This weekend I drove down to San Diego and stopped at Matt's place in Santa Maria on my way. Matt is the man!
He did my suspension (including shocks, struts, springs, sway bar bushings, ball joints, tie rods, end links, control arm bushings, and rear axle bushings).
He also did the timing belt during the same day. When we put the engine back together, he diagnosed a bubble somewhere in the coolant lines that was preventing coolant flow, and was able to troubleshoot and eliminate the problem in no time (basically priming the coolant lines).
While he was at it, he did some VAGCOM work (IP timing), checked engine fan operation and did an ECM-mod to make my windows roll down via keyfob (clearly a crowd-pleaser). We also pulled the valve cover to look at the cams and he explained to me what he was looking for.
Not only is my car better-than-new (the drive home was SO much fun), I feel like I learned a lot from him. If you live nearby, GET IN TOUCH WITH MATT to do any work you need.