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About Central East Mechanical

Dapto's Most Trusted Workshop

A local workshop built on honest advice and work that holds up. Here's who you're handing your keys to.

Our story

Built On Doing It Properly

Brett started Central East Mechanical on a simple belief: every customer deserves honest advice, quality workmanship and a fair price. That sounds like the sort of thing every workshop says. The difference is what it means in practice — you get a phone call before anything extra is touched, an explanation you can actually follow, and an invoice that matches what was discussed.

Across the team, our qualified mechanics bring more than 50 years of combined experience to the tools. That experience shows up as faster diagnosis and fewer parts thrown at a problem in the hope that one of them was the fault.

We’re on Marshall Street in Dapto, and most of our work comes from people who were sent to us by someone else who’s been coming for years.

Brett, owner and head mechanic at Central East Mechanical in Dapto

What we stand for

Four Things We Won't Compromise On

  • No work without a price

    We inspect, we call, we quote. If the job grows once we're into it, that's another phone call — never a surprise on the invoice.

  • Plain English, every time

    You'll get told what's actually wrong, what happens if you leave it, and what it costs to fix. No jargon used as a way of avoiding the question.

  • Everything in-house

    Servicing, inspections, brakes, clutches, suspension, diagnostics and auto electrical are all done here — so your car isn’t being sent between two workshops.

  • Only what the car needs

    If it can wait, we'll tell you it can wait. Selling work that isn't needed is the fastest way to lose a customer you'd otherwise have for a decade.

The workshop

Find Us In Dapto

We’re at 7/20 Marshall Street, Dapto NSW 2530, a couple of minutes off the Princes Highway. There’s parking on site and we open at 7:00am on weekdays, which suits most people dropping a car off before work.

Alongside Dapto, we regularly look after cars from Horsley, Kanahooka, Brownsville, Unanderra, Figtree, Wollongong, Port Kembla, Warrawong, Albion Park and Shellharbour. Have a look at everything we do on the services page, or call the workshop if you’d rather just describe the problem.

We’re also an authorised NSW inspection station, so your pink slip can be done here at the same time as your logbook service.

A vehicle on the hoist in one of the service bays at Central East Mechanical, Dapto

Customer reviews

What Our Customers Say About Us

4.9 average from 120+ Google reviews

  • Christian E.

    Google review

    Great friendly service! First time coming in for a pink slip and the guys made it so easy. They even replaced my wipers and it was all done in no time. Highly recommend if you want an honest and friendly place for all your car needs.
  • Peter V.

    Google review

    Brett and the boys offer professional automotive service excellence. CEM is the ONLY place I'll trust with work on my pride and joy! Nothing is too much trouble, and they take great care to properly diagnose faults and deliver what they promise!
  • Michael F.

    Google review

    Can't rate this place highly enough. Took my car here after having some issues, they fit me in extremely quickly, diagnosed the issue and fixed it. Very upfront and honest through the whole process, and very thorough. Will be the only place I take my car from now on.

Get in touch

Book Your Car In With Central East Mechanical

Fastest way to get sorted is a phone call. Prefer to write it down? Send the form and we'll come back to you.

Workshop
7/20 Marshall Street, Dapto NSW 2530
Opening hours
Mon – Fri: 7:00am – 5:00pmSaturday: 8:00am – 12:00pmSunday: Closed
Service area
Dapto, Wollongong, Albion Park, Shellharbour & surrounding Illawarra suburbs

Send an enquiry

Tell us about your car and what it needs.

We typically respond within a few hours on business days.

Classic car under repair on a hoist inside the Central East Mechanical workshop in Dapto

Come and See For Yourself.

Call (02) 4261 5199 or drop into the workshop on Marshall Street, Dapto.

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