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Originally Posted by Lav
Yeah im thinking about it. Ive just never done a scrap yard before. Can i expect to confirm that they have frs/brz before i go?
Btw your posts on sound deadening were great.
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there's really 2 variants of scrap yard.
pick-your-part yards= you can confirm they have 'a' vehicle(usually with a picture of the vehicle as it was coming into the yard), but they won't confirm anything on it still exists, you must visit the location, and remove the part yourself with your own tools. depending on the popularity of the yard, and the vehicle, i've seen entire cars nearly stripped down to the frame in a matter of 2-3 days.
i've done a ton with LKQ pick-your-part yards, but they're all about the same. it basically kept my old ranger on the road. all the oem window switches failed, and there's zero replacements for those.
standard scrap yards= they don't allow anyone into the yard, you call/email them about the year/make/model you want to discuss with them, as well as the part/color you need. they'll give a quote, and if you want it, they send someone out to the yard, pull the part, then you can either pick it up, or they can ship it to you.
my local yards that do this generally are closer to MSRP of new parts, so i just plain avoid this route if possible. but i've done a ton of this through ebay. i'll search for the make/model of car, then specify the part i'm looking for, as well as highlighting 'used' items.
in this case, i'd jump to this listing:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/12603809785...Condition=3000
no, it's not the right part, but then i message them asking for the related component that they don't have listed. most times they're very reasonable on pricing. i do this a lot for parts that i'm going to alter. i order the replacement, modify it, then keep the original on the shelf for the case where i want to, or need to return the vehicle to stock, or something goes wrong with my modification.