Parting Out Cars

[Messiah]

Hi all,

Been spending some time umming and arring about that to do with my 33gtst.

it needs some tlc to go back on the road and i dont know if, when all things are considered, its worth the cost.

If i dont put it back on the road i might aswell sell it, and if i do that, i'm not going to make much selling it as is (the buyer would just end up in the same situation as i am).

So i'm wondering, for those of you who have parted out whole cars, how long did it take and was it worth the money you made?

I dont want to end up with a carcass of a skyline sat on my lawn for the next 6 months so i dont know if its a good call or not.

[Priestley]

I kept my R33 after it was written off. I was offered $650 for the wreck by the insurance assessor contacts.

I've probably made $2000 off it so far and it still has the diff, gearbox and head. Thats been about 4 months.

Considering the condition my car was in, I'd say if you have a fairly complete car you could make more stripping it than selling as a whole.

Post up a couple of pictures and give us a general idea of condition. It will help people give you a better response.

[Messiah]

I'll take some pics over the weekend, but in the meantime i'll give a general description.

Cars in complete working condition, needs a new clutch as the original factory one is old and slipping.

Exhaust is too noisy, and the head lights wont adjust.

No dents on the car other than a pin dent of the drivers C panel (stone thrown up from someones lawn mower) but there is some paint work required on the front quarter panel and rear bar.

Shocks are dead but i have some newish kyb's in a box ready to go on.

Not rego'd and needs all the slips done, last mechanic i took it to wanted me to find what mods it was approved with when it was first imported and he wanted me to look into the rims and exhaust before he'd slip it

[Priestley]

So what sort of money would you need to spend for the slips? Are disks/pads, tyres, windscreen roadworthy?

Considering how cheap 33's are at the moment you might be better off parting it out.

General prices I've found for a quickish sale are:

$350 for calipers

$300 for hubs

$300 for headlights

$1200 for gearbox

$1500 to $2000 for complete engine

$200 for diff (if its lsd)

Body panels - bonnet, doors, dront bar etc I'm not sure about. I'd say another $1000-$1500 for them?

Then there are plenty of small bits you'll get $100 for on ebay. Instrument cluster, electric window motors, radiator, seats, boot trim and so on.

After its stripped you can sell the complianced shell.

It will probably take a few months, but could be worth it financially in the end.

[archangel62]

If you have the patience, go for it.

Otherwise, sell it as a track car...

[Kujotk]

if you have the room aswell....

[writeoff]

Don't sell the wheels as you may need to move it and unless you have some spare ones it is a real pain in the arse.

[gaspar]

kind of in the same boat after my cousin had a prang in my gt which i WAS planning on selling as a whole car before that happened.

i've already posted up my ad to sell in parts so i'll let you know how it goes...

[dank]

sell as is parting out is headchaes u get HEAPS of time wasters and your are left with parts laying around for ages .. you end up scraping by but depends if you have lots of aftermarket shit people would want or just factory stuff.