Halfords Trade Card

goldspanners

Crabman wrote: »

Hint: it was someone who left Halfords grinning like a complete idiot

ahh that will be you then.

goldspanners

Crabman wrote: »

Hint: it was someone who left Halfords grinning like a complete idiot

so what did you purchase?

Crabman

goldspanners wrote: »

so what did you purchase?

DOT4 Brake fluid (500ml) for £1.92

(I'm easily pleased)

Air and fuel filter were still cheaper at unipart.

I meant to get the hydraulic jack at LIDL for £12.71 but think I may have missed it by now... Halfords sell a bottle jack for £10.39 or the hydraulic jack for £23.99. I'll probably go with the bottle jack unless hydraulic has a significant advantage, what do you think, m'fellow tradie?

goldspanners

Crabman wrote: »

DOT4 Brake fluid (500ml) for £1.92

(I'm easily pleased)

Air and fuel filter were still cheaper at unipart.

I meant to get the hydraulic jack at LIDL for £12.71 but think I may have missed it by now... Halfords sell a bottle jack for £10.39 or the hydraulic jack for £23.99. I'll probably go with the bottle jack unless hydraulic has a significant advantage, what do you think, m'fellow tradie?

i use a trolley jack personally, i suppose it all depnds on what you want to use it for, if its just to lift the car the bottle jack will be fine.
i havent used my card for a while. youve got me in the mood to use it, i may treat myself to some new tools over the weekend.

Keith

Unless it's quite low then the bottle jack doesn't fit. Found that out the hard way!

steveo3002

Crabman wrote: »

DOT4 Brake fluid (500ml) for £1.92

(I'm easily pleased)

Air and fuel filter were still cheaper at unipart.

I meant to get the hydraulic jack at LIDL for £12.71 but think I may have missed it by now... Halfords sell a bottle jack for £10.39 or the hydraulic jack for £23.99. I'll probably go with the bottle jack unless hydraulic has a significant advantage, what do you think, m'fellow tradie?

those small home user trolley jacks are close to being dangerous , ive got one in the garage as a spare and ive had the car topple off it twice while trying th raise the car , imo theyre not wide to raise a decent sized car

depends on your budget i guess...better than nothing , but take care when using it

Crabman

I'd have thought trolley jacks would be more sturdy than a bottle or scissor jack? It'll only be to do minor maintenance (not crawling under the car or anything just yet). Lidl still have them in stock so I'll pick one up on Monday.

What do you use to raise the car now, if not a trolley jack?

steveo3002

i use a bigger garage style trolley jack like this

http://www.armadaleautoparts.com/userimages/Specials/trolley_jack.jpg

theyre a bit more expensive , but dont tipple over when trying to raise the car , they also go alot higher

maybe im spoilt , but i hate those budget ones like these

http://www.toolstation.com/images/library/stock/webbig/12136.jpg

goldspanners

after crabbers reopening this thread i thought i would trundle off to halfords.

i bought 250 ml tin of satin black high temp paint,not much of a saving, RRP £5.99. trade £5.29.
i was looking for a 1/2 inch socket rail,but the stock of tools they had in my local halfords was very poor today.

TESCO_R+R_RAIDER

Bar's Leaks Radiator Stop Leak£4.99 trade carde £3.