Thread: Can rear struts merely fit on front? (not to be usable)

I have a parts car and I want to scavenge the front struts, but I only have spare rears..

Will the rears fit in front if only used to prop the car up for the junkyard to take the shell away?

or...

Will they give you money for the shell if its not on anything??

^They should give you money either way. I don't see them turning down the metal.

you may be able to get a bolt stuck in the hub and simply shove the top in so it will stick in there.

You might get more money if you take it to a metal scrap yard. You get $9/100 lb of scrap steel so at 1500 of a car shell and "whatever else" you are talking almost $140 bucks. At my scrap yard you cant have tires on the wheels (sawz-all takes care of that in no time if you don't want the wheels anymore), oil drained, hole in gas take. My scrap yard doesn't check for holes in the gas take or oil in the engine so a little less work for you. If you do take it to a scrap yard here is what you do:

If the wheels are aluminum turn them in separately with the tires cut off (more money, I got $35 of a worthless set of wheels).
Take out your radiator and any other easy to get out heat exchangers that are aluminum and turn them in separately (more money).
Drain engine oil.
Load car on a flatbed trailer.
If your scrap yard doesn't inspect very closely throw every piece of crap you can in the car to weigh it down (make the wifey happy and pad your pocket more)

Trust me, there is a business in hauling scrap metal if you have the truck and a trailer big enough to haul 2 cars. If you are good you can haul 2 loads per day at 4 cars per day. At least $600 a day, not a bad days work.

Here is what they use to unload your trailer:

are they paying that much? the places i called up here when i scrapped my shell told me $50/ton at best

yards are paying pretty good again, and like he said, if they don't pay much attention when you bring a car in, fill that sombitch up with your useless junk, and a little trick I do, fill the gas tank with water, and every now and then the engine too, lol. get a little extra, and who cares, they crush it and **** the **** to japan/china anyway

yards around here pay $300 if you simply get the car there.