When you go to the junk yard what do you normally get. I need new wheels speakers ect. What else would you guys suggest getting while I'm there I'm tight on money as in I have no money and my dad is having to help me get parts and i wanna keep the cost low. Help is very much appriciated.

 

what ever is needed.usally the small things,switches,trim,good body pieces,rare options,the list is endless.what does your truck need?

 

mostly stuff i would need to buy from an auto shop such as exhaust tires wheels... but i do need new door panel for the driver side and i have 2 blown speakers and so those would be nice and if i could a set of nice looking wheels would be good for when i do get new tires. and i need new seats i have a bench seat and really dont want it any more would loves some bucket seats

 

I like to just go to the yard and look in all of the vehicles and see what would work in mine and what type of upgrades i can steal from other models. The best thing to do if you are planning on working on a budget is to order a free catalog from lmc and using their pics and diagrams to find out what parts you need and how much of that part you need (you dont need to buy an entire steering column for the ignition switch). Then make a list of all the parts you need. Take your list to the yard and start picking. If you are needing alot of parts you can take your list to the guys working the yard tell them how much you got to spend and they can tell you what all you can get for your budget. Btw don't forget to do a little bit of haggling those guys are used to it and there is no sence in paying more than you have to.

 

i would just get new speakers for your truck.it's easier imo to just get new ones.their cheap.the paper on the old one is 20+ years old,rusted ripped won't last long.plus new one sound better,new technology.imo

 

ok thanks for the advise i will remember all this...some how. and what about new seats?

 

Various different seats will fit in the truck but you may have to fabricate some brackets or drill new holes. Are you wanting to keep the bench or go with bucket seats?

 

The bucket seats the Bench seat is all torn up through little cousins so I believe bucket seats would look awsome and more comfortable

 

just look for bucket seats out of an f series truck.i believe the seats from the mid 70's to 96 will bolt up.mind you if you put factory buckets in you will have to drill holes for the inboard bolts.

 

ok thank and drilling holes is what my uncle is for but thanks for the help.

 

Its real simple in my opion dont get anything that you can get relatively cheap from a real auto parts store. You can get good speakers cheap anywhere look on ebay thats prolly the cheapest place. Exhaust I would look into the local exhaust shops. I got full Y pipe back dual exhuast with a flowmaster muffler for 200 bucks. You cant beat that price. Look mostly for rare parts that you know is good and cant get cheap somewhere else. No point in spending money on a junkyard part if you dont know if it works.

 

Are rims a good thing to pick up from a salvage yard im going in a couple weeks and i would to find a desent pair because all i have is hub caps... not the best

 

I got mine from the salvage yard.Check my gallery for pics.I got mine from a 92-96 F150.Good luck.

 

Depends all the junkyards around me want almost 200 bucks for a set of half way decent Ford rims and for that I can get brand new aftermarket rims...Its all up to you and what you want.

 

I picked mine up for 40 bucks.They were dirty,but they cleaned up real nice.I feel lucky now.