junk/salvage yards

[bud36light]

man I get so aggravated calling yards for parts. I live in Southern Illinois and have access to at least 10 yards within an hours drive. ALL of these yards have w bodies but none are willing to bust an LQ 1 for individual parts. They will only sell the whole motor complete. most 100,000+. Does anyone else face this when finding used parts?

[kanchou]

have you looked for self pull yards already? I had similar problems when dealing with local JY's; most of them were only interested in major things that made them $$$.

[firechiken]

All the yards around me sell there parts for only a couple of dollars less then new! Definitely better off going to the u-pull-it instead.

[bud36light]

I got a couple of you pull its around here. They are pretty high too. When I call around tho they all say you can go thru the core pile and get what you want but stay away from the intact engines. Same way with stuff like steering colunms. I think the way some of them are pricing is they call Autozone or Napa then charge about 75% of the "new" price.

[dohcfiend]

it's a bitch. i know of 2 cheap yards but selection is limited. they are like kidney foundation yards. i tried to get a lim and fuel rail be4 $180. wtf huh?

another online one wanted 100 for a lim and i told them i can get it from gm wholesale for 118

[sharkey]

yea, the wreckers i go to wanted $100 for a used ecm. i told them i could get a reman-ed ecm for $95 and their price dropped to $50. funny how it works. i also bring cash, cause if you pay cash, a lot of the time they dont charge taxes, it goes straight into their pocket, and i get a great deal. i personaly like playing the guessing games, if they guess exactly what car i got the part from, i pay for it and it has worked a few times (me getting it free).

[firechiken]

All the u-pull-it yards around here sell everything (except the whole car) for less then $100. ecm=$20 ecm from regular yard=$40! You guys are getting screwed!

[bud36light]

I ve gotten to where I check that one site" carparts " for prices before I start calling for used parts. Kinda gives a look ahead of how bad I m going to get raped. I mean even on that site the price differences can be staggering.