Rare Euro Parts - I Occasionally Get E30 Stuff

[HarukoE30]

Twelvizm, if you get the Euro Bumpers flowing, I'm sure you'll have no problem selling them. Might even change Keith's mind about selling his car :sad:

[bwells]

euro bumpers

I need some early model front foglite delet panels and some good euro bumper turn signals. If your taking requests?

[PNWDan]

I may be interested for the right set and the right price.

[Twelvizm]

Awesome. Now I just need to sit and wait for my guy to ship 'em over. I have a couple sets of E21 euro bumpers on the way if anyone is interested. Prices will be $375-500 depending on the condition.

[mbonanni]

$300? :) lol

[Twelvizm]

Lowballin' is noballin' :)

[mbonanni]

You asked us.

[Twelvizm]

It's funny that E21 owners are willing to spend more money on euro bumpers than E30 owners. It's probably because E21's don't have any other option to escape the US ugly bumpers.

[mbonanni]

If I'm not mistaking, e21 bumpers are more rare.

[ebox86]

Are these still for sale? Um yea i'd really like one, i'd pay more than 300 too.

[Twelvizm]

None have been sold. This thread was merely an attempt to gauge how much interest there would be, if I were to ship some over.

Paying someone to get parts from wreckers in Europe and then ship them over, is an expensive a patience-testing ordeal. So, without getting some feedback, it could be a waste of money and people's time.

So, ebox86, I plan on putting an order in for 3 sets. Once they get here, I'll be going through them, reassembling them, replacing any missing hardware, cleaning them and polishing them as needed. And if the chrome is shot, I'll then prep them for paint by smoothing them and primering them. Then and only then, they will be for sale.

[ebox86]

Oh wow, seems like you are doing it right. Well i have had my eye on the ECS tuning kits for a while for the front and back. Do you think you will be able to come in under ECS tuning's ~$1200 asking price for a full set?

I know people are low balling you and such with joke offers, but seriously, you're talking about paying parts people in wrecker yards to be careful with this stuff, then shipping heavy old metal parts across the pond from europe, and then refurbing them with possibly new chrome and missing parts. So you've got your time you've got to take into consideration too.

All in all, you've got cost is picking, shipping, refinishing and then shipping again to whomever would by these. I'm def interested but do you seriously think that you will turn a profit on these while coming under ECS's already stated asking price for around 1200 for the set?

If so, i'd love to buy a set if the plastic and chrome is indeed in good shape.

Also, what kind of turn around time are you looking at for selling these if you are in the gathering interest stage now?

Thanks

None have been sold. This thread was merely an attempt to gauge how much interest there would be, if I were to ship some over.

Paying someone to get parts from wreckers in Europe and then ship them over, is an expensive a patience-testing ordeal. So, without getting some feedback, it could be a waste of money and people's time.

So, ebox86, I plan on putting an order in for 3 sets. Once they get here, I'll be going through them, reassembling them, replacing any missing hardware, cleaning them and polishing them as needed. And if the chrome is shot, I'll then prep them for paint by smoothing them and primering them. Then and only then, they will be for sale.

[Twelvizm]

Well, I look at the process not from how much money I can make off each set, but how much I need to make off a set in order to justify shipping them over here. If I can't sell them for less than $500, then it's not worth it. And my cost for E30 stuff is about the same as E21 parts. So, if I can get the sale price/cost equation to match E21 bumpers, then it'll be a success.

[ebox86]

Thats a good way to look at it, i mean you should def be able to get more than 500 a set out of them, i would say, like i said before, anywhere below 1200 and you'd have yourself a bunch of people who im sure would love a pair, myself including.

good luck and keep us posted. I'm def interested

Well, I look at the process not from how much money I can make off each set, but how much I need to make off a set in order to justify shipping them over here. If I can't sell them for less than $500, then it's not worth it. And my cost for E30 stuff is about the same as E21 parts. So, if I can get the sale price/cost equation to match E21 bumpers, then it'll be a success.

[kjlang]

good to see continuing feed back on this thread. excited to see where it goes!