Junkyard Dream Parts

[Fanzotti]

I would say scoring an OEM lip spoiler is next to impossible.

[Jscotty]

1 power sunshade (I crawled thru a broken back window and spent a bit of time in a hot ass car for that one)

Brian

Its sounds like you go to one of the junkyards that I go to. This place that I have been to in my area has no degree of organization. They just pile the cars in the yard on top of each other and tightly side by side. I had to pop out a windshield and climb in through the front of the car to get a pair of passenger handles.

[Fanzotti]

Its sounds like you go to one of the junkyards that I go to. This place that I have been to in my area has no degree of organization. They just pile the cars in the yard on top of each other and tightly side by side. I had to pop out a windshield and climb in through the front of the car to get a pair of passenger handles.

Man that is some insane dedication.

Whens the donk stretch limo coming?

[JGood]

I got a nice 18" Breyton Inspire wheel from an e34. Also decent black leather sports seats, m50 intake manifolds, all sorts of cool shit. I got that stuff for like $50. Lost out on a set of mint plastic bumpers to some asshole who called "dibs" because his friend was on the other side of the yard with the tools. I was ready to throw down.

[fporro]

Things I never seen at SoCal yards

- Moon roof
- iS Lip
- Good condition convertible rear seats
- MT2 steering wheels
- BBS RS
- inner trunk lid trim, they do exist like ones in e28's.
- rear shades

Cool things I found and sporting on my iC cars..

- 1 perfect fuse box lid, (Delphi iC)
- BBS iC side skirts (Zinno)
- various performance chips (Dinan on Delphi and JC on Zinno)
- various sets of Bilstein shocks (HD (f) and SP (r) Zinno)
- 3 map light rear view mirrors (on both my iC's)
- plastic bumpers and valences (Zinno has a set on)
- rear hear rests galore (on both cars)
- M3 steering wheel (zinno)
- SuperSprint cat back (on Delphi)
- Grey Carpet (Zinnos')
- 1 BBS RA 15x7 et 20 ? (spare tire on Zinno)
- door tweeters (Zinno replacements)
- like new control arms with off centered m3 CAB's (less than 1,000 miles on them for sure, on Zinno)


cool things overall

- BBS 3 piece 15x7 "Design 5000" rims, 114x4 but lips are 30 holes so will use them for spares
- Various heated seats, only take harnesses and centers if in good condition.
- Euro fog light switch
- oem tools tools tools, not complete sets but odd ends here and there.
- 3 sets of Eibach springs, sold
- H&R springs, sold
- Unknown lowering springs, sold
- GC coil over set up, sold
- Zender side skirts, e30's and e21 models, vailable
- BBS side skirts (coupe/sedan) available
- BBS e30 front spoiler, available
- rare e21 Motorsports front spoiler, sold
- FOHA e21 rear spoiler, available
- various sets of euro bumpers,sold
- iS rear spoilers, available
- M Technic 1 e28 rear spoiler, available
- late style fogs and valences, available but sand pitted.

not counting standard 13 bottom OBC systems, C/C systems, central lock modules (100's sold to Programa) as well as dome light timer delay relays, head light, turn signal power window, defroster, etc switches.., st goes on and on., gauge cluster with mother boards, s.i. boards, service light units, blah blah blah.


Been going for the last few years, usually L.A. area ones, but gone as far as Bakersfield and Ventura county. rare finds like 2 bauers with full euro bumpers and valences., rare as there's not much action outside urban areas., unlike L..A's metro areas.

Great fun and like Forrest mom used to say "Its like a box a chocolates, you'll never know what you gonna get"

[Jscotty]

Man that is some insane dedication.

Whens the donk stretch limo coming?

I had to scrap the project. It was starting to collapse under its own weight. I need to get the guys down at Fidelity Engineering to custom design a set of 39" wheels that can withstand the stress and weight associated with a super stretch limo. Plus I need to find someone who can fabricate a set of trailing arms that will not bend at that height.

[CorvallisBMW]

3 or 4 years ago (before I knew what i was looking at) I found a '92 purple m-tech 2 cabbie at a yard, no body damage whatsoever. Looked as though the motor went south and the owner didn't know what it was, so they junked it. If only I had realized.....*sob*

[Fanzotti]

I had to scrap the project. It was starting to collapse under its own weight. I need to get the guys down at Fidelity Engineering to custom design a set of 39" wheels that can withstand the stress and weight associated with a super stretch limo. Plus I need to find someone who can fabricate a set of trailing arms that will not bend at that height.

Git'r done!!!

[rThor432]

I found my 325is in a junkyard..

[JasonC]

I found my 325is in a junkyard..

LOL, i got both of mine from junk yards also. the 85 for $400 and the 87 for $800.

[M42Technik]

I recall one of the guys from Florida finding a near full M-Tech II kit in a junker for $20 if I recall. Thats the find of the century.

[Fanzotti]

LOL, i got both of mine from junk yards also. the 85 for $400 and the 87 for $800.

I'm a supporter of junkyard culture. the other day I was at pick a part and the crane dude was smashing cars, ripping out first. the radiator, then with one claw grab just ripping the motor out with the firewall attached and then dropping them in the crusher to come out a cube. Truly an awesome site.

[fporro]

I'm a supporter of junkyard culture. the other day I was at pick a part and the crane dude was smashing cars, ripping out first. the radiator, then with one claw grab just ripping the motor out with the firewall attached and then dropping them in the crusher to come out a cube. Truly an awesome site.

oh ya. the bigger of the 2 in Sun Valley. gonna tape an e30 going through it.
sad to see of course.

[Fanzotti]

oh ya. the bigger of the 2 in Sun Valley. gonna tape an e30 going through it.
sad to see of course.

But still cool.

[Jscotty]

The junkyards around here are not permitted to sell the entire car without a dealer's license so most of them sell only the parts. They had a really nice cabrio that had just come into the yard. It was 99% intact. The only bad parts were the interior, and the rattle can paint job. And of course this would be the day that my tools were in my other car! I had planned on going back to score the top, the cluster, the seats, and the OBC but the time I was able to get back out there, the car was a total skeleton! Someone scored the dash, the steering collumn, the carpet, the doors and just about anything else you can think of. Are cabrio parts that high in demand?