Today at the junkyard

[I<3MyHonda]

So I went to the junkyard today and started dickin' around. I ended up finding ... an A6 ecu, iab plate, iab black box (not broke), CD5 rear lip, Volvo front lip, EX muffler, and a 12v bezel. Total cost ..17.86. Everything was in pretty good shape which is surprising for the pull a part down here. So cheap I shoulda grabbed the A6 cam dammit! I've got some work to do.

[tommi]

thats cheap. compared to salvage yards where i live.

[apalileo]

wow that's really good! i wish the junk yard down here in southern california was that affordable. i paid that same price and only came up with the cd5 front lip. now, clean up those parts, install them and post pictures!

[I<3MyHonda]

yeah for sure. There was a long line behind me so I think the lady didn't charge me for everything cause wtf 18 bucks for all that. I'm not complaining though.

[apalileo]

i wouldn't complain either. maybe i'll wait for a line to form next time!

[apalileo]

i'll be honest, i like the yard... it's always interesting to see what cars you come across and it's awesome when you find what you're looking for. for the longest i was looking for the plastic ring that holds the cigarette lighter in place. i mean weeks went by (cars at the yard i go to rotate about once a week!). then i found it... i swear i heard angels humming in the background.

[I<3MyHonda]

haha I know exactly what you mean. They're always the first thing that's busted on yard cars. I've been looking for months. I found one on the seat in three pieces and glued and jb welded it back together. Normally I wouldn't settle for something like that but those things are impossible to find and I hate how my lighter just dangles there and gets stuck in the cup holder and shit.

[CB7H22Los]

very nice...i need that same 12v bezel! mines does the same thing yours does...i also wanted to know if the 90 91 light up on the inside with the rest of the dash..because my friends 92 93 has an led in there somewhere..

[I<3MyHonda]

yeah I'm pretty sure they all do. There's a little light bulb back behind the lighter it just glows through the clear ring around the lighter. So if you don't have a light shining through there than the bulb is probably burnt out. If you take your cd player out you should be able to get to it.

[apalileo]

sorry to change the topic I<3MyHonda lol! but since we're on the subject, removing the cigarette lighter without breaking the bezel is actually much easier than it seems. with the car off, press your thumb into the socket (again, power off) and turn the entire thing counter clockwise. it'll unscrew a bit from its base and drop downward. you might have to squeeze a pinky underneath to help unscrew it depending on how much it's been tightened.

before finding the bezel, i used two small zip ties, looped together and ran them beneath the cigarette lighter and through the two holes that the bezel seats itself onto. ghetto rig, but effective.

[crazymikey]

wow $17 for ALL that?! Did you not pay for half of it?

What Volvo is the lip from?

[WiggneedsJDM]

I went to my first yard today! It was tight! I found 12 cbs 3 civics like 35 preludes and a teg. and they were all missing the same thing. speakers wheels,and door panels. and the thing that got me was that each one had less rust than my mine. i was expecting to see most of them completely picked, instead i found 5 cbs with 95% of their parts still on them. i didn't have time to get what i needed, but tomorrow its on!

[I<3MyHonda]

Yeah I actually just figured that out when I got home and was trying to put it together. Just when you think you know everything about your car ....

I'm not actually sure what volvo it was. Late 80's early 90's wagon. I'm pretty sure it's stated on this site somewhere. Search for infamous volvo lip. If not I can check when I go back next weekend.

[stretch JDM]

damn fine deal . good stuff man .