Yay for salvage yards!

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 02/16/2016 at 21:49 • Filed to: None

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Went a-looking for S197s in the local junk yards on my lunch break and found a wrecked-ass convertible. Sadly the grille had a chunk out of it otherwise I would have quickly nabbed it up so I could have foglights. What I did find was a new center console lid with a latch that works, and this trunk plastic piece.

here’s what it looked like before

The light actually swung out when I was closing the trunk lid and got smashed. Luckily there was a new one. Paid $20 for the plastic piece and the console lid, and tomorrow I go back with $25 for one of these:

A leather-wrapped “performance package” steering wheel with aluminum spokes. It’s completely covered in dirt but the leather looks totally free of rips or nicks. It’s replacing this fugly POS

Awful rubbery one piece wheel with smooth spots worn in it and buttons that fall out. Ugh. If you grab it more than an inch from the spokes you can actually twist the rubber around the metal center fairly easily. Terribad.

lone_liberal > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/16/2016 at 21:55

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One warning, I had a wheel with aluminum trim on my Mustang and while it looked better it got fucking hot in the summer. Watch your thumbs.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > lone_liberal 02/16/2016 at 21:57

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Yeah, driving at 9 and 3 isn’t really gonna happen on sunny days. I’m aware of this, I just want it to look cool ;_;

Cherry_man1 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/16/2016 at 21:57

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Go for a Roush front bumper with a billit grille, or you looking for pony package grill

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/16/2016 at 22:01

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Really kinda shocked your local places have cars that new. I've never seen anything made after 1998 or so in my local yard.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 02/16/2016 at 22:39

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There were ENDLESS new edge SN-95s, a couple Miatas, a totally stripped Porsche 944 (even the driver rear quarter was cut off), some 06-ish CTSes, more Pontaic G6s than you can imagine, Civics EVERYWHERE, a CRX HF, an old Lincoln Continental Mark V that honestly looked restorable, and about 15 acres more of 90s meh-itude.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/16/2016 at 22:49

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Which yard was it?

daender > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/16/2016 at 22:51

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Nice steering wheel upgrade! I’m guessing the wrecked car lacked the silver automatic shifter trim?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/16/2016 at 23:04

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Sandlian or whatever.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > daender 02/16/2016 at 23:05

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It has it but it’s pretty trashed. I might see if it’s salvageable (heh)

V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/16/2016 at 23:06

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That plastic trunk light housing is $70 at the dealer.... Had a bucket withwith car detailing items in the trunk pop mine about 5 years ago.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/16/2016 at 23:07

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I thought that was a scrap yard? Where is it at?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > V8Demon - Prefers Autos for drag racing. Fite me! 02/16/2016 at 23:12

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Yup. Even on ebay a new console lid is around $100. I scored pretty hardcore.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen 02/16/2016 at 23:13

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Just south of Hoover and I96