Big Pimping!! my tool box...

[only1db]

hey i just picked this up off of the MatCo truck...i got a screaming deal...1200 bucks worth of tools and the use of this box till i get a new one for 35 bucks a week....that is a steal! i had to take it...

btw...
i picked up...all matco
3/8 air ratchet
1/4 air ratchet
3/8 makita cordless impact
3/8 swivel set 10mm-18mm
1/4 swivel 10,12,14mm
impact screw driver
and some misc stuff that i needed...

if you dont know....swivels are a must have!!! without a doubt!

here are pics of the big pimping box...god its hideous...but for free...:bowdown: the pics really dont show it...but all of the trim is GOLD!!! yikes!!
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f138/only1db/isaacpics086.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f138/only1db/isaacpics087.jpg

a shot of my two bags...a lift and a dead bay...
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f138/only1db/isaacpics085.jpg

[Cypher]

so you can afford a good box but not a good camera? lol

JFWY

[only1db]

no.. just me wiggling it...i must have been shacking when i took the pics...o well.

[Keyan]

aww look how tiny it is :)

[05xd]

Ha,I just bought a box similar to that one from the Snap-On man. I pay 28 bucks a week. A hair over 3 grand with my trade in.Worst 3g's I ever spent.All that money could have went to my many vehicles. Just remember,the box don't fix cars,your tools do. Swivels are good but the best basic tool ever made hands down is the ratchet wrenches

[Cypher]

^i still haven't bought ratchet wrenches and i curse myself all the time for it lol

[optimoprime]

autozone has some cheap ones for 20 bucks with lifetime warrenty. i'm sure they would break if your rough on them, but thats what the warrenty is for.

[cclngthr]

Ha,I just bought a box similar to that one from the Snap-On man. I pay 28 bucks a week. A hair over 3 grand with my trade in.Worst 3g's I ever spent.All that money could have went to my many vehicles. Just remember,the box don't fix cars,your tools do. Swivels are good but the best basic tool ever made hands down is the ratchet wrenches

We mechanics and their tools. I swear I spend more friggen money on tools than anything else. Not JUST hand tools either. Scan tool=9 grand. Not a universal either.

I likely own stock in Matco and Snap-on tools as many tools I've bought over the years.

[05xd]

We mechanics and their tools. I swear I spend more friggen money on tools than anything else. Not JUST hand tools either. Scan tool=9 grand. Not a universal either.

I likely own stock in Matco and Snap-on tools as many tools I've bought over the years.

It don't matter how many tools you own there are always new ones that you need.You only find that out when it's too late :(

[cclngthr]

It don't matter how many tools you own there are always new ones that you need.You only find that out when it's too late :(

It never ends.

I've actually modified tools to fit the purpose, which I usually have bought in 2's.

[only1db]

i agree....with everything said...you never have enough....

i still need a set of ratcheting wrenches like mentioned...the guy i used to use his tools has all snap on and blue point....they are nice...but i cant bring myself to spend 400 bucks on a set of wrenches....

i need dumb **** like extensions...in all sizes...again a 1/4 extension set from snap on is like 80 bucks...i think i can get a craftsman set for about half that...

i have other stuff from when i worked on the vans like 1/2 inch set from craftsman and other assorted wrenches, ratchets that i have picked up/given to me over the last 15 years...my grandfather gave me his tools when he past..they are all SAE though....

i have also made trips to harbour freight (pittsburgh brand)are decent for what you pay for them...

but yeah....buying all the tools sucks....but a necessity...not to mention they are write offs!!

the guy next to me has a huge snap on box that cost him well over the 15k mark....and i'll be damn if every last drawer is filled with something...

[Cypher]

I like my craftsman tools. Never given me a problem.

[05xd]

All I buy as far truck tools,all I buy is Snap On.Now that I have a pt job at the zone,I will stock up on their brand tools too.I am really not picky as far as tools.If it has a warranty,im there

[Doohickie]

So you work at Pep Boys, eh?

[05xd]

So you work at Pep Boys, eh?

No,I got me a pt job at autozone.I work there at nights and weekends when I get off from the dealership.I have too many toys and very little money :(

[cclngthr]

Hell, I bought 5 grand just in extensions, of various sizes and all ratchet combinations, plus a butt load of them for my impact guns.

My paint guns were even more expensive. 1 cost me oer $1500. Of course, you can't have 1 of them. You need about 5 of them, in addition to detail guns plus airbrush guns in multiples. Morgan knockers are also come in various sizes and also are in multiples. Body hammers and vise grips take up almost entire tool boxes.

I have all of my dad's tools, and they are SAE, but they are better than any I've found recently.

[BIGROB]

No,I got me a pt job at autozone.I work there at nights and weekends when I get off from the dealership.I have too many toys and very little money :(

DOOHICKIE was talkin about only1db working at pep boys, i was going to ask the same thing, i can tell by the numbers on the bay walls...

[only1db]

no....we took over the pepboys building...we really need to get the walls painted...

with in the next 6 months they are starting construction on the inside of pepboys (its a big store) and that is going to be a service and parts dept....should be a nice set up! but yeah for now...it looks like i work at pepboys...it sucks....we even still have he alum signs up that say "brakes" "alingments" and all of that stupid crap...


hey keyan...its not the size of the box....its how you use it!! and can easily tear apart an XD and put it back together will the tools i have now.

[Cypher]

wanna get me a job down there? LOL

[only1db]

there is a guy leaving the first of year...and we will be hiring....

pm if your serious...i might able to get you in!

[Doohickie]

Wow that sounds like it'll be a great facility.

[05xd]

DOOHICKIE was talkin about only1db working at pep boys, i was going to ask the same thing, i can tell by the numbers on the bay walls...

O I C lol. I didn't even pay attention to teh numbers.So wait,a Hyundai Service Dept took over a Pep Boys? Hmmmmmm,thats a first

[only1db]

yeah i guess they went under and the dealership is right next door...so we took it over....we have four techs in the pep boys building and four techs (2 lube techs) in the main dept....it sucks for us four in pep boys because we have to walk back and forth to get parts....it sucks!!! but on the other hand....we can have people come and go and we dont have customers staring at us...

sounds funny...but i dont like people watching me...hahah

doo....you have no idea...it will be air conditioned went ventilation built into the ceilings...should be badass!! it wont be down for probably another year or so...from what i hear the city in which the dealership is are kinda lazy and slow about approving new projects.

[05xd]

we can have people come and go and we dont have customers staring at us...

sounds funny...but i dont like people watching me...hahah



Ha I feel the same way man.It makes you feel weird.I had the Service Director bring a customer in the shop when I had the Dash out of his Sonata.The customer started snapping about it.I had to replace the defroster vent and he couldn't understand why the dash had to come out

[Cypher]

I hate feeling like people are watching/staring at me. It freaks me out and I just feel like I can't do anything lol

[KeWLKaT]

I always watch a mechanic working on my car (happens very rarely).

[Doohickie]

I hate feeling like people are watching/staring at me. It freaks me out and I just feel like I can't do anything lol

http://www.ceilingcat.com/img/ceilingcat.jpg

Careful there, Cypher...!

[cclngthr]

Ha I feel the same way man.It makes you feel weird.I had the Service Director bring a customer in the shop when I had the Dash out of his Sonata.The customer started snapping about it.I had to replace the defroster vent and he couldn't understand why the dash had to come out

I'm used to having people watch me work on a car. I take the time to explain what I'm doing to the car for the customer if I can.

[Cypher]

hah, i knew SOMEONE was going to turn it perverted.

[cclngthr]

Ceiling cat...

[only1db]

LOL at the ceiling cat!!


05xd...i feel ya...

it gets pretty bad too when you have to break out the sledge and they are like...why are bashing my car with a hammer...hahah

kewl i used to do the same....if i couldnt see from the inside i went outside and looked through the bays.