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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: whileoceanasleeps on 16 December 2012, 12:36
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hey all. i'm gonna send poor old becks to the scrapheap in the sky next week (breaking up atm). my only question is this, i'm keeping the wheels and coilovers so it's gonna be sat on it's arse and i won't be able to tow it to the scrappy. any suggestions how i can scrap her? i'm guessing if a crane comes and puts her onto a flatbed i won't get any scrap money?
cheers
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Its got to roll if want money from Johnny Scrapman and you don't know him.
Just swap it over onto some old shocks, you do have some old shocks don't you? Or is this your first "want to keep my coil overs" moment :grin:
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Its got to roll if want money from Johnny Scrapman and you don't know him.
Just swap it over onto some old shocks, you do have some old shocks don't you? Or is this your first "want to keep my coil overs" moment :grin:
it's my first 'want to keep my coilovers' moment :) don't have the old shocks plus don't have a set of steelies either.. think i'll strip it completely bare then and sell what i can myself
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My golfs on my front and very soon its going to be sat on its body waiting to be picked up... literally :smiley:
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Strip it get as much money by selling everything you can then trade the shell in
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my scrappy had no problem with me taking parts off the car when i scrapped my 2E estate ;( , spent a whole afternoon there, just ask...
put on 4 axle stands and no issue :)
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my scrappy had no problem with me taking parts off the car when i scrapped my 2E estate ;( , spent a whole afternoon there, just ask...
put on 4 axle stands and no issue :)
hmm I may do this, what does it legally need to hav on it to be towed tho? at the mo it's got no front end, rear bumper or any lights (or number plates)
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can't really advise what it legally needs to be towed, guessing number plate, lights etc if it is with wheels on road... on a trailer of course wouldn't matter.
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I was once scrapped a honda civic and it had coilovers & alloys on, which i was going to keep, so the way i done it was.
I put the car on a ramp and un-tigthtend the alloys & coilovers nuts/bolts, then winched the car on back of recovery truck, jacked up with trolly jack and removed the wheels, then put planks of wood so the car resting on the woods, then took out coilovers and tied the car down. Job Done.
But the reovery truck was my own.
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But the reovery truck was my own.
nice having your own truck! ok now it's got no interior, no rear wheels or suspension, no windows or sunroof, no lights or bumpers and 1/4 of the engine had come out. think i'll get em to collect.. my bro is breaking a mk2 polo but he's cutting the whole thing up with a disc cutter and taking to the scrappy in a van.. mission
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disc cutter = not so much of a mission :grin:
try doing one with a hand saw, hammer and chisel :sick:
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I'd rather not!!! :grin: :grin:
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Sod that, 9" grinder or Hi-AB truck.
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think I've worked it out, borrow a trailer from work and a mates jcb forklift! yess
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Some guys don't mind it not being on wheels or if its in bits, just ask up front and agree a value.
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I had mine collected when it was on bricks, just put it somewhere where the crane could get to.
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cutting it up with discs will cost you more in discs than the scrap is worth :whistle:
as long as scrappy can get it on his car he won't mind in how many pieces it is....
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cutting it up with discs will cost you more in discs than the scrap is worth :whistle:
as long as scrappy can get it on his car he won't mind in how many pieces it is....
Hella fun though :wink:
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trying to remove the front coilovers is the last job and it's a right frickin pita!! i need a 7mm allen key which id don't have. i mean come on, who puts a 7mm allen on their products, you hardly ever get 7mm allen keys with tool kits. FFS!!!!
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cutting it up with discs will cost you more in discs than the scrap is worth :whistle:
as long as scrappy can get it on his car he won't mind in how many pieces it is....
Hella fun though :wink:
yep. cutting disc beats 7mm allen bolts :grin:
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7mm Allen keys aren't hard to find... They use sizes like these to make diy'ers armed with snap off market tool kits take even longer to do the job I'm sure.... Needless to say visit a snap on van an the Allen drive kit will have every size you need... Like ... Ever... Lol also it's a very common size for brake caliper bolts too....
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Its pretty hard to get a 7mm allen key even off the snap on man , hardly any of their kits have a seven in them :huh:
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Its pretty hard to get a 7mm allen key even off the snap on man , hardly any of their kits have a seven in them :huh:
yeah man i've had so many sets over the years and i still don't have one
here's some final farewell pics! that's not me in the first pic btw :tongue: got £112, not too bad :)
(http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/12183_233345033465415_419192001_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/227002_233345046798747_1579071590_n.jpg)
these cranes are so baddass
(http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/66774_233344990132086_714937533_n.jpg)
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:cool: but :sad: but :cool: