I thought the days of scrambling over wrecks with a tool kit were long gone to be honest.

I think you need to ask for what you want and they'll either have it already off or have it ready for you when you arrive.
Rob

 

There are some places where you can still wander in and have a good look over the cars before removing what you like :broon: Nowhere near as many as there used to be though :sad2: The ones that strip the cars for you always seem to want ridiculous prices as well and there's one near me that never seems to have anything but can order it in, if I wanted to order it then I wouldn't go to a bloody scrapyard! :lol:

 

if you know what bits you want give Gill and Darren a ring, really helpful and have most bits.......07854 547722....


BTW I used to live in sunny Wallington.....

 

BTW I used to live in sunny Wallington.....

.........until you came to your senses and moved to God's own county :clap:

 

All the ones near me let you climb all over the cars and get the bits out you want - if you don't they charge you to remove the bits. They have always got a couple of mgfs in there. They ask what you want first incase they have the part already stripped out though.

 

Hello Mate,

Can you let me know the names of those places and i'll whipm down there thursday.

Do they just make up the prices or?

 

some here - http://www.mgf-tf-central.co.uk/links-breakers.shtml that may be local

 

Ace Car Breakers - Manor Way, Swanscombe, Kent DA10 0PP

They are the ones I've used a few times and always been good. Had 3 f's their when I went last.

Heres the number by the way just incase: 01322 383363‎

 

Only one breakers i've been to lets me walk around and remove the bits and their in Hemel Hempsted. The local one to me in cornwall charges rediculus amounts and they insist on removing the part, if you do it they charge you even more.... So with them i cant be bothered and use ebay instead!

 

Hi,

I am off work Thursday & Friday and i wanted to get myself down to a scrap yard or MGF scrap yard on these days to get myself some spare parts (including a new passenger door).

I have looked on the website and it shows some but i wanted some advise on the best one to go to. Any google searches just come up with people wanting to collect cars and not just ones where i can go for spare parts.

I live in Sutton (South London SM1) and would be prepared to go anywhere around London, the home counties and Kent and Surrey, West and east sussex etc.

Also i have never been to one before so do i take my own tools for removing parts? Are all prices set etc or can you negotiote?

Alright matge..I live in Cheam so not far from yourself. If you happen to find any near us then if you could post them up that be great..for future reference etc!!
thanks Daniel

 

Actually visited the local scrappy today. Daughter's Fiat had a jammed bonnet lock after two hours, cut wrists working through the grill hole ( like the gynacologyst who papered his hall through the letter box) much wd40 and many magic words I got it open. Then found that the two local Fiat dealers, both 20 miles away did not stock the cable it and worse than that they wanted 29 plus vat with several days wait.

The scrappy was just as always, Fiats second row mate, give us a fiver, (lock cable and pin. Restores yer faith don't it

 

Good Find!! i had a Fiat and the local dealers and random Fiat shops around me were SO expensive... I had the same problem with the bonnet lock, such hard work for what it is.. So far...no problems with my bonnet on my TF! *touch wood!* haha