Firstly, you can look on sites like Craigslist and eBay. Usually, you can find something close to what you are looking for on those sites. You’ve got to be absolutely certain that the parts are the same year and model number as the ones you need. Yes, this will take research but wouldn’t you rather get the right thing the first time rather than find out that the new billet grille was for a sedan when you have a coup?

government auto auction Check that the bolt pattern matches the vehicle and specifications of the car manufacturer. Make sure it doesn’t have bends, nicks or scraps to avoid alignment problems. These defects are usually caused by accidents.

I was a young teenager when my parents decided to sell their house. Moving was an adventure for me and I looked forward to it. Most of my friends had already moved away from our neighborhood to parts unknown and many of the new neighbors were too young to have kids even close to my age. The school I was attending at that time had a wonderful educational reputation, but it was filled with kids on drugs. I saw enough of my friends and their older siblings die from doing drugs or drinking alcohol to know that I did not want to become a user. That made me a bit of an outcast at school, so I was glad to move on to greener pastures.

salvage yards tend to be most interested in vehicles that have a reputation for reliability and popular vehicles of any kind. The former are valuable because drivers are interested in using their parts to keep the same model of vehicle running for a long period of time. The latter are desirable because their parts are typically in high demand.

Kitchen base cabinets can be had for as little as $100 a piece, depending on width of the cabinets, number of doors, drawers, etc. If you plan to paint the cabinets, prowl the junk yard. I found a nice 30-inch, 2-door, cabinet base with a drawer the other week for ten dollars!

What about antiques? Or old and unusual things? Their value is slightly more difficult to gauge. We have all heard stories of people picking up an innocuous looking item at a garage sale, then going on to sell it for thousands at auction. The last thing you want to do is unknowingly sell off an expensive item for a few dollars. Set all of the sale items you are unsure of to one side, and you can deal with them in more detail, once you have the majority of your pricing done.