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Hi all, I was just wondering where the best place to buy steel is?

I need some 2" pipe, 2.5" pipe, 8mm plate and some general sheets for body work, cold air box etc.

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i buy steel plate / box etc form enterprise steel on rosebank road and tube/ pipe from steel and tube. they quite often have offcuts that they will sell alot cheaper than a full 6m length.

For sheet metal hit your local panel beater up for off cuts.
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I've got some off south auckland steel in manukau and they had a huge variety plus an off cuts bin which was cheaper. A few places i've been to wouldn't sell me tube by the metre and only full lengths.
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I've been buying steel of Mark at Steel South Auckland for a few years now. Would recommend him!
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awesome thanks guys. will have a look into it.

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heres were i shop
steel nth shore 84 diana drive glenfield they have huge off cut area .
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lexlux wrote:heres were i shop
steel nth shore 84 diana drive glenfield they have huge off cut area .



that sounds good, bit closer to me than the others

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open 9.00 till 12.30 on a sat to ,was there this morning .
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too bad i was away for the weekend at my boss's helping to set up for his mum's 70th. strange yea i know.

will try to drop in in the next couple of days, actually working on the shore on Monday and Tuesday

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