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What would you not buy from a wreckers?
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:15 pm
by Nev62
In my quest for "Bargains", I've been looking here and there for bargain price parts for my 4b. It got me to thinking who else does this or do most just pay the asking price at 4x4 specialists? The Poll is just to give me an idea of what people in the real world do.
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:18 pm
by spazbot
many a day has been spend at pickn payless pulling bits of cars etc for my 4b or driving round to all the diff wreckers to get parts,
if only most places would let you into the yards to get the bits yourself,
damn public liability
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:27 pm
by greg
I'm happy to buy most things from wreckers but have a few issues with it:
1. most treat me like i'm a clueless fool* (which isn't far from the truth) when i tell them what i am after, and only after explaining for 10 minutes what my car is can they tell me that they don't have what i am after.
2. wreckers are trying to make money - they have costs etc that they have to cover and so parts are expensive. I prefer to find mates that have the part i need and buy from them.
* - this point stands true for most shops selling car stuff though - most of the time i just give up and let them rant on for a while, say my thank you's and then hang up
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:51 pm
by spazbot
Yeah i have found it a major setback with parts places and wreckers, when trying to buy stuff , they treat you like you dont know jack, when you try to explain what your trying to do etc, they just dont understand put you in the 2 hard basket and move on.
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:56 pm
by rojac
Including seat belts and brakes. There a couple of yards here where you " remove the bits " yourself. Good value and cheaper.
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:42 pm
by A1
Nuthin they charge a shite load for the smallest items there fuked ........
got qouted 175 per SIDE for Mq calipers and disc fuk that and it was n 82 mod it was comin off
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:51 pm
by 4sum4
It sucks when they hold you and when they come back they say they have it,then you ask the price its always Fiftyyyyyyyyyyyyyfive mate,
they always chuck the extra bit in.
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:20 pm
by ozy1
I myself have spent many hours down at pick and payless picking parts for cars and 4by's, for myself and for mates, ive pulled gearboxes, inlet manifolds, CV's, brake callipers, interior bits, wheels, diffs, the works, always a good couple of hours spent there....
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:25 pm
by glen1n
4sum4 wrote:It sucks when they hold you and when they come back they say they have it,then you ask the price its always Fiftyyyyyyyyyyyyyfive mate,
they always chuck the extra bit in.
Gotta haggle, forty-five? then settle at 50. Do that your whole life and you end up saving a sh!tload of money
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:41 pm
by bogged
A1MAV wrote:Nuthin they charge a shite load for the smallest items there fuked ........
got qouted 175 per SIDE for Mq calipers and disc fuk that and it was n 82 mod it was comin off
I was quoted $550 for a bent ARB bar once. When I say bent, I mean George Michael...
was quoted almost new price on a grill...
But then that was always at a "4x4' wrecker.. when I went to pickapart, they sold me shit loads of goodies for $20, and then a Sanden 502 Compressor for endless air system for $40 complete with hoses...
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:59 pm
by bigsteve
Pick-a-part is cool, I have scored heaps of stuff there I'd buy anything I can accurately judge the condition of.
Except wifes, the last 3 I picked up were bargains but made horrible noises when I didn't do the dishes.
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:48 pm
by bundytunna
what wreckers in melb can u pick a 4b apart in??????
i dislike wreckers as they r rip off merchants
some are reall nice and cheap
others are rip offs
i was quoted 280 for a cut out of the bottom of a kick panel on my hz
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:59 pm
by bogged
bundytunna wrote:what wreckers in melb can u pick a 4b apart in??????
all 4x4 spares in dande let you out the back if you say you know where the cars are, and what parts you want.. always say your after little clips and things, they couldnt be fucked getting so let you do it yourself
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:08 pm
by bundytunna
ohhhh have to keep that in mind
but do they let u take decent stuff out not just clips and door knobs
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:55 am
by DamTriton
What part wouldn't I buy from a wrecker?????
Brakes.......they obviously didn't work the last time they were tried
Re: What would you not buy from a wreckers?
Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:50 pm
by BIG GQ
Nev62 wrote:In my quest for "Bargains", I've been looking here and there for bargain price parts for my 4b. It got me to thinking who else does this or do most just pay the asking price at 4x4 specialists? The Poll is just to give me an idea of what people in the real world do.
You can pick up a second hand head gasket from most wreckers for $0 - $2.50.
How can you go wrong
