Hi-school buddy in New Orleans bought a '96 Z3 some months ago (his
first BMW). Recently in an accident, front end tore up pretty badly,
hood jack-knifed.

Any idea where to get used parts reasonably priced (i.e. hood)?

Thx,
P

"Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule."

The junk yard.



"Puddin' Man" <puddingDOTman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

Seriously, the junk yard.

You may need to call ahead to see if the one near you gets BMWs because (in
my area at least) the yards tend to specialize -- Domestic Big Three,
Japanese, European, etc.

When a car is totalled by the insurance company, it goes to an auction. The
bidders (junk yards, generally) bid by country of origin. The yards that
take BMWs would speicalize in them. They may take Audis and Vovlos too, but
would tend to not take Hondas and Toyotas or Fords and Chevys.

This is not a hard and fast rule but it deserves consideration, and a phone
call to see where the yard is that has the parts you want.




"Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Try http://www.vinesauto.com/ they ship all over the county and
specialize in BMW.

Good Luck


On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:34:01 -0500, Puddin' Man
<puddingDOTman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

I figgered there would be at least one national yard with BMW
specialty.

Thanks,
P

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:38:38 -0500, RJD <drenning (AT) mindspring (DOT) com> wrote:

"Law Without Equity Is No Law At All. It Is A Form Of Jungle Rule."

try ABC used auto parts in Leominster , Ma. .
D.


"Puddin' Man" <puddingDOTman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote