Junkyard Finds

[Farbin Kaiber]

Yes, I've heard of a refurb.
However. If you saw the old pickup truck bed loaded 4 feet deep with alternators, none tagged, no ID, just ripped out of any and all cars as quick as possible I think you'd second guess they are being refurb'ed.

Maybe they are taking all of them so that people have to buy new ones! Black helicopters...

No, they do it for a living, they know what is what.

[Farbin Kaiber]

How many refurb shops have you bought alt's from? They get them from yards by tonnage.

[DynoTechMotorsports]

I picked up a great condition Momo Monte Carlo Wheel and hub for 12 bucks :)

[NOMAD]

Haven't bought one yet. ;)

I picked up a crazy looking spoiler from a 5 series one day and sold it a week later on CL to a guy with a 5 series that was just at that very junkyard. I kept it to myself.

[Nicademus]

The environmentalists are closing all the yards :hitler:here and if you do find anything you were looking for it's probably going to be expensive....

This is soooo true :( it used to be so cool when I was little going with my dad. Woodinville had some great ones. Now there isn't much left

[Sam Cogley]

A yard I know in St. Louis gave me 11 relays and about 30-40 of those weird factory fuses, along with two leather 5er e-brake handles for free on Saturday.

They also had a pretty solid E21 3er with good wheels, if anyone needs parts for one.

[lordofthewaters]

if you're digging for metric cars then bring metric only.
Try to bring versatile tools.

Screwdriver with little bits for all the sizes of screw.
Large flathead screwdriver for "persuading"
3/8" drive ratchet, i also carry a 1/2" drive with a 3/8 adaptor for the really tough stuff.
with one 3" extension and
a set of metric sockets, I carry both deep and shallow sets
Hammer for "persuading", I found one in the junkyard and it's now my 'yard hammer
Large channellock pliers, regular slip joint pliers and small needle nose pliers
Vice grips
maybe a set of metric wrenches
Gloves,
penetrating oil
All carried in a shoulder bag that i can fill with parts

You don;t need all that and can taylor it for what you are looking for that day.
You can keep a lot of the stuff in the car so it's not so heavy as you scout. I've just been bringing it all with me as i hate stopping in the middle of something.

Tips:
Use floormats and carpets for setting down your bag and working under cars.
Be CAREFUL working under any car as they are sometimes precariously perched.
Don't break stuff to get to the stuff you want. You may find you needed it later
you'll certainly see great parts you want only to discover someone took a hammer ad chisel to it just to avoid using a screwdriver.
And bring water for the drive home

Don't forget flying insect killer. Nothing worse than starting to pull a fender (or whatever) and there be a wasp/hornet nest in there..........

[Magnetraction]

I got to walk with a door arm, steering wheel spacer and pockets full of fuses and relays for free from our local boise yard

[ClassicScot]

Best find for me momo race wheel and hub 80 dollars

[lifeiskaos]

today i found a euro rear bumper, euro grills, german check panel, and a glass sunroof! hooray

[CorvallisBMW]

today i found a euro rear bumper, euro grills, german check panel, and a glass sunroof! hooray

Nice find!

[e30turboboy]

full e36 TI rear suspention $170

[Stephen]

88 valance for 32$, not a bad price for updating the car nicely

[bimmerpirate]

Best find for me was a filler plate for the front diving board that i got for $10

[iwantspeed]

m30 afm
mint tweeter pods
m50 (didnt buy it)
m20 oil pan( no cracks no leaks)
random clips and screws that were missing from my car.