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Corey if i was to get the 69 piece Sidcrome set from Auto One i wouldn't have 3/8 sockets?

Arent they the most important one? or are they interchangable with 1/2 sockets? My Haynes manual for the excel actually recommends the 1/2 over the 3/8 .. but almost everybody else I've heard from has recommended the 3/8 as the most important one

You don't need really fancy tools to start off

+1 if you're starting off and only going to be working on the car from time to time then it's probably better (considering you're on a budget) to buy something like Stanley which is cheaper and is still a reputable brand.

Edited by Dani Boi

Yeah Stanley had that 69 piece black chrome sockets of 1/4 and 3/8s for only $69 bucks at SCA i was quite keen on that, but the repco brand is also a good price and it has a whole warranty etc

Yeah Stanley had that 69 piece black chrome sockets of 1/4 and 3/8s for only $69 bucks at SCA i was quite keen on that, but the repco brand is also a good price and it has a whole warranty etc

i would go the stanley 69 piece set as it has 3/8. you wont get the toolbox the other 69 set has but with what you save you can get metric and imperial spanners.

all the options are starting to confuse me too now...luckily these days i only have to replace what goes missing

all the options are starting to confuse me too now...luckily these days i only have to replace what goes missing

+1 for this, although i really do need to talk the missus into letting me get the top half of my snap on tool box. She just doesnt understand.

+1 for this, although i really do need to talk the missus into letting me get the top half of my snap on tool box. She just doesnt understand.

let me know if you need backup and we can get together and talk her into it. :thumbsup: Mr Snappy comes to work regularly in his truck. sometimes i get that sick in my stomach feeling when you ask how much something is :sick:

what do you need more tools for now your moving up the foodchain haha

hahaha yeah the amount of options are ridiculous!

I was thinking of getting a good 3/8 set, and there are sets with 1/4 and 1/2 with 8-19mm spanners which are all the spanners I really need and should give me a good place to start with 1/4 and 1/2 sockets which I may not use as much anyway!

Cheers Dave I'll try and get there ... its a bit of a trek even from work in osb. park though!

Still need to check out the kinchrome sale at toolmart and bunnings and call up repco for their prices

Do Stanley have a lifetime warranty on their products?

let me know if you need backup and we can get together and talk her into it. :thumbsup: Mr Snappy comes to work regularly in his truck. sometimes i get that sick in my stomach feeling when you ask how much something is :sick:

what do you need more tools for now your moving up the foodchain haha

haha i still get to play at home, i have talked her into letting me get a hoist :banana:

Jonno34: I'm not sure if stanley do, but they are still made in the sidchrome factory so are nearly just as good. The stanley range are "2nds" if you will, it just didnt meet the grade of sidchrome

Well I've been going crazy calling up repco/sca/auto one and getting prices/catalogues and stuff

Finally decided on a 60 piece socket and spanner set from repco, goes for 199 on special from 320 bucks or something. and i get 20% off that too!

comes with 1/4 and 1/2 drives, so that should cover most of what i need, got alot of sockets for each one, spark plug sockets, and 8-19mm spanners

and repco is selling a 2 tonne jack for 100 bucks on sale at the moment, and tool marts got kinchrome jack stands for 70 bucks that hold up 3000kg each!

might decide to spend a bit more on the jack and get something stronger though

haha i still get to play at home, i have talked her into letting me get a hoist :banana:

whats the going rate to be? you will never have to buy beer ever again!!

i wouldnt worry too much about the warranty jonno as you will probably lose them before you break them :whistling:

if your looking at your first kit dont forget your local cashies or whatever youd be suprised by what turns up in these places

ive scored quite afew bargains just by walking thru the door and giving the old " give ya a hundy"

i wouldnt worry too much about the warranty jonno as you will probably lose them before you break them :whistling:

thats true, but most tools of any decent quality come with lifetime warranty anyway (stanley does come with a lifetime warranty as well)

i would have gone for the stanley set, cos thats a mad good deal at 69 bucks, but no spanners, which costs a good 120 bucks or so .. actually that has more sockets than the repco set im getting and it would work out cheaper ..

the repco one has spark plug sockets as well though

but the stanley has a 3/8 drive instead of a 1/2

DAMN back into confusion haha

Beyond Tools are having a massive sale, they have reduced everything in there store, so its a good time to go and check them out there located at 23 Exhibition drive,Malaga

sale ends midnight 30th june

their reduced prices are still higher than everyone elses normal prices. most expensive tool shop i've ever been to.

OP, tried ebay?

damn, i havent checked ebay!

i'll have a look there and cash converters haha

more options! I may just stick to the SCA/Repco sales - their pretty cheap and I get to see them in store and have a feel of them first and stuff I guess .. although i could feel em in a store n thn buy it online

69 bucks from 120 or 199 from 320 are both real good deals though

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