Redline
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What do you guys do with the parts you remove from your 4x4 during a build? After replacing running boards with rock slides, bumpers, and stock (thin) skidplates with the real thing, I had a considerable pile of plastic and steel.
In the past with my full sized trucks it was mostly stock front and rear bumpers which I left at the fabricators when picking-up/installing the new iron. My two recent builds with more than just bumpers being removed (2005 TJ Rubicon & 2006 4Runner) I had piles of stuff in my shop.
I sold the Jeep a year ago to a friend and gave him all the stock parts and some other accessories, which he wanted. The 4Runner's pile of big plastic bumpers, skid plates, and the stock tow hitch receiver have been sitting on my floor for several months taking up space.
Surely I could have sold the pieces for more money if I had cared to expend the time to advertised and sell them (Craig’s List?). But really I just wanted them out of my shop and to be used instead of trashed. Instead of paying to 'dump' them I contacted (in person) the owner of a body shop that I know does a fair amount of Toyota repairs. I told him I didn't want much for the parts, that he could make me an offer. Yesterday I hauled the 8-foot bed full of stuff to the body shop. He offered me $75.00, I said how about $100.00. Deal.
He will likely make/save lots of money using some of these parts over buying new, of course he has to sit on the parts until he needs them. $100.00 doesn't sound like a lot, maybe he got the better end of the deal, but I'm happy I didn't have to toss them.
Those parts took up enough floor space to park a large motorcycle.
In the past with my full sized trucks it was mostly stock front and rear bumpers which I left at the fabricators when picking-up/installing the new iron. My two recent builds with more than just bumpers being removed (2005 TJ Rubicon & 2006 4Runner) I had piles of stuff in my shop.
I sold the Jeep a year ago to a friend and gave him all the stock parts and some other accessories, which he wanted. The 4Runner's pile of big plastic bumpers, skid plates, and the stock tow hitch receiver have been sitting on my floor for several months taking up space.
Surely I could have sold the pieces for more money if I had cared to expend the time to advertised and sell them (Craig’s List?). But really I just wanted them out of my shop and to be used instead of trashed. Instead of paying to 'dump' them I contacted (in person) the owner of a body shop that I know does a fair amount of Toyota repairs. I told him I didn't want much for the parts, that he could make me an offer. Yesterday I hauled the 8-foot bed full of stuff to the body shop. He offered me $75.00, I said how about $100.00. Deal.
He will likely make/save lots of money using some of these parts over buying new, of course he has to sit on the parts until he needs them. $100.00 doesn't sound like a lot, maybe he got the better end of the deal, but I'm happy I didn't have to toss them.
Those parts took up enough floor space to park a large motorcycle.
