How Order Used Auto Parts From A Junkyard
Some salvage yards send customers to look for their own parts and some of them can tell you exactly what they have in stock. If you go to a yard that requires you to find your own replacement parts take along a friend, a tape measure, and a cell phone. There are a lot of junk cars in the big lots and you are going to need to make sure you do not get lost or injured while you are looking through them all. Since you will not know the system the business uses to store these vehicles it will be easy for you to get confused and miss the ones that might contain what you need.
Most of the large junkyards use a system called a "Hotline." If you call a junkyard and ask whether they carry a certain part, they'll check their inventory database while you're on the phone. If they don't find the part you need in their inventory, they can use their Hotline to quickly check the inventories of neighboring nitro powered boats. A quick tip about the Hotline: ask the junkyard that is checking other yards what that particular part would have cost if they had it in their inventory. You may be able to negotiate the price with the other dealer.
Pat yourself on the back and know that by you junking your car you are in actual fact earning yourself some well earned cash and at the same time helping the environment.
Sell your car for parts on your own. They're many people that just need parts. If you can stomach what comes with selling your junk car for part, then that is the best way to go. You will make more money then any salvage yard, salvager, or scrap yard would pay you.
The used auto parts can also be purchased from stores which specialize in selling only used auto parts. Most towns and cities have such stores. Many of these stores, both offline and online, also provide warranties. Their sales staff would help you to chose the required auto part if you have any confusion over it.
Most people will end up at their local dealership, ordering parts from them. That is of course, after the smelling salts kick in from passing out when shown the cost. It isn't cheap to buy parts from any car dealership, let alone, Mercedes dealership. There are better places to buy your parts that will not send you into sticker shock.
