4 Essential Tips for Choosing an Auto Salvage
Yard Are there any salvage yards near me? If
you’re asking this question, and you live in a
relatively well-populated area — or within a few
miles of one — the answer is probably yes.
However, there’s more than geographical
proximity to consider when choosing a salvage...
Salvage Cars at Junkyards: Frequently Asked
Questions So-called salvage cars can be
separated into two broad groups: cars that
receive a “salvage certificate” from the state
motor vehicle agency, and cars that are repaired
and receive a new title that allows them to be
registered, driven, and sold, with the title
indicating the vehicle is...
Common Maintenance Parts Found at Auto Salvage
Yards If you drive a new car carefully, you can
often avoid making repairs to the vehicle for
thousands of miles. However, as you drive those
miles, you’ll need to maintain the vehicle by
installing maintenance parts that keep it in
good driving condition. Professionally operated
junkyards are...
Auto Salvage Titles: What They are and Why They
Matter Most auto salvage yards (a.k.a.
junkyards) own a large inventory of vehicles
that have a “salvage certificate”. Why the
certificate was issued varies from car to car,
but the process of receiving it is roughly the
same in each state and involves the following
steps....
Pull Your Own Parts at a Junkyard: 4 Tools to
Leave at Home When we talk about how to pull
your own parts at a junkyard, we often mention
tools that will help you pull parts in the right
way, not tools that won’t help you. However,
there are indeed some devices that you should...
6 Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Junk Cars You
know that you can sell junk cars in Temple,
Texas, and likely receive a few hundred dollars
for each car you sell. That’s the good news. The
bad news is that there are several pitfalls
people encounter when they sell junk cars in
Temple and other...
Tips for Getting Reliable Components and Used
Auto Parts Many junkyards sell used auto parts
for at least 50% less than the original price.
But the savings don’t mean much if you buy
components that are unreliable, soon
malfunction, and bring you back to square one:
Going to a junkyard in search of an
inexpensive,...
Recycling Old Vehicles: 4 Benefits of Removing
Junkers From Your Property If you grew up in a
rural area surrounded by woodland, you may have
seen one when you were strolling through the
woods in autumn: A makeshift junkyard where
inoperable vehicles are abandoned, and literally
rust into non-existence. Professionally operated
salvage lots that participate...
Self-Service Auto Parts in Lubbock: Why Get
Parts From Us? You know that you need
self-service auto parts in Lubbock, but you’re
not sure which salvage lot to get them from. At
Wrench-A-Part, we feel that we’re your top
option — and not just because our parts
are priced to sell quickly. When you get...
Buying Self Service Auto Parts From JunkYards:
FAQ After most cars pass 50,000 miles on the
odometer, they enter a state of existence where
their parts are still working quite well, but
not quite as well as before, when the engine was
humming as smoothly as a John Coltrane album.
Even so, there’s still a...
3 Reasons to Sell Junk Cars in Belton Now As a
professionally operated junkyard with a location
in Belton, Texas, we’re naturally interested in
receiving as many offers to buy junk cars as
possible. So, while we may seem a bit biased in
saying that right now is a good time to sell
junk cars...
Types of Self Service Auto Yards to Avoid Self
service auto yards are great places to shop to
save money on car parts. Customers often walk
away paying less than half of a part’s original
price. But the prospect of saving money isn’t
the only thing to consider when you choose a
self service auto...
4 Safety Checks for Buying Used Tires We know
that can tires can be recycled, but can they be
reused? It’s a much asked question with answers
on both sides. Safety teetotalers would like us
to believe that tires can’t be reused from the
moment they first touch the pavement. But the
reality is that...
4 Ways to Speed Up Your Trip to the Junkyard
There are probably some machine heads out there
who like to spend hours looking around
junkyards, admiring the contours of past makes
and models, as they get round to selecting the
part they came for. But most people who buy used
auto parts in Lubbock...
Self Service Auto Parts: How Wrench-A-Part Helps
You Get Parts If you’ve heard much about
purchasing parts from a junkyard, you may have
heard the parts referred to as self service auto
parts, which means that you remove the
components using your own tools. However, when
you get parts from Wrench-A-Part, you aren’t
totally on...
If you have a car you
are trying to sell,
there are many reasons
you may want to consider
selling it for scrap. It
may be old and not worth
much, maybe it was in an
accident and not worth
repairing, it may
require repairs that
aren’t worth...
If you are thinking of
selling your car, and
the need is not urgent,
it is prudent to wait
until the time of year
to get the most for it.
There are many factors
to consider, including
your car’s age and
condition, the reason
you are...
If you have started
working from home
recently, as many have
during the COVID-19
pandemic, you have
likely realized that you
don’t use your car
nearly as much as you
used to. Commuting is
one of the primary
reasons people need a
car. When...
