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Unit 2a Ellis Grove, Beeston NG9 1EP Cars and vans, petrol and diesel 4.9 out of 5 from 58 on Google

Beeston · Chilwell · Attenborough · Bramcote

Car and van repairs in Beeston

Tell us what the car is doing and you’ll be told what needs looking at. One mechanic, one unit on Ellis Grove, and reviews on Google going back to 2017 from drivers judging the same pair of hands on how the work aged.

Ring before you set off. It is one mechanic in one unit, so the car needs booking in.

4.9 out of 5 on Google

Crypton tuning and diagnostics

Unit 2A, Ellis Grove

4.9 out of 5 from 58 drivers

You are talking to the mechanic who does the work

Julian answers the phone, does the work, and writes back to the reviews under his own name. There is nobody in between to lose the message.

Julian took care of my MOT and was very kind, courteous, trustworthy and clearly a highly experienced mechanic.
Cassidy Durose, Google review, 2024

Reviews going back to 2017, from people still coming back

One customer judged a suspension repair two years after it was done, and two MOTs later.

I had my suspension repair here 2 years ago, and it was very well done and passed service twice.
Selvan Bavan, Google review, 2026

You get asked what the car has already had done

Before the work rather than after, so you are not paying a second time for something that was done last year.

I was asked about what had been done on the last service so that no pointless bits were re-done
Charlie Marks, Google review, 2021

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A job, start to finish

This is a wet timing belt on a Ford Focus EcoBoost, done over a weekend and photographed as it went. The wet belt runs inside the engine in the oil, so when it starts to break up the bits end up in the sump. That is why the sump comes off and the oil pickup gets cleaned, and it is the part of the job a cheaper quote leaves out.

Close up of the old timing belt still on its sprocket, the black rubber shiny with oil and visibly shedding flakes of material along its back.
The belt that came off. A wet belt runs in the engine oil, and this is what shedding looks like before it blocks anything.

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Check us before you ring

  • 4.9 out of 5 on Google · 58 ratings from local drivers

    You can read them yourself before you ring, including the ones where the owner has written back underneath.

    Smith's Garage, Ellis Grove, on Google Maps

  • Crypton tuning and engine management diagnostics · A long-standing part of what the garage does

    Signwritten on the board at Ellis Grove, and the Google profile carries the same trade.

    Smith's Garage, Ellis Grove, on Google Maps

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