Drive in, drive out conversions?

[Diamond Hell]

Anyhow later this year we do hope to have premises and offer public liability too

You don't need premises to offer insurance for the work you're so confident about.

But to answer that idiot, if things did go wrong with anything we did then of course we would rectify it. I'm not sure what kind of warrant people think they get with second hand engines but it's not great

Derp you've rather missed the point of public liability insurance.  It's not to cover your work over breaking it's to cover your work against breaking and flying off and hurting people, or the owner getting hurt as a result of you doing something incorrectly.

Even you in your real world, with your superstar DJ skilz will struggle to heal people, or bring back the dead.

Small Island small mind, eh?

All this chat about qualifications is funny:

HND: Have No Degree.

I did my BSc in Reading, which is on a small island. 

[tshirt2k]

If you're in Leeds mate. Go and speak to Brad. Don't make a judgement on someone that people "think" they know. find out for yourself!

If you went with him. I don't think you'd be disappointed. If I ever needed someone to do a job like that,  I think I'd like someone with OCD to do my motor. Least I'd know the jobs would be done over, and over, and over until it's done right, again and again.    

[Mikester]

http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/cgi-bin/shropshire/con1item.cgi?file=*ADV0046-1011.txt

[clipperjay]

Grow a pair and plan it out, take time off do it yourself.
Have a mate who knows or has done one before, but just do it
£8K rightito  

Insurance is a must, if anyone dies under your car he can't pay you for the new red paint you didnt want  

[Dan_GTi8v]

I did my conversion with almost zero experience of engine mechanics, but I did spent a load of time researching as much as I possibly could and asking lots of questions on here, clubgti, and a few other forums

Do some research on what's involved it really isn't a difficult conversion to do and if you do do it yourself you will learn a lot about the engine and how it works and will be a lot more capable than whe you started to deal with any future problems you may have (and save a load of garage fees!)

Having a second car is also handy when it all goes over schedule 

as for the £8k, I could quite easily see a garage charging that if you don't supply any parts

[craig180]

Cheers for the sensible replies guys and sorry to have caused a bit of a b!tchfest!

Jay, I would happily do it but it would either mean taking valuable time off work to do or on a weekend. Either way I have a 7 year old and a 4 year old as well as a wife that will all want my attention just as I'm at a critical part of the conversion!

[Mikester]

as for the £8k, I could quite easily see a garage charging that if you don't supply any parts

Thank you! I thought i was the only person in tune with the obSCENE prices the garages charge to do a conversion.

[Wayne]

Not such an easy conversion to do on a mk1 however you should be able to do it for a lot less than £8k.

[Gavv8]

Cheers for the sensible replies guys and sorry to have caused a bit of a b!tchfest!

Jay, I would happily do it but it would either mean taking valuable time off work to do or on a weekend. Either way I have a 7 year old and a 4 year old as well as a wife that will all want my attention just as I'm at a critical part of the conversion!

It's a ongoing love affair..

[Dan_GTi8v]

Not such an easy conversion to do on a mk1 however you should be able to do it for a lot less than £8k.

ah yes sorry I forgot about the mk1 part mine was into a mk3, I'd still say it was relatively easy compared to other swaps though. Its a pretty easy engine to work with