What to do with old spare car parts taking up space
Accumulated spare car parts left sitting in the garage can become overwhelming when you have no idea how to identify their value or figure out how to get rid of them. This uncertainty leaves people stuck with a cluttered workspace and no clear way to clear out the unwanted items.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Selling items to a local pick n pull
- 2Finding a core buyer for catalytic converters
- 3Scrapping leftover exhaust pieces
- 4Listing parts on marketplace platforms
- 5Throwing pads in the garbage and rotors in the recycling bin
- 6Leaving scrap metal on the curb for scrappers
- 7Taking them to a scrap yard or local auto parts store
- 8Giving them to a regular repair shop
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm not sure what to do with them at this point.”source ↗
Helpful-Signature-54 · r/MechanicAdvice · 27 upvotes
Where this came up
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