Once you have chosen a yard interested in the used auto parts in your car, go through your car and remove everything. The owner’s manual, title, and keys are all that the auto salvage yard wants or needs for the car. Once you turn the car over to them, they are not going to let you go back through it for the personal items you forgot.

challenger rims As soon as you notice a small ding or scratch in the paint, use a dab of touch up paint. The touch up paint will help keep the spot from rusting. Larger dings, dents and scratches should also be taken care of as quickly as possible to avoid rust developing.

Scrap cars do fetch value as they are recycled and put to use and around 90 to 95% of the car is recycled than just shredded at a car scrap yard. In this way, car scrap yards get more money for their vehicles, so you also get benefited out of it. Even if the scrap car is a complete junk, it will gain money as per the weight and size of the junk car.

Many car sellers wait until their current vehicle is sold before buying another new or used car because they intend to use some of the profits to assist in their next purchase. As mentioned above, most of the individuals or companies posting those “We Buy Your Car” ads are offering much less than the vehicles estimated value. If you still have a loan out on the car, there might not be enough to cover the remainder of your loan. If your vehicle is owned free and clear, will you get enough money from the sale to purchase a new or used vehicle or at least put down a good down payment?

sell junk car This leaves the option of various two wheeled forms of transportation motorcycles, scooters, etc. Which no doubt are a great option and can be fairly cheap (and Honda ruckuses are actually pretty cool). Unfortunately, not everybody may be willing or able to use this type of vehicle so a car or truck is a must.

Storing all the junk: After having collected all this scrap metal, you may face the problem of storing it, especially if you don’t have a large enough home or a garage or backyard. What you can do is tie up with a friend or neighbor to use their backyard or vacant space lot for storage or then rent out such a space. But make sure the rented space is a safe place.

By putting in a little extra effort you can make a little more cash. What used car dealers and car salvage companies do is to farm used and salvaged cars for parts. It is normally repaired and sold for a profit, or your car will be dismantled and the good parts be used to spruce up other cars that have damaged or defective parts. So why not do the deed yourself and make a little more cash with a little effort. Get a mechanic to check the car for parts and get an estimate of the value of the parts based on the condition.