Car Scrap Yards

starbelgrade

... does anyone have a phone number for that place out in Grange or somewhere else I might pick up some spare parts for an Opel? PM me iya do, please!

Slidey

North West Car Dismantlers
Grange Sligo Co. Sligo
(071)9163243

slavigo

In the past I've always found this site good, just as a one stop location with loads of contact details for dismantlers around the country and car lists.
http://www.partfinder.ie

Maybe if you have no luck in Sligo you can expand the search to neighboring counties.

Golden Pages also have a category for Car Dismantlers
http://www.goldenpages.ie/search/Car_Dismantlers.html
and Sligo Car Dismantlers
http://www.goldenpages.ie/search/sligo/Car_Dismantlers.html

This one is in Gurteen.
They have Opels listed but I don't know what your looking for.
I'm sure a call would solve any queries you have though.
http://partfinder.ie/cjm/

starbelgrade

Cheers for the info peeps! I'm sure I'll get what I'm after - which is the little metal bit that hides the petrol cap.. it came off in my hand the other day when I was getting petrol - I checked with the Opel garage & they wanted €50 not incl. VAT or labour... for a bit of metal?? Recession me ar**!

darealtulip

there is also nixons near lisnaskea in the north if evrything else fails. good vallue though. from the south the number is 048 67721737

and a few more up north:
http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/txt/other-index/authorisedcarbreakers.htm

starbelgrade

Thanks again! Currently I've got (near) hold of a "petrol filter flap" (which, is embarrasingly the "technical name".. sounds like porn film terminology to me ).. but it's in silver & my car is black - it's 30 yoyos cheaper - should I get it & "Black it up"?... like Twink in the early 90's?!

darealtulip

starbelgrade wrote: »

Thanks again! Currently I've got (near) hold of a "petrol filter flap" (which, is embarrasingly the "technical name".. sounds like porn film terminology to me ).. but it's in silver & my car is black - it's 30 yoyos cheaper - should I get it & "Black it up"?... like Twink in the early 90's?!

or buy one of these carbon look stickers to put over it, you will be popular with the boy racers!:D

Slidey

darealtulip wrote: »

or buy one of these carbon look stickers to put over it, you will be popular with the boy racers!:D

That could actually be not a bad idea.

If you leave it silver it will look cack.

Spray it badly and it will look cack.

If McCormacks were supplying and fitting a painted one for 50 it would be a good deal!

starbelgrade

slideways wrote: »

That could actually be not a bad idea.

If you leave it silver it will look cack.

Spray it badly and it will look cack.

If McCormacks were supplying and fitting a painted one for 50 it would be a good deal!

I'd rather it looked cack than give them my money.. they fit a new exhaust to the missus' car a few years ago & it fell off 2 days later.

Some garages are well dodgy... I once left mine into another (unamed) garage for a service - they did a load of work I never asked them to do & charged me well above the odds. When I got the car out on the dual carraigeway, there was an awful rattle from the engine, so I pulled over & popped up the hood to discover that a wire cutters had been left sitting in the engine.

So, I wrote to the manager to complain & he rang me to offer me 3 free tyres as compensation, which was better than nothing. However a few nights later I happened to be in Sligo having a few drinks & one of the mechanics who worked there came over to me & threatened to kick my head in after I got his work colleague into trouble with his boss. Nice customer service.

Big_Mac

starbelgrade wrote: »

I'd rather it looked cack than give them my money.. they fit a new exhaust to the missus' car a few years ago & it fell off 2 days later.

Some garages are well dodgy... I once left mine into another (unamed) garage for a service - they did a load of work I never asked them to do & charged me well above the odds. When I got the car out on the dual carraigeway, there was an awful rattle from the engine, so I pulled over & popped up the hood to discover that a wire cutters had been left sitting in the engine.

So, I wrote to the manager to complain & he rang me to offer me 3 free tyres as compensation, which was better than nothing. However a few nights later I happened to be in Sligo having a few drinks & one of the mechanics who worked there came over to me & threatened to kick my head in after I got his work colleague into trouble with his boss. Nice customer service.

Sounds like your typical local garage to me :-)

starbelgrade

slavigo wrote: »

In the past I've always found this site good, just as a one stop location with loads of contact details for dismantlers around the country and car lists.
http://www.partfinder.ie

That website is class.