Auto Tool Shops

[lwells]

'lo All,

Does anyone have recommendations for automotive tool shops in the Sydney metro area?

I am not talking the usual Repco/Supercrap type stores, but specialist shops that stock a good range of good brands (not the usual 100 different crap brands) and also have good pricing. I am aware of the TransQuip online webstore, but I would prefer somewhere local that I can go to physically look at an item (and purchase it, if the pricing is good enough).

Cheers,

Lucien

[Beer Baron]

find your local snap-on man. any tools i need i just ask my friend to call me when the snap-on man is coming down.

[raz0r$harP.UK]

I go to my local Glenfords..

[Tosh]

i'd ask Snap On if they have any authorised retail dealers and go there... We get the Snap On guy coming round all the time, I'll ask him next time he's here

[ed]

Supercheap and repco now have a line up of tools with lifetime warranty on them. I haven't had an breakages with the Supercheap Gold Works sockets the amount of supercheap tools I have is catching up to the siddies

Otherwise you can try http://www.justtools.com.au

Ed

[Beer Baron]

toshi snap-on dont have retail stores.

[lwells]

find your local snap-on man. any tools i need i just ask my friend to call me when the snap-on man is coming down.

Snap On actually doesn't make what I am after. No idea if Sidchrome does because they don't seem to have their catalogue online. I know Kincrome does though.

So far the cheapest place in Sydney I have found is

V E K Tools

3/ 50 Cumberland Hwy Smithfield 2164

(02) 9756 3464

Supercheap and repco now have a line up of tools with lifetime warranty on them. I haven't had an breakages with the Supercheap Gold Works sockets the amount of supercheap tools I have is catching up to the siddies

I've had Repco items break on me. I read the warranty conditions and its full of holes

[Beer Baron]

what do you need lucien?

[Beer Baron]

T&E and stahl wille make quite nice tools also. blue point is snap-ons budget brand and is not bad either. kingchrome is crap on the whole.

[lwells]

what do you need lucien?

I am after ratcheting spanners with flex heads like so (~300kb PDF).

T&E and stahl wille make quite nice tools also. blue point is snap-ons budget brand and is not bad either. kingchrome is crap on the whole.

"Kingchrome" might be crap, but in my experience "Kincrome" makes decent mid-level tools. They are definately a step up from the rubbish no name (Kincrome has a cheap label, Supatool that competes with those brands). IIRC, Duncan is a fan of their spanners (namely, the stubby spanners) too.

Edit: Supatool, not Supercraft.

[SECURITY]

Coventry Fasteners

Unit 2, 29-33 Bourke Road, Alexandria, NSW, 2015

Phone: 02 9698 9566 Fax:02 9319 3314

theyve had everything ive needed so far.

[Suspense]

I went to bunnings picked out the kincrome... said another shop does it cheaper, gave them my mates number./.. got a good price

[lwells]

I went to bunnings picked out the kincrome... said another shop does it cheaper, gave them my mates number./.. got a good price

Mad dodgey stylee, I love it To be honest, I hate Bunnings so much -- mainly because their staff are always moronic, but also because they are destroying the market for the types of hardware/tool shops I like -- that I would rather spend my money elsewhere, but if all else fails I might give them a call.

[Duncan]

ahhahah I'm a stubby tool.

Anyway, just buy kincrome from transquip, if you are buying a quality product and the description is clear you don't really need to see it first I reckon

[Neil]

ahhahah I'm a stubby tool.

Yep you got that right buddy,,,I don't know how many times I've threatened to post a "For Sale" of your tools because you should have been born not allowed to touch tools. At race meetings I try really hard to do all the work so you just watch. Duncan should limit his use of tools to cable-ties.

Snap-On,,,You rich boys have gotta be kidding,,,Over-Priced polished tools that are so-overated they should be kept in a show case just to look at. No way are they a tool for a non-mechanic household and not that much better than most other brands.

Here's one to look at:

http://www.kctools.com.au

Neil.

[lwells]

Anyway, just buy kincrome from transquip, if you are buying a quality product and the description is clear you don't really need to see it first I reckon

Its not so much because I doubt what I am getting, its more because I want to see if the head is sufficently small to fit in the space I need it too.