Midlands Useful Company Sticky Type Thread

[jacko]

After quite a few posts recently regarding places for bodywork, spraying, powder coating etc. I thought it might be useful to have a sticky with recommended companys for doing work etc.

If you post in this thread, me and Matt wil do our best to update this post with details so its all lovely and nice and in one place

Please include Name, Contact Details and Location please

Name in Brackets by company name is who first recommended, names at end are further recommendations

BodyShops

1) Hinckley Car Bodies (Midlands Si)
Hinckley

2) Body & Tuning (lee75)
Unit 2, 134a
Chesterfield Road South
Mansfield
Nottingham
NG19 7AP

andyS14 07968788542
binnsey 07976597818

3) Davlyns Bodyshop (turbo-tastic)
Unit 1c Hudson Road
Saxby Road Industrial Estate
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire
LE13 1BS
Tel: 01664 562000
Fax: 01664 562000

4) Sutton Crash Repairs (Error404)
Sutton Coldfield

5) Wrighton's (JONXLR8)
Unit 57
Weights Farm Business Park
Weights Lane
Redditch
Worcestershire
B97 6RG

Tel - 01527 58 50 10
Mob - 07737 170 490

He also does car restoration to a very high standard.

Security Window Tints:
Tint FX Midlands Ltd (iparkes)

Unit B4
Maypole Fields
Cradley Enterprise Centre
Cradley
West Midlands
B63 2QB

Tel: 01384 569 694
http://www.tintfx.co.uk/contact.html

Members will need speak to Tag and mention the "sxoc.com forum".


Welders / Fabricators
1) Mecweld Services (Jeffers S13)
189 Bell Green Rd
Coventry
West Midlands
CV6 7HA

Tel: 024 7666 2383

As name suggests, they do MOT failure type welding repairs, £30 a patch, do a nice neat job, its not worth faffing with the welder for the job they do. Couple of old boys run it and always seem to be busy, but able to squeeze another job in somehow. Ive had my sills done there and some patchwork on the inner arches and chassis rails.

2) Progress Fabrications Ltd (Jeffers S13)
90 Nelson Lane
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 5JB

Tel: 01926 419526

Fabrication place where I used to get ali welded, but they are quite slow i.e. 2 week turnaround, so see Davian for this service. HOWEVER they have got all sorts of other gear such as a laser cutter set-up, if you supply a CAD drawing they can cut it, can do up to 10mm stainless and a bit thicker in mild steel. Bit of a funny place and mind where you park your car or it may get reversed into... but if you need some stuff fabricating they are local and do a good job.

3) Davian Environmental Engineering (Jeffers S13)
Unit 2
Princes Drive
Coventry Rd
Kenilworth
Warwickshire
CV8 2FD

Tel: 01926 850210

Dont be fooled by the name ! Top bloke called Dave that owns/runs the place is a $hit hot ali welder, Ive got lots of bits and bobs done by him, not particularly cheap but then not many people have the gear to tig ali and can do as good a job. If hes about he may do small jobs while you wait or else he can always get stuff done on short notice, always very helpful and friendly.

MOT Station
1) Bayton Vehicle Services (Jeffers S13)
22 Bayton Rd
Bayton Road Industrial Estate
Exhall
Coventry
West Midlands
CV7 9EJ

Tel: 024 7636 5425

Again, friendly bloke that does the MOT's, I take all my cars to him, even the Nissan gets through on emissions somehow... poor selection of magazines though !

2) BR Motors (Knight)
192 Melton Road
Leicester
LE4 7AN

0116 2665668

3) Heathcote Autos (Stoofer)
Leamington Spa

(Jacko, Midlands Si)

Alignment

Tuners

Engineers
1) Chesman Engineering (Jeffers S13)
Myself, Jeffers and Stoofer have used them, they do a lot of work for Jag and really know their stuff
very happy with advice and workmanship from there. They adopt an "open house" type thing on a sat
morn til 12 where you can go in and use the machines yourself (within reason)
Good on price too
Chesman Engineering
54 Edgwick road
Coventry
CV6 5FQ
http://www.chesmanengineering.co.uk/

(Jacko, Stoofer, Turbo-tasic)

2) IB Engineering (Jacko)
293 Heath End Road
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV10 7HQ
Tel: (02476 382465)

Quite a small firm, not had any work done there, but they are very friendly and gave good advice.

(Ryan)


Powder Coaters / Finishers / Cleaners
1) Midlands Finishing & Powder Coating (Jacko)
Northampton.
Contact Jacko
About 2 mins from where I work, so I can get there in lunch easily, have
had a few things done there now, and they seem pretty good. I've
explained that I may be able to put some SXOC business his way, so he's
gonna do a good price.

2) KN Wheels (russ200)
Telford

3) GEM Rewinds Ltd (Jeffers S13)
4 Welton Rd
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 5PZ

Tel: 01926 497778

Adjacent to where I work, they are primarily an electric motor specialist but have the useful advantage of having an aqua blast cabinet, which uses glass beads in water. This does the most excellent job of cleaning metal parts up to say sump size stuff. Aluminium comes up like new, like it just dropped out the mould. Ive had lots of stuff cleaned, like brake calipers, a whole head, throttle body etc. Go to reception and ask for a guy called John Derry (think thats his surname...) its cheap as chips to get stuff done, and cash only I can supply before and after pics of stuff if you're interested.

Metal Sales
1) Metal Supermarkets (Jeffers S13)
Unit B Bayton Rd
Bayton Rd Industrial Estate
Exhall
Coventry
West Midlands
CV7 9EJ

Tel: 024 7636 6567

Again as name suggest, stock all sorts of metals, bar, sheet, tube angle etc. Top friendly blokes that work there and open Saturday mornings aswell. They will cut ANY length, i.e. no length too short. Most metal stockists will have a minimum order of like 10m or something

(Jacko, Stoofer)

General Sales
1) Spa Fasteners (Jeffers S13)
Unit 26
Hurlbutt Rd
Heathcote Industrial Estate
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 6TD

Tel: 01926 883671

Nuts and bolts of every conceivable style, again friendly peeps that work there.

[MattyGee]

good thread idea jacko

[ex-ctr]

any chance of putting some addresses up as well please

[MattyGee]

will do

[ex-ctr]

thats great, does andy chesman still work there as in my pinto tuning days he did a lot of work for me, and they were into power boat racing if i remember right

[Si]

top idea lots of people seem to recommend CJ tallis in hinckley for Bodywork - no experience myself though.
Just tyres in kenilworth are good for swapping tyres/punctures etc on the cheap, and i'm sure they would hypothetically not be averse to doing stuff cash-in-hand even cheaper

[MattyGee]

top idea lots of people seem to recommend CJ tallis in hinckley for Bodywork - no experience myself though.
Just tyres in kenilworth are good for swapping tyres/punctures etc on the cheap, and i'm sure they would hypothetically not be averse to doing stuff cash-in-hand even cheaper

AFAIK only Ade (stokes) has used CJ Tallis but he says they are good

[russ200]

i am going to use a local company to repaint my wheels in white some time soon, they call themselves kn wheels based in telford i got a quote to paint them white at £30 a wheel can get more details if needed

whey have not got website but here is a link to phone number address
http://www.businessmagnet.co.uk/comp...0Ltd-49128.htm

[Si]

AFAIK only Ade (stokes) has used CJ Tallis but he says they are good

I think david Reid (maybe? sorry if i'm wrong david!) said they doa good job, and someone at work had a panel resprayed by them and the work looked top notch

[jacko]

thats great, does andy chesman still work there as in my pinto tuning days he did a lot of work for me, and they were into power boat racing if i remember right

Dont believe so. The Boss man is called Steve, and i dont the impression Power Boats are high on the agenda !

In fact Steve told me he kinda hates motorsport aswell

[MattyGee]

he hates motorsport ? i think hes in the wrong job

[jacko]

[ex-ctr]

Dont believe so. The Boss man is called Steve, and i dont the impression Power Boats are high on the agenda !

In fact Steve told me he kinda hates motorsport aswell

it was 24 years ago

[Lee75]

I've got one for the bodyshop


Body & Tuning
Unit 2, 134a
Chesterfield Road South
Mansfield, Nottingham
Ng19 7AP

Tell: andys14 - 07968788542
Tell: binnsey - 07976597818

i've had some work done by them and it was top notch
so have a few others, friendly helpfull, anything from a bumper respray to a full custom job

[binnsey]

thanks lee

[Ed]

My advice is also for a bodyshop:

Davlyns Bodyshop
Unit 1c Hudson Road
Saxby Road Industrial Estate
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire
LE13 1BS
Tel: 01664 562000
Fax: 01664 562000

They did superb work on my old Saxo, and my mate took his 106 there, and it won paint job of the show at Max Power a couple of years back. Not everyones cup of tea, but it shows the quality of work they do.

People from Leamington might have seen the Red Splat Escort XR3i, again, not to everyone's tastes, but it shows the level of skill that Dave has.

[Ryan]

I can personally recommend IB Engineering. They skimmed a warped manifold for me for only £14 and did a quality job.

[fly_ukcc]

plume tyres in rugby are good and cheap.
talk to shane there and that you know me (jody) and he will sort out a decent deal.
also if you want a proper mint paint job or panel repair or modifictation, go to QVR quality vechicl refurbishment in Daventry, they arent cheap, but their quality is the best around.
for cheap body repairs, i suggest Halfrauds, and P38!!!!!!!!!! lol

[Jeffers_S13]

Mecweld Services
189 Bell Green Rd
Coventry
West Midlands
CV6 7HA

Tel: 024 7666 2383

As name suggests, they do MOT failure type welding repairs, £30 a patch, do a nice neat job, its not worth faffing with the welder for the job they do. Couple of old boys run it and always seem to be busy, but able to squeeze another job in somehow. Ive had my sills done there and some patchwork on the inner arches and chassis rails.

Metal Supermarkets
Unit B Bayton Rd
Bayton Rd Industrial Estate
Exhall
Coventry
West Midlands
CV7 9EJ

Tel: 024 7636 6567

Again as name suggest, stock all sorts of metals, bar, sheet, tube angle etc. Top friendly blokes that work there and open Saturday mornings aswell. They will cut ANY length, i.e. no length too short. Most metal stockists will have a minimum order of like 10m or something

Bayton Vehicle Services
22 Bayton Rd
Bayton Road Industrial Estate
Exhall
Coventry
West Midlands
CV7 9EJ

Tel: 024 7636 5425

Again, friendly bloke that does the MOT's, I take all my cars to him, even the Nissan gets through on emissions somehow... poor selection of magazines though !

Davian Environmental Engineering
Unit 2
Princes Drive
Coventry Rd
Kenilworth
Warwickshire
CV8 2FD

Tel: 01926 850210

Dont be fooled by the name ! Top bloke called Dave that owns/runs the place is a $hit hot ali welder, Ive got lots of bits and bobs done by him, not particularly cheap but then not many people have the gear to tig ali and can do as good a job. If hes about he may do small jobs while you wait or else he can always get stuff done on short notice, always very helpful and friendly.

Progress Fabrications Ltd
90 Nelson Lane
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 5JB

Tel: 01926 419526

Fabrication place where I used to get ali welded, but they are quite slow i.e. 2 week turnaround, so see Davian for this service. HOWEVER they have got all sorts of other gear such as a laser cutter set-up, if you supply a CAD drawing they can cut it, can do up to 10mm stainless and a bit thicker in mild steel. Bit of a funny place and mind where you park your car or it may get reversed into... but if you need some stuff fabricating they are local and do a good job.

GEM Rewinds Ltd
4 Welton Rd
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 5PZ

Tel: 01926 497778

Adjacent to where I work, they are primarily an electric motor specialist but have the useful advantage of having an aqua blast cabinet, which uses glass beads in water. This does the most excellent job of cleaning metal parts up to say sump size stuff. Aluminium comes up like new, like it just dropped out the mould. Ive had lots of stuff cleaned, like brake calipers, a whole head, throttle body etc. Go to reception and ask for a guy called John Derry (think thats his surname...) its cheap as chips to get stuff done, and cash only I can supply before and after pics of stuff if you're interested.

Spa Fasteners
Unit 26
Hurlbutt Rd
Heathcote Industrial Estate
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 6TD

Tel: 01926 883671

Nuts and bolts of every conceivable style, again friendly peeps that work there.


Also, regards Chesman Engineering, prolly the place we'll all use the most. I cant recommend them enough, Ive told lots of people about them now and all have been pleased with the work they do. If you get there early enough on a Sat you may even get a bacon butty, and you always get a cup of tea ! all top blokes and always interested in what your up to.

[Jeffers_S13]

thats great, does andy chesman still work there as in my pinto tuning days he did a lot of work for me, and they were into power boat racing if i remember right

I think power boating is where the business stemmed from, Ive never met Andy Chesman, the shop supervisor/manager bloke is called Andy, but I reckon he'd have still been a nipper in them days !