I recently stripped a car using basically nothing but a halfords professional 150 piece socket set, good selection of tools and good quality, although if you could get the older style set off ebay or somewhere i would recommend that as i think the range of bits are better (e/g the new sets have no hex sockets, all bi-hex and a few other differences) i would say that is a good starting point for a tool collection and buy other stuff as/when you need them unless you have a load of money to go out and buy tools in a one'er

 

I bought the Ł99 set, and ive yet to find a bolt i cannot undo on my car. Has star drive, torx, extensions, spanners, small bits etc.

Cant fault it for the price.

 

i reckon you'd need more than a Business card now tho as it so easy to get hold of them, Probs need a few receipts, and a letter headed letter stating your "in the trade". might be wrong mind.

 

My mate works for Delphi, he sits at a desk all day, they're not even motor trade, we make car parts at part of the site. Took a payslip in, went 'I work for Delphi, could I have a trade card' bloke looked at the front of the payslip, and went 'yep' and got him one lol.

 

Any certificate if being a qualified mechanic will do

Or know someone who works there they don't photocopy or keep anything on record.

Just need a manager to log in to allow the computer to let them enter the details

 

i got mien a few weeks ago and just took in driving licence for ID and my first set of certificates. and got one no bother. havnt used it yet tho.

 

Fair play might have to pop in and try get one haha. Bro-in-law has his own garage so should be difficult to get hold of any papers if needed haha.

 

i just went in and said i want a trade card they was like where you work and i just said ford and they was like ok here you go they want to give them away (days of woring for halfords) as they need sales

 

I'm not in the trade but was offered a card by the woman on the till because i was in there so often buying tools etc lol

Saved a hell of a lot of money although the discounts aren;t as massive on some things as they used to be.

Batterys you can get for just about half price

 

i have a snapon tool box now full to the brim BUT for years i had halfords prof stuff which i have no passed on to my eldest son there great tools and tbh the only reason i have snapon now is i aloways promised myself a nice set of tools and its been a waste of cash but my son has a great tool box out of it

 

in my garage ive got a halfords professional tool chest with halfords ratchet spanners etc and theres absolutley nothing wrong with it
TBH most stuff from halfords is good value for money, like whenever i need some spray paint i get it from halfords as ive found it better than the carplan shit you get from autocare

its just people that drive in saxos with evo wings and neons that give halfords a bad name lol

 

ive just been and got a trade card tonight at my local halfords! i took my fathers, mates garage business card.letterhead and i got one straight away no questions asked! i then bought Ł280 worth of tools,spanners,ratchets,screwdrivers,sockets and got them for 163 with the card!

 

WIN WIN

 

i might get one of these as ive got a nvq2 in motor vehicle maintenance and repair and a self employment card

but my business cards say

Ben Hamer plastering
property maintenance and development

so i dont think i will be using that lol

 

oh and to add i have loads of halfords pro stuff its great gonna get some more now if its cheaper lol the only thing i have found is some of there tools only come in common sizes as do most there sets 10/12/13/15/17/19 is so annoying

 

All you need is any proof you've been in the motor trade or are i just took my college certificates in

 

I"ve had my trade card about 7 years now halfords were sending them out to buissnesses in the cambridge area so we just filled in the forms and the firm sent them back.Didn"t use it at first but have loads of times in the past 3 or so years.Can"t fault the tools.Only i tried to use it on a can of Ł1.40 de-icer last year and got nowt off.LOL well you have to try!!!!

 

I've got a Halfords right across the road from my house and it's great on a Sunday when I'm out working on the car. Especially since that particular one didn't have any cameras until recently and the staff are all about 14

It's got cameras now though so I suppose a trade card is the next best thing! I'll go in and get one tomorrow and report back.