$20off
Full synthetic oil service
Oil, filter, fluid top-off, and the digital inspection with photographs. Most cars and light trucks.
TT-OIL20Use it
One per visit. Up to 6 quarts. Not combined with other offers.
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Torque & TrimAutomotive
Torque & TrimAutomotive
- ASE certified technicians
- 36 months, 36,000 miles
- Digital inspection with photos
4.9· 2,164 reviews
You Know The Noise.
We Know The Cause.
Independent repair in Mesa since 2004. Every job starts with a digital inspection you can read on your phone, photographs included, and a number that does not move once you approve it.
ASE certifiedEvery technician, not just the shop sign.
36/36 warrantyMonths or thousand miles, whichever runs out first.
Photos with every quoteYou see what we see, before you approve it.
Same day on most repairsSix bays, and we do not overbook them.
What is it doing?
Our services
Sized by how often we actually sell them, which saves you guessing what a shop is good at.
From $189 per axle
Brakes
Pads, rotors, and the measurement in millimeters so you can decide for yourself.
$119, applied to the repair
Diagnostics
A code is a symptom, not an answer.
From $69
Oil & Maintenance
Full synthetic, filter, and a real inspection.
From $149
A/C Service
Leak tested before it is recharged.
$109 with printout
Alignment
Before and after, on paper.
From $249
Detail & Paint
The trim half of the name.
Tested free
Batteries & Charging
Including the parasitic draw nobody wants to chase.
Service from $189
Transmission
And an honest verdict when service is not enough.
Bring one in
Coupons
Mention the code at the counter or show it on your phone. The fine print on each one says exactly what it covers, because a coupon that hides its conditions is not really an offer.
$50off
Brake service, per axle
Pads and rotors, with the pad thickness measured and written down whether you buy anything or not.
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Per axle. Parts and labor. Expires at the end of the season.
$25off
A/C performance service
Leak test, vent temperature reading, and recharge if the system holds. If it does not, we say so first.
TT-COOL25Use it
Refrigerant additional. Diagnosis of leaks quoted separately.
Freecheck
Check engine light scan
We pull the codes and tell you what they mean, in writing, with no obligation to have the work done here.
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Code retrieval only. Full diagnosis is $119, applied to the repair.
The honest four
Most of it is one of these
Every shop claims to fix everything, which tells you nothing about what any of them are good at. Here are the four that fill our bays, what they run, and the part other estimates leave out.
The measurement, not the opinion
Every brake quote in town says your pads are low. Ours says how low, in millimeters, next to the number the manufacturer calls the limit. Sometimes that means you need brakes today. Sometimes it means you have another nine months and should stop worrying about it.
- Typical range
- $189 – $420 per axle
- In the bay
- About two hours
- Includes
- Pads, rotors, hardware, road test
- Measured
- Pad thickness and rotor runout
Rotors can sometimes be resurfaced instead of replaced, which is cheaper. We check whether yours have the material for it rather than assuming they do not.
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“Showed me the pad thickness on a caliper gauge and said I had another season. Nobody does that.”
“Dealer wanted $1,400 for a sensor. These guys found a chewed wire and charged me the diagnostic.”
“A/C died in July, which is the worst possible timing. They found the leak, showed me the dye, fixed it in a day.”
“The photo inspection they text you is worth the visit by itself. I finally understand what my car needs.”
“Quoted an alignment, then called to say it did not need one and only charged for the check.”
“Two shops told me transmission. These guys said mount, and they were right. Saved me four thousand dollars.”
“Paint correction on a ten-year-old truck and it looks like the day I bought it. The trim half is real.”
“Same day on brakes, no upsell, and they swept the floor mats. Small thing. I noticed.”
Reviews and ratings invented for this demo.
Who is touching your car
The same six bays since 2004
We have never opened a second location, and we are not going to. One shop means the person who quoted your car is the person who will still be here when you come back.
Since 2004
Six bays and no commission
Nobody here is paid a percentage of what they sell you, which removes the single most common reason a shop recommends work you do not need. Technicians are paid for the job in front of them, done right the first time.
The inspection
You see what we see
Every vehicle gets a digital inspection with photographs, texted to you before anything is approved. Green, yellow, red. If we say a boot is torn, there is a picture of the torn boot attached.
The warranty
Thirty-six months, and we mean it
Thirty-six months or thirty-six thousand miles on parts and labor, honored here and at any shop in the nationwide network. Which matters mostly when something goes wrong on a road trip, which is exactly when it should.
What backs the work
Thirty-six and thirty-six
A warranty is only worth what it covers and where it is honored. Ours covers parts and labor for three years or thirty-six thousand miles, and it travels — which matters on the one day a year you are far from home.
Book a BayASE certified
Every technician on the floor, not just the shop's sign
36 months / 36,000 miles
Parts and labor, whichever runs out first
Honored nationwide
At any shop in the network, not only here
Photographed
Every finding documented before you approve it
Quoted before started
The number does not move once you say yes
Road tested
Every repair driven before it is handed back
Book online
Tell us the noise
Three steps and about forty seconds. The form is live: it reaches Mesa Web Designers exactly the way it would reach the service counter.
Issue→Time→Contact
What can we help with?
What’s happening?
What you get either way
- A written estimate before a single bolt is turned.
- A digital inspection with photographs, texted to your phone.
- The verdict on what is urgent and what can honestly wait.
- Your old parts back if you want to see them.
- Thirty-six months on parts and labor, honored nationwide.
Financing
Repairs from $58/month.
On approved credit, with the rate and the term shown before you sign anything. A real site names its lender right here.
See financing →Straight answers
The questions we actually get
No. Federal law is explicit about this: a manufacturer cannot require you to service the car at a dealer to keep the warranty. Keep the receipts, use the right fluids, and you are covered. We document everything for exactly that reason.
Because they are doing two different things. The parts store reads a code, which takes thirty seconds. Diagnosis is testing the circuit that code is complaining about, which takes an hour and is the reason the repair is right the first time. Our fee applies to the repair.
We would rather you did not, and we will be honest about why: we cannot warranty a part we did not supply, and when it fails at ten months you are paying the labor twice. If you have a specific brand you trust, tell us and we will source it.
For anything scheduled, yes, and it will get you out faster. For a noise that just started or a light that just came on, come in. We hold time every day for exactly that.
Most maintenance and brake work is same day. Diagnosis is one to three hours. Anything needing a part we do not stock depends on the part, and we will tell you the real date rather than the optimistic one.
Warranty work is free, so there is nothing to discount. Coupons apply to new work, one per visit, and the fine print on each one says exactly what it covers.
Not on the list? Call the shop and ask for the service counter. Nobody here works on commission, so the answer you get is the answer, not a pitch.
End of the demo
Torque & Trim is not real. The website is.
Everything you just clicked — the animations, the calculators, the forms that actually deliver — was built by hand for a company we invented, so you could see the work instead of reading about it. Yours would be built the same way, around your trade, your jobs, and the customers you would rather have more of.
Torque & Trim is a fictional auto repair shop created to demonstrate this design. The staff, prices, reviews, addresses, and phone numbers shown above are invented and should not be treated as real.