When you mod your car, do you save the OE parts?

[Mark42]

The changes I've made to my Firebird are all mechanical, no body kits or interior mods. The OE differential and gears, intake parts, exhaust system, PCM and drive shaft that were replaced with after market or other parts were saved so the car can be changed back to stock.

Do you save the OE parts or doesn't it matter to you?

Just wondering.

[SilverDropTop]

I think it depends on the parts and if you plan on keeping the car. For me, I kept my stock turn signals just in case one of the clear ones breaks. Same with stock headlights. I tossed the stock catback since I knew it wasn't going back on. I also tossed the stock air lid and baffle since I would never use it again. When I switched over to the ebony interior, I sold most of the stock gray parts since I would never go back. Use your judgement. If you plan on getting rid of the car, keep the parts just in case. You could always sell it down the road. If you plan on keeping the car, sell it. You don't need stuff taking up room that you'll never use again.

[BonzoHansen]

depends. do i have room, is the part reusable, do i want to be able to sell it or reinstall it someday? for instance I still have my 4 speed. I threw out the old 2nd gen seats as I had no room for them and if I ever want them I can hunt down decent frames and have them recovered.

[jts98z28]

im broke so i sell any parts i take off my car no matter how little money i get for them lol

[andy78TA]

I generally save all parts possible no matter how small. I think it is different when you have an older car though has original brings much more money than modded if I were to ever sell it.

[B4C]

depends, if I had a v6 car I would just chuck them, my SS I keep them. Or my 2nd gen, it had 70k orig miles I kept all the original parts I took off it ans they went along with the car when I sold it.

[z28rob18]

i try to sell them but noone wants them. so they lay around in the way

[creeper]

I have everything I've taken off of the car except for the swaybar endlinks. 3 broke, and I gave one to a friend.

[chrisfrom nj]

i sell all my stock parts

[Featherburner]

save them all.

[mtg6486]

i save mine

[89 Iroc-Z28]

it depends on what you want to do. but i saw on barrett-jackson that cars that had after market parts sold with original parts to return to original got alot more.

[maroman88]

only thing i dont keep is the stock catbacks...

[sweetbmxrider]

save it and try to sell it. helps the budget along :)

[deadtrend1]

sell or chuck it if I know I will never put it back on.

I mean, how much of a demand are stock lca's and panhard bars?

[LTb1ow]

Its a 4th gen, be cheaper late on if you wanna go back to stock to buy another one and use that as the "stock" car.

Nothing of much value on the car.

[sweetbmxrider]

sell or chuck it if I know I will never put it back on.

I mean, how much of a demand are stock lca's and panhard bars?

funny, i actually gave one buddy my old lca's and torque arm and the other one my old panhard bar. though i didn't get anything for them :-?

[1984camaroz28]

sell them or heave them

[chrisfrom nj]

im broke so i sell any parts i take off my car no matter how little money i get for them lol
i do the same

[WildBillyT]

Nova? Yes. GP? No.

[T69SS]

Save them all

[ZeroCool8891]

mostly sell what i can.

[JL8Jeff]

Hmmm, for some reason I have a stock 307 cam with a wiped lobe sitting in the garage next to a glazed over clutch. They take up space but for some reason never seem to get thrown out! It probably is worth keeping the stock parts because you never know when somebody might need them when they put their car back to stock to sell it quickly.

[Pampered-Z]

In the begining I did save them, but when I got to the point that the car would never be able to go back to stock I started selling off the spare parts.

[V]

... when I got to the point that the car would never be able to go back to stock I started selling off the spare parts.


same here

[Stevoone]

If the parts that I took off are good I usually save them. Thankfully I saved my old distributor module, I put in an Accell module and it blew up last week. Had it towed back to work and put the old one back in. Back up and running in 10 min

[NastyEllEssWon]

sell em. you never know what someone might need. ive had some mods pay for themselves by selling the parts that i took off originally. thats always ftw

[SteveR]

If the car they came off of is worth anything I'll save them. I saved all the stock parts from the Firehawk and ended up giving them to the guy that I sold the car to in case he ever wanted to put it back to stock. It ended up filling the bed of his truck when he came and picked up the car lol Parts for the new car however will be for sale.

[ShadowHawk]

If the car they came off of is worth anything I'll save them. I saved all the stock parts from the Firehawk and ended up giving them to the guy that I sold the car to in case he ever wanted to put it back to stock. It ended up filling the bed of his truck when he came and picked up the car lol Parts for the new car however will be for sale.

+1

Exactly what I was going to say. This is a first for me. The 1LE is the 1st car I've had where stock parts were worth saving. Everything that comes off is going in a box for when I sell it. If you have a special edition or something rare, save everything. If not, sell the parts you can, junk the rest.

[Mark42]

Yesterday, I stored the oe exhaust, drive shaft, ring & pinion, and differential in the shed. Probably wouldn't get much if anything for them on ebay anyway.

Maybe in a few years if the car is still nice, someone will want to restore it back to oe. Having the oe parts will make it more valuable.

[edpontiac91]

If you do place them in a shed, you'll have to contend with RUST attacking everything. Trying to sell STOCK parts on eBay is huge waste of time, because everybody wants them for next to nothing and the cost of shipping will drive away most customers. Also the car is not a FIREHAWK or Special Edition so that the value of what is coming off can be found in most bone yards.

[WildBillyT]

If you do place them in a shed, you'll have to contend with RUST attacking everything. Trying to sell STOCK parts on eBay is huge waste of time, because everybody wants them for next to nothing and the cost of shipping will drive away most customers. Also the car is not a FIREHAWK or Special Edition so that the value of what is coming off can be found in most bone yards.

May be a waste of time for 3rd and 4th gen guys but not for 1st and 2nd gens. Stock parts pull decent coin because there's been many more years of them being crushed.

But even then, it depends on rarity and condition. I have a 4bbl manifold off of a 70 Nova SS 350 which is worth very little. An LT-1 aluminum intake is worth a lot more.

[Nitr0racing21]

you have started some weird conversations, yes save them

[NjbadSS]

I personally saved everything that I replaced on my SS. Down the road if your car is in very good condition, there is always a person out there looking for an original car. Think of how many original F Bods are really out there even now, not many. I have also seen, surprisingly, a demand for stock parts because of just this. I sell lots of random parts that I think are worthless because they are stock, but have people travel to buy them off of me. Just the other day, I had a fellow NJFBOA member get a stock BOSE camaro radio off of me that I would have trashed thinking it was worthless. I say keep what you took off if you have the means of storage

[wretched73]

None of the parts taken out of my car have been of any value greater than stock so junk it

[Mark42]

Yesterday I was cleaning up the garage and took the OE exhaust (has 37K on it) and hung it on the wall in the shed. Its in great condition, and if/when the Magnaflow craps out I'll have a free replacement.

[deadtrend1]

Yesterday I was cleaning up the garage and took the OE exhaust (has 37K on it) and hung it on the wall in the shed. Its in great condition, and if/when the Magnaflow craps out I'll have a free replacement.

:?:

The magnaflow is built better then the stock crap. There would be other things to worry about before that happening.

I through or sell everything really. I hate tripping over crap

[MonmouthCtyAntz]

No room to keep them and when i mod my car I have no plans for it to go back to stock so I sell them asap.

[CHRIS67]

No plans on selling, no room for keeping, and no point in going backwards in performance.

[andy78TA]

I agree it depends on how old your car is. When I bought my T/A the guy gave me 2 new sets of NOS weather stripping, including both doors, trunk, and hood to cowl (but of course not hood to shaker which is the one i need) but anyway, its all NOS and a guy offered me $800 for the set at a show last year. I got the guys number and sold it to him the next week. I still have the other set sitting in my garage still sealed