i desperately need to buy or borrow some ratchett straps to tie my car onto my trailer on monday! any ideas where i can buy some over weekend?

Machine mart or poss screw fix? If you have them near you.

B&Q used to do some, not the best on the market but I've used them for allsorts and they seemed OK.

thanks. a bit off topic but what ecu did you use on your v tec powered kit?

Get proper car ones with either a fabric or metal ringed fabric loop for the tyres. A decent set will last a very long time...

I haven't looked for cheapest so do some searching, but this is the type of thing you need...


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An acquaintance of mine once cable tied his race car to the trailer cos he'd leant his straps to somebody else.......

I'd go with Machine Mart or maybe a caravan supplies type place, failing that maybe one of those tool hire type places

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If you can't get hold of a car specific set, just a basic truck ratchet strap will work.

Just make a loop, twist it 180° then put the loop over the tyre. Shuffle it so the twist is in the middle of the tyre as you tighten it up and it works just as well as car specific ones.

Screwfix do a car specific set for £50 Screwfix do a car specific set for £50 anyway or single 8m straps for £20

I'm using the standard Honda engine management.
I was looking at omex or emerald but the whole donor car only cost me £900 so I thought I'd save some money and use what came with it.

Cheap as chips in screwfix

Lidl and Aldi sometime have them.

I've got some you could borrow, but I'm in Bristol and I guess there aint enough time to post them to ya?

thanks for the kind offer ^^^ but unfortunately i need them by monday lunch time!

I got mine from Costco - assuming you have one close, are a store member and they have them on sale at the moment.

No trucks parked up anywhere near?