parting car, suspension/steering components
 

Well, with working 60+ hours a week, and student loans, mortgage, wedding, etc to save for, I don't really have the time or money to play with my car anymore. I sat down and started to think about all I have into it, and it seems that it's worth more in parts than it is whole. So I'm going to start pulling easy parts off over the next week, and if weather is nice next weekend I'm gonna tear the whole thing down to the skeleton. Here's a list of the performance parts I can think of off the top of my head. I'm sure I'll think of more as time goes by. I'll put up seperate threads for interior, exterior, and performance parts.

This is all from an 87 IROC with 70,000 miles.


SOLD-P245/50/ZR16 Falken Ziex 512 Z rated tires. 6000 miles on them. $100

SOLD-16x8 IROC rims. Cleaned, stripped, did full polish on them 2 summers ago. Show quality finish at the time. Would require a small amount of hand polishing to return full luster. $300

SOLD-Front lower control arms with newer moog balljoints and front and rear bushings. 6000 miles on them. $50

-front spindles. Both in excellent shape. $40 for pair.

SOLD-Brand new brake lines. Did brakes MAYBE 300 miles ago. All rubber lines included, as well as full brake hardline kit from Inline Tube. $120 for all.

SOLD-all new parking brake cables, from handle to calipers. Paid $120 for these when I did my t5 swap last fall. $50 for all

-Steel driveshaft, wire wheeled and painted with eastwood rust encapsulator. Verified balance. $10

-Front and rear IROC swaybars, $30 for both.

-wonderbar, $30

SOLD-quick ratio IROC steering box, $50

SOLD-Front inner and outer tierod ends and centerlink, all 6000 miles old. $40. Boot on left inner tierod end torn, repaired with RTV.

SOLD-rear bilstein shocks. $50

SOLD-front strut plates $20

SOLD-Tilt steering column, very tight. $20

SOLD-front rotors $30

-rear rotors $30

SOLD-front pads $10

-rear pads $10

-front calipers $20

SOLD-rear calipers $50
all new brake components, replaced 300 miles ago.

pic of wheels when they were first done

pics of the centerlink, tierods and lower control arms please. michael_mciver@msn.com also shipping to 19128.

Are the tires wearing evenly? I am interested if they are in good shape and shipping isn't insanely expensive. Could you please check shipping to 18301?

Thanks

Shipping is usually $20-25 per tire, if it goes over that I will cover the difference. They are wearing evenly front/back, side/side. The fronts were ran with a good deal of camber, so they have maybe a difference of 1/32 inside to outside. Put them on the rear and they will even out quickly enough. I would estimate tread at 8-9/32" all 4 corners, new is about 11/32.

Shipping is $45, due to the weight of the control arms probably.

That red that is on the parts in the pics is glare from something, they just have a light coating of surface rust on them. If I remember correctly, all those parts are Moog Problem Solver line of parts. More expensive, but some of the better stuff available.

PM sent on the tires...:thumbsup:

how did u get those rims that nice looking??

It was about 10 hours straight labor on each one :)

Chemically stripped them, then hand sanded, then polished with a dremel and metal polish. The inserts are painted with gloss black wheel paint, and I made the centers out of 1/4" aluminum plate. They were polished with the same method as the wheels.

They have lost a bit of that gloss, but will only require a little time to polish them back up. If I have time, I may even do it to get a little higher return out of them :)

how much for all the rear disc stuff. portion valve,calipers, mounts, rotors, cables

Any pics of the rear shocks? Condition? How many miles on them?

brake rotors, etc.
 

Are the lower control arms, tie rods and center drag link, front rotors and pads still available?
Where in Chicago are you located?

calipers $50
rotors $30
Cables $50

If you take all that, I'll throw in the prop valve for free.
The mounts I want to keep with the rear for now. If it doesn't sell, I'll consider seperating them.

Let me know,
Matt

I can get pics of them when I get them off. I may have a pic or two of them on the car, but they won't be very good ones. They are blue and yellow like the new ones are. I think they are original to the car as far as I know. 70,000 miles on them. Good shape, still control spring oscillation like they should. They don't leak or anything.

pm sent

Reply sent :)

I can hold the parts for you Anthony, let me know.

i want the spindles and the front nose on the other topic.. 70820..thanks

Spindles are yours, nose has a couple ahead of you.

I don't have any idea what the spindles weigh, and they are a very odd shape. The quote on those will have to wait until they are off the car. I'll let you know as soon as I find out.

Thanks,
Matt

Do you still have the tires?

Hey I am very interested in the brake line set up you have I know it would be a bit strange to ship it, but if there is a way you cold ship it with the parts getting here in good condition I am willing to pay. Let me know if you still have it. I am looking for the brake lines for the entire car 100%. Thanks

pm sent about the rims

They are still in my posession, but somebody ahead of you wants them pretty bad. I'll let you know if something happens with them.

This sounds like it would be exactly what you need, but a local guy is very persistant on getting these. If by some chance it does fall through, I'll get you a shipping qoute on them.

Thanks,
Matt

Allright. Let me know. I will be waiting. It would be very helpful if you could post weather or not they got sold. So I know if I should contact a brake line company directly. Thanks

How much for the headlight mounting panel?

redblazerx@yahoo.com

wow i want that jegs car ramp that you have.. lol!

I got mine from inline tube. They had exactly what I needed, and the fitment was excellent. I'll let you know what happens.

:D

My dad made those. Pretty cool, aren't they?

The rain set me back alittle more than I hoped it would. I do have 90% of the car apart. Just the bottom end of the engine, trans, gas tank, steering box, and centerlink/tierods remain. While that may seem like alot, EVERYTHING else is removed from the car. This will literally be just a couple hours work and then the boneyard can drag it away.

7 bolts and 3 nuts and it's all out :D

Everything will be boxed and shipped as soon as I can. The hard part is nearly done though.

Brake line update by any chance?

this is off a 10 bolt right?

They are still in the car, and the guy is still as interested as ever :)

Yes. It's a 1987 7.5" 10 bolt with a series 3 carrier.

:)

I got the console pad and tach boxed,
the heads are boxed,
the headers are boxed,
lifters and pushrods boxed,
distributor, cap, rotor, wires boxed,
rear shocks are boxed.

My dad is going to search for some monsterous boxes tomorrow at work to ship all the interior pieces in. The box for the long rear plastic is going to be at least 60x24x14 :eek: Funny thing is it will probably only weigh 5 lbs :)

I also pulled the seatbelts which are sold, the fuel tank, the nose, and the hood today, and then cleaned up some outside. 86z, I should have your shipping quote on the pickup assy tomorrow once the gas dries up.

Thanks again for the patience guys, I will do my best to get the stuff out as soon as I can. Things should get alot more normal for me next week also.

conrol arms, tie rods, etc.
 

Any idea about the front end steering parts and brakes? Shipping to 49002?
Thanks.

It will be $25 to ship the brake stuff, mainly because of the weight of the rotors. What steering parts do you need? Centerlink and tierod ends? I still have the lower control arms and ball joints, IROC steering box, pitman arm, draglink, etc if you are in need :)

I made another shipment today. Here's what went:

Fog lamp switch
console lid and tach
rear shocks
fuel pump and eeproms

I am waiting on a bunch of money orders and some more paypal payments. I have monday off, so if I get them by then I can make another shipment.

Thanks,
Matt

steering parts
 

PM 'd about possible pick up of parts.

Attention EVERYONE!!!

Matt is one great seller. Easy transaction. NO WORRIES HERE!!!

Thanks again Matt for the parts. You described them to a tee. I would definitly do business with you again..... :)

Chris :)

Thanks for the kind words Chris, let me know if I can ever be of assistance again :)

Matt

hey man its me again i got the console lid and tach off of u i just thought about it i really need the ebrake brakets and cables for rear disc brakes would u part w/ these seperatly?? and does the brake booster funtion properly still?? thanks
John
Spanky00185@yahoo.com
u can pm me or email me if i dont check this post soon for the reply. thanks

I'll send a pm your way.

once again great seller i just got the parts superbly wrapped multiple times, in perfect shape exactly as described.

Thanks :)

Here's a pic of it's final day in existance (at least in my reality)

Today I polished the rims up. Didn't take but maybe an hour to do, and they look fantastic :)

I am going to start individual threads for the large items I have left. If anyone still has questions or comments in these three massive threads, feel free to ask. I still get an email every time there is a reply, so you will get a response.

Thanks for making the last days with the car easy ones guys :)

The local yard came and dragged it away today. Kind of bittersweet, ya know? I wasn't sure if I should celebrate or go running down the street after the hauler screaming that I changed my mind.

Oh well, I guess the most valuable thing I gained from this endeavor is the knowledge. That will always be with me :)