What items are valuable

[MR2_3VZFE]

First of all, this is not a for sale thread. Its merely that I am not a fanatic about Accords (no offense) and dont know which specific parts may be of value to owners and I dont know if Ill be able to get to 30 posts to get into the classified sections on this forum (on MR2oc.com I have .98 posts per day... itd take a while for me to use these classifieds) So youll probably see me on ebay in the next couple weeks as I remove more stuff.

The car: its a 91 LX automatic that my sister crashed a couple weeks ago. I know lots of parts are valuable (engine, transmission, calipers, suspension components, etc) What might be something that I might overlook that people tend to need? For MR2s its stuff as little as the ash tray... its a precious item.

The customizing my sister did.




Please dont offer to buy anything because Id really just like to get some answers, dont need the mods shutting me down for this.

[nine_deuce]

Everything is of some value. And since it'd be oem, a lot of people would much rather pay the extra coin for it than some aftermarket shit that may, or may not fit.

Browse eBay and see what parts are going for, and price accordingly.

Good luck!

[wed3k]

ignitor, inside front door handles

everything else is a dime a dozen.

[Gotz Cb7]

Honestly man, if you were to strip that car down...and plan on selling everything, I'm pretty sure you'd end up with just a frame on that car in a short time. I'm always looking for replacement parts and shit. Little stuff, like Sensors, Light bulbs. If you're plannin' on doing anything with the engine, you'd probably get more if you parted it out, or catch up with someone on here near you, and might want the engine or tranny all together.

As for value, Iuno. I'd say plenty of things would be needed by someone...but wouldn't have much value.

I think Nine has it covered for ya.

Everything is of some value. And since it'd be oem, a lot of people would much rather pay the extra coin for it than some aftermarket shit that may, or may not fit.

Browse eBay and see what parts are going for, and price accordingly.

Good luck!

[MR2_3VZFE]

Yup, thats the plan. Just gotta sell some stuff on ebay until I get my posts up

Thanks for the help guys.

[Losiracer2]

the customized "I got Owned" hood. THAT would be a rare collectors item.

[MR2_3VZFE]

Yeah, my sister wanted to put a cowl hood on the car...it just didnt bend in the right areas when she hit the Silverado 1500...

[wed3k]

oh, you know what is worth money is the crankshaft and rods...i sold mine for about 100 bucks and i got the entire motor for 100 bucks

so spare oil pan, bolts, cylidner head that can be used to rebuild, intake manifold and a bunch of other shit for practically free.

[deevergote]

I say get a new hood, headlights, grille, radiator, and radiator support, and fix the car... That damage doesn't appear to be all that serious. A partout takes a lot of time and effort. You could probably sell the whole car for a good chunk fairly easily. You're looking at about $400 in repairs, if that.

[vinbon63]

Its true the car seems to be pretty clean other than the new damage.

[coletrain]

Yeah it depends on how much work your going to put into it. Parting out a car takes lots of work to disassemble and organize parts. You could probably get a large 'chunk' of money if you fixed it up and sold it as a whole. Again it just depends on how much effort your looking to put into it.

Some parts I can think of:
- Power Antenna
- internal engine parts can be desirable, if you super clean the pistons, rods, crank, it depends on the condition of the parts I guess.
- taillights
- side moldings if they're not rusted out
- wheels
- steering wheel
- shifter/boot/linkage
- gauge cluster

[MR2_3VZFE]

I was gonna do that, but once I figured all the prices for hood, left fender, radiator, radiator shroud and fans, a/c work, hood prop, misc connectors that were crushed on the harness, new windshield washer reservoir, hood latch, headlights, headlight housings, grill, radiator support, shielding gas/wire for my MIG and theres always other misc junk like the 80amp fuse that blew. Itd be sweet if there was a CB7 in a local junkyard for the parts, but you know as good as I do, that all these cars are still on the road and not broken down. And this way it also benefits your CB7 community. < This dudes cool, why dont we have this on the MR2 board....

[dave-xrs]

< This dudes cool, why dont we have this on the MR2 board....

I guess every board is different. I also used toyotanation and its a bit different.

[wed3k]

I guess every board is different. I also used toyotanation and its a bit different.

definitely a bit different.

[sunburn]

I was gonna do that, but once I figured all the prices for hood, left fender, radiator, radiator shroud and fans, a/c work, hood prop, misc connectors that were crushed on the harness, new windshield washer reservoir, hood latch, headlights, headlight housings, grill, radiator support, shielding gas/wire for my MIG and theres always other misc junk like the 80amp fuse that blew. Itd be sweet if there was a CB7 in a local junkyard for the parts, but you know as good as I do, that all these cars are still on the road and not broken down. And this way it also benefits your CB7 community. < This dudes cool, why dont we have this on the MR2 board....

see I dont know ,because it's like a cb7 (or accord grave yard) around here
everytime we go to pnp , or other places they are all over the place..

I would probly say it's a reginal thing , some places are crawling with them some you dont see one.