   #17
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Glad to hear you got a good experience with Leslie. Yeah he's a great guy.
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I'll be bringing my car to Leslie for intake cleaning service soon as well. Will update with my experience!
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Who TF pays $7700 for walnut blasting and water pump!?

Sounds like a scam; either that, or that guy got a new transmission put in too lol
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Does this Leslie guy still do the walnut blasting?
Same phone number?
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      03-11-2018, 03:40 PM   #21
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Does this Leslie guy still do the walnut blasting?
Same phone number?
Yes - paradigm performance auto in markham.... Used to charge 250... That was a couple years ago
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A better option is to have an aluminum charge pipe with a bung welded. Run the car and spray CRC through the charge pipe a few times a year. this is easy cheap and will keep the buildup low. Walnut blasting has to be performed every 10 K because it doesn't take long to reach that level again.
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