9 Elf Motorsports

I am extremely impressed with the courtesy and service provided by 9elf.
I was visiting the Windsor area and my windshield wiper rod, not the wiper, the rod was over extend. I fully expected to order and pay for a new wiper rod.
After a quick look, they tightened the screw and told me,“that should do it…” and refused to take any money from me.
It’s rare to find people, let alone, mechanics, who are honest and courtious. These guys are both.
If I lives in the area, I would only take my cars to 9elf.
Thanks guys

Michael is totally trustworthy. I am delighted to have an excellent Porsche shop in Santa Rosa.

I have been bringing my Carrera to Michael since I bought it and he worked at Tillmans. He is very thorough but is honest and fair. I have recommended him to several people and they have felt the same way. It is a good feeling that I can bring my car to someone who I totally trust to do the job right without gouging me. Great job Michael.

Another outstanding job: Clutch service /​upgrade.
After my grueling experience with an IMS failure and rebuild (unrelated to Micheal and 9Elf Motorsports), one might say that my 2003 Boxter-​S requires not simply a mechanic, but a «Quantum Mechanic»… and I have to say that Michael is very «particular»…

I just had the 90k service done on my 04 911. $ 812, probably about half the price at Sonnen. They told me a couple of things I should take it to Sonnen for, like a real main seal leak, and a coolant leak, since it has a 100k warranty. This is the 4^th or 5^th time I’m had it serviced there in the last few years. It is gratifying to know Michael who I think owns the shop & is the main mechanic. Great expert advice and feedback on my cars performance, they’ve saved me money and the beast has never run better. Michael fixed an electrical problem on a headlight assembly at no charge, instead of replacing the entire unit at a cost of over $ 2k. The place even smells better now that Tristan has either taken a shower or started using deodorant

These guys are great. I bought a 2005 Boxster recently and had Michael Stead Porsche do a PPI on the car since that was the closest dealer to the seller.
They said the front brake pads were at 30% and quoted something in the thousands of dollars for new pads, discs, rebuilt calipers, the works. Seemed like they were just trying to get some $$$.
I bought some pads online with the intention of doing just the job myself (everything else seemed fine) but realized I’m not really into working on cars anymore. ;) And I definitely don’t have the time.
So on a recommendation from one of the other reviewers on here, I brought my car in for the brake pads and an oil change. Very reasonable prices and friendly people to boot. While I was working at a local coffee shop, Tristan called me and said they measured the pads and they were still plenty good… so all we did was the oil job.
They noticed a couple of other things on the car to do at a later date (these guys aren’t pushy at all). I’m looking forward to having them do lots of work in the future including an IMS upgrade when the clutch/​flywheel is ready for replacing.

These guys (Tristan and Michael) are as good as it gets, really. I’ve taken my wife’s Porsche Boxster S there four times and they have been outstanding each time (one when Michael was still at the Tillman’s location). They did our IMS, clutch, air oil separator, water pump, performance headers and cats. and a bunch of other things. They get the work done quickly, and I never have to go back to have them fix the same thing twice. They know Porsches really well. I wish they worked on all brands of cars. I’ve been to other Porsche places in the bay area and 9 Elf is WAY better to deal with for me…

The best place for your Porsche service or to to modify you hot rod fantasy. 9 Elf modified my suspension over a year ago and my car handles like a dream. I’ll keep you all posted on the custom engine build that we are working on over the following months.

You won’t find anyplace better than this for your Porsche. We started taking our Porsche to Tillmans four years ago; that’s when we met Michael, the Porsche Engineer there. Micheal Rose (the owner) was the main guy at Tillmans Engineering; he built and ran the Porsche side of that business and then purchased it from Tillmans… so now he’s 9 Elf Motorsports.
My wife Jodi was looking for a Porsche to back in 2007 to purchase and found one on CL. She called around asking for estimates on repairs for the car and people referred her to Michael at Tillmans. The car we were looking at had electrical problems. She talked to him and he said he could fix it but that it could possibly cost a lot of money to fix. He could have encouraged her to buy it; guaranteeing a future customer. He advised her not to get it.
We finally bought another car months later and took it to him after it arrived in California. He’s done tune ups, repairs, and even some performance improvements to our car (s). Yes now we have two of them! Michael is honest and he does amazing work. He pretty much knows just about everything you could know about Porsches, fixing them, building, modifying, upgrading, etc.
One thing that really impressed us was that he has dozens of Porsche certifications and that he actually worked at the RUF factory in Europe. If you know Porsches then you know the RUF name.
Anyway they have our car now for brake customizations and other work and I guess they now have a custom fabrication shop where they can pretty much customize any part of your car. Their custom fabrication guy Forrest is pretty great too. I spoke to him about some future projects on my car and he’s very knowledgeable and has done some very high end customizations on race and show cars.
There really isn’t any other place to take a Porsche in this area. These guys only touch Porsches so you know they know what they are doing when touching your baby.