I still have a bunch of random parts lying around my house that I've pulled to get to requested parts. These include interior panels and wood trim pieces, oh shit handles, visors, carpets, instrument cluster, switches, the grill itself without the star or 2 horizontal chrome trim pieces but with the chrome surround, rims, plug wires, cap, and rotor which were only installed in the car to move it about 25 miles and then removed, bumpers, wipers, passenger side glass and driver side rear glass, etc...
I just wanted to toss in here that I just had a fender shipped from Kansas to KY by Greyhound and it came through OK and was undamaged (at least, as damaged as it was when it was shipped). The price for shipping was very good. If both parties are near Geyhound package express stations (not all stops are GPE), this might be an option on "big stuff".
The shipper gave me his tips, which he learned with experience:
1. DON'T wrap it in cardboard. This makes people think it's OK to stack stuff on top.
2. Wrap it it bubble wrap, and if possible THEN wrap it in plastic. He used some amazing bubble-wrap that was slightly adhesive. This way, it becomes "top freight"!!
Note: the corner of the fender near the window apparently always gets damaged from "lying around/storage" (mine was) in addition to shipping issues, and this is a tricky area to fix. So pay extra attention to this corner, when protecting from storage/shipping damage.
Thanks for the advice. I was wondering how the hell I was going to do that...
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Originally Posted by strife2
I just wanted to toss in here that I just had a fender shipped from Kansas to KY by Greyhound and it came through OK and was undamaged (at least, as damaged as it was when it was shipped). The price for shipping was very good. If both parties are near Geyhound package express stations (not all stops are GPE), this might be an option on "big stuff".
The shipper gave me his tips, which he learned with experience:
1. DON'T wrap it in cardboard. This makes people think it's OK to stack stuff on top.
2. Wrap it it bubble wrap, and if possible THEN wrap it in plastic. He used some amazing bubble-wrap that was slightly adhesive. This way, it becomes "top freight"!!
Note: the corner of the fender near the window apparently always gets damaged from "lying around/storage" (mine was) in addition to shipping issues, and this is a tricky area to fix. So pay extra attention to this corner, when protecting from storage/shipping damage.
Do you have the driver's side window and/or the bracket/lug that goes on the front bottom corner of the glass on the drivers and passenger windows? (it keeps the window in the front track--I need one of these)
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