Shop at junkyards?

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

A friend of mine frequents them because he's all about rebuilding cars. I had mentioned something to him a while back about wanting to buy new door panels for my civic so I could cut into them for tweeter mount.

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[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

Offer them $50 and take them for like $75-80. Junkyards are all about hustling them, act like you don't need them too bad and your results will be better.

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

word.

junk yards are fun.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Is 75-80 a reasonable price though? I honestly have no idea what a door panel would be worth.

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

word.junk yards are fun.

/Agreed

I used to go to them all the time when I had my 1990 civic si. Man, I wish I never sold that car.....

P.S. Yeah, see if you can haggle a bit.....its not like they paid much more than 100 for the whole car anyways!

 

[Benilson09 10+ year member]

What junkyard are you dealing with?? 75-80 for 2 panels on a newer vehicle would be ok if they are in good condition, depending on who your dealing with. Just lemme know, I have dealt w/ alot of them in the area.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

I was told it was out on 67 on into the Priceville area. I've personally never even been to a junkyard so I dunno for sure where this place is. Have any experience with them?

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

The price seems reasonable. I could only imagine how much it would cost to order the parts from a dealship or even an online retail parts supplier.

 

[Benilson09 10+ year member]

I was told it was out on 67 on into the Priceville area. I've personally never even been to a junkyard so I dunno for sure where this place is. Have any experience with them?

There is a lot of them out that way, my brother bought a lot of jeep parts there for pretty cheap. I've never used them personally, Athens Auto Recycle may have what you need I will check for you if you can let me know your year make and model. They don't bargain at all on prices but often they are very cheap.

 

[Kenny Pollock 10+ year member]

They won't be there when you go on the weekend if they're anything like the junkyards down here in Miami.

Cars are stripped 100% within a day, heh.

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

Pick n Pull is the way to go.

 

[HitManSE 10+ year member]

Is 75-80 a reasonable price though? I honestly have no idea what a door panel would be worth.

Yeah man, they'd prob charge you $200+ each at a stealership for them.

I wouldnt shop for everything at a junkyard, but things like body panels, interior items, ect. that wont effect how the car runs. Junkyards are a go.

Just go in there and ask to see what parts they have for your cars make/model.

If you go in there asking and looking for 1 specific item, they know you want it and usually wont budge. However if you're just looking around to get spare parts but dont really need them, they can sense that you dont really care if you do or dont buy an item and will usually drop prices.

Lowball them (20-30% of asking price lol), if they object, screw it you dont really need it. Throw in an offer that a bit higher and usually they just figure wth, a sale is a sale.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Is 75-80 a reasonable price though? I honestly have no idea what a door panel would be worth.

Call the dealership, ask them how much, and also look online for them.

Yeah man, they'd prob charge you $200+ each at a stealership for them.
I wouldnt shop for everything at a junkyard, but things like body panels, interior items, ect. that wont effect how the car runs. Junkyards are a go.

Just go in there and ask to see what parts they have for your cars make/model.

If you go in there asking and looking for 1 specific item, they know you want it and usually wont budge. However if you're just looking around to get spare parts but dont really need them, they can sense that you dont really care if you do or dont buy an item and will usually drop prices.

Lowball them (20-30% of asking price lol), if they object, screw it you dont really need it. Throw in an offer that a bit higher and usually they just figure wth, a sale is a sale.

I lowball them all the time. The first price they give I usually say "I can get thm brand new for that price" and they usually take 50% off right there. That seems to always work. Well at the ones in ST pete, and the junkyads up here.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

There is a lot of them out that way, my brother bought a lot of jeep parts there for pretty cheap. I've never used them personally, Athens Auto Recycle may have what you need I will check for you if you can let me know your year make and model. They don't bargain at all on prices but often they are very cheap.

2006 Civic LX Sedan.

 

[bikinpunk 10+ year member]

Yeah man, they'd prob charge you $200+ each at a stealership for them.
I wouldnt shop for everything at a junkyard, but things like body panels, interior items, ect. that wont effect how the car runs. Junkyards are a go.

Just go in there and ask to see what parts they have for your cars make/model.

If you go in there asking and looking for 1 specific item, they know you want it and usually wont budge. However if you're just looking around to get spare parts but dont really need them, they can sense that you dont really care if you do or dont buy an item and will usually drop prices.

Lowball them (20-30% of asking price lol), if they object, screw it you dont really need it. Throw in an offer that a bit higher and usually they just figure wth, a sale is a sale.

Good info.

I'm in no rush really to buy, just thought I'd go there and take a look.

I will for sure have to buy a new rear deck lid in the future. When pulling it off, I cracked it at the seatbelt area. Doesn't effect functionality, but it's aggravating to look at.

The only reason I wanted to the panel was to cut it up to put tweeter pods in, however, I've often considered going 3-way and if I do, I'd go with foot pods for mid-range & tweeter and keep the mid-bass in the door. Dunno though...guess we'll see what happens. If he will take $50 for both I'll get 'em there to have in the future.

I know that a dealership is very expensive. When my fiance broke her passenger's door panel while getting furniture in there, she had to pay $100 to get it repaired. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif