A Twig Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 I've just moved to Bath, and need to find a decent garage to carry out some work. Anyone have any recommendations? postcode area is BA2 Cheers Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honitonhobbit Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 I could give you a list as long as yer arm of ones to avoid. PM Matt Neale on this forum and ask him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Turbocharger is ex-Bath, he may be tell you where is best. Failing that, there is a place in Bristol that they rave about. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark90 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Failing that, there is a place in Bristol that they rave about. If you are thinking of Christian Autos then that's just a parts place. As suggested Turbochager may be able to suggest somewhere in Bath. My local independant place which isn't exactly local to you, DBL in Nailsea are very good and they are straight with you, although the labour rate is getting a bit steep these days, but then where isn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoatBuoy Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 What's A & D's like? I know it's not Bath, but I have one of their wheel covers on the back of my 110. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Neale Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 What's A & D's like? I know it's not Bath, but I have one of their wheel covers on the back of my 110. A&D in Winscombe? Seen some of the work that has come out of there and was not really impressed. I'd use All Terrain Autos, Warne Road, Weston Super Mare (not Bath I know, but worth the trip for a good garage who know their stuff.) - All Terrain Autos Can't really comment about garages in Bath as I've no real experience. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBMUD Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 I cannot comment on these people, other than to say that I see a lot of Landrovers around with their wheelcovers on but there is Dunsford Landrovers in Bath... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbocharger Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Ed, Further to my PMs I have had a few more thoughts. As I said, I did most of my own work so don’t know a great deal about garages other than at MOT time. As they said ^^^^ above, Christian Autos is good for bits. There is a place on the old Stroud road where the ‘d’ is in Gloucester Road that sold me an indicator lens and had some vehicles for sale, they might do work too? Mayborn 4x4 in Brislington did a 300Tdi conversion on a mate’s car, took a while and charged handsomely but there was a lot of work because he kept adding bits to the spec to tidy the car up as a “mid-life mild rebuild”. He was happy with the end result. Somerset and Wilts LRC have a lot to do with Beckington Motors, I suspect one of the club members runs the place so at least they should know what they’re talking about. As Mr Hobbit suggests, there are a number of places in Bristol that looked at doing my auto box and I’d recommend none of the ones I found – I had to do the job again myself afterwards. I’ve been into Dunsford before, I didn’t like the screen prices on the forecourt and I got a slightly ‘greasy’ impression from the sales/parts guy. I wouldn’t return. Best of luck with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Twig Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 Right, bit of feedback: Mayborn 4x4 Engineering were absolutely fantastic. The guy couldn't have been more helpful, did a really thorough job, was even happy to jack up the car to show me all the problems, where they were, what had caused them and how they had been repaired. Possibly slightly higher labour costs than your average, but well worth it for the thoroughness and accuracy of the job. My land now runs like a dream again. Only downside is that the guy is slowly winding down towards retirement, so only works part time, Mon - Weds. Thanks for the help, Turbo I owe you a beer! On a related note, do not ever if you are in the Surrey area have anything to do with Reid Landrover in Horsham. When they sold me my Defender 90 which they claimed had been fully overhauled and serviced and MOT'd - outright lie. Since then I've found that reverse light, brake light and indicator did not work, the rear propshaft rear UJ was badly damaged, front bushes completely delaminated, no oil whatsoever in the transfer box and dangerously low oil in the rear diff. All of which meant that it should have in no way passed the MOT that they "gave" the car before I picked it up. Especially as I paid slightly over the odds for it in order to get it from a dealer for "peace of mind". Still I intend to report them for falsely passing a car through an MOT and am going to try and re-claim some of the money I'm now having to spend off them. Oh and they promised me a roof rack which co-incidentally still hasn't turned up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1G UP Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Welcome to Bath TWIG,we have a quarry we play at near by.AWDC trails events too,salisbury plain raids at xmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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