junk yard ettiqute.

[nando]

Shit atleast you have junkyards with BMW's every yard here is filled jap or American pos's and nothing German. Makes it really hard to pick things up on the cheap.

We dont even hav that. All we have is a recycler that charges 90% of new. Even the yard on the reservatin is closed..

[cwatt]

My local yard is like that too. People just don't give a shit. Perfectly good interiors on some of these cars totally ruined because a halfshaft is thrown on the seat with CV grease smearing everywhere.

I've always wondered if that was actually other people or the yard / tow-truck guys.

[unloadedak]

Shit atleast you have junkyards with BMW's every yard here is filled jap or American pos's and nothing German. Makes it really hard to pick things up on the cheap.

Ever been to upullit? tons of BMW, Mercedes, Audi, hell even a handful of Swedish Volvos. I just got Ti rear 5 lug from the south yard for $70.

or

Lakeside usually has a few 90s+ ones. Papio Creek or whatever is South of the south upullit always has a variety of euro, hell there was a euro early model e24 there once, had real recaros and all.

it's not that bad here...

[slammin.e28]

Our Pick n Save had 2 BMWs. TWO. an e32 750iL and an e36 328i.

That's it. There were more Rovers (3) than BMWs.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Ever been to upullit? tons of BMW, Mercedes, Audi, hell even a handful of Swedish Volvos. I just got Ti rear 5 lug from the south yard for $70.



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Lakeside usually has a few 90s+ ones. Papio Creek or whatever is South of the south upullit always has a variety of euro, hell there was a euro early model e24 there once, had real recaros and all.



it's not that bad here...

News to me. Since you sound like a junk yard vulture is there any early models without rust I'm try to restore my car but I need good panels.

[blunttech]

Steve, when we were kids do you remember junk yards being this bad? Seems almost malicious, doesn't it?

BTW, junkyard vultures, I am in need of E34 mids and tweets, so HMU if you are headed to the yards again...please?

Yeah I remember gathering Model A parts back in the 30's and people would remove stuff, categorize and label it as they set is aside

[StereoInstaller1]

Shit atleast you have junkyards with BMW's every yard here is filled jap or American pos's and nothing German. Makes it really hard to pick things up on the cheap.

Here, where I live, halfway between Seattle and Portland, there are more BMWs at my house than there are at yards...I bet it is even worse in Omaha!

[unloadedak]

News to me. Since you sound like a junk yard vulture is there any early models without rust I'm try to restore my car but I need good panels.

there was one with stupid clean quarters.
this car caught on fire and was sent to yard

but it was scrapped last week along with the 2 other e30s in the yard. be patient. e30s pop up quite often. there are two m52s, an m30 and m20b25 though.... i see you were thinking about engine swap, there ya go. ~$230 for an engine IIRC

[DIIRTY-30]

Don't you just love when your looking for that one wiring harness...

You finally find it....






then its cut.



On a side note everyone out here being animals and throwing shit all over; Ive managed to find things I needed just because someone else uninstalled it and did the dirty work. Doesn't always happen but hey junkyard gods work in funny ways.

[cwatt]

but it was scrapped last week along with the 2 other e30s in the yard.

This honestly makes me sad. Granted I'm not much of an early-model fan, unless they are rusted through, they're always worth keeping.

[Thirteen30]

Was at the wreckers yesterday on the only E30 they had, and you shoulda heard some of these guys a few cars down kicking door panels and shit, yellin about something and being a bunch of whiny bitches for being middle aged dudes. I just kept pluggin away as they were banging on some Hyundai but still. I've watched so many people smash windows, smash mirrors off, etc.

Happily the only parts I ever need are from gm's (where theres a million of the same car) and e30's (where if there is one there its usually freshly dropped or fully picked over lol)

[Wh33lhop]

Hah. I remember pulling a dash and remember thinking that I'm taking about 3x longer just trying not to break anything unnecessarily. But I did it anyway, because it would be sad to fuck up an e30 more than necessary.

[lowsodium]

Homeless people live in the cars around here sometimes. Pay a $1 to get in, then sleep overnight. Much cheaper than a hotel.

[Thizzelle]

you guys have some crazy ass pick n pulls. The parts thrown in the car are from the workers who go around and clean up a bit. That's why you see a lot of random parts in the trunk. If someone is on a car and they are on the other side I just start at what I want on the other side. It's a free for all. Met some guy and his kid last time taking the drive shaft and I just directed them on what to do while I took the ECU out.
What I hate is when someone asks me to barrow a tool, it's fucking pick n pull bring your shit loser.

[kickinindian]

you guys have some crazy ass pick n pulls. The parts thrown in the car are from the workers who go around and clean up a bit. That's why you see a lot of random parts in the trunk. If someone is on a car and they are on the other side I just start at what I want on the other side. It's a free for all. Met some guy and his kid last time taking the drive shaft and I just directed them on what to do while I took the ECU out.
What I hate is when someone asks me to barrow a tool, it's fucking pick n pull bring your shit loser.

I let them borrow it but they have to give me 2 of their tools

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