Junkyards in the Austin and Houston area

bigred177 · March 11th, 2013, 21:55

Has anyone spotted any TDIs/Jettas in the Austin or Houston area junk/salvage/used auto/recycling yards lately? I am in need of a few parts. I will be in Houston for the next two or three days and then Austin for a while.
Thanks

kzoc · March 12th, 2013, 07:59

I saw a B4 TDI at the Austin U-Wrench-It, 7 miles east of the airport about 6 months ago. It was gone when I went back a week later. Nothing since.

Also saw a A3 TDI at the PicknPullSA (on Applewhite) about a year ago. Only the block was left. Head and ECU were gone, as well as alot of other stuff. This is the place you want to go for A3 gasser stuff.

bigred177 · March 12th, 2013, 13:32

Great, thanks. I'm needing body parts so the gassers will work just fine. The only two yards I know of is a real small one in Leander that never has anything and Harold's on the way to Lampasas. I haven't ever had any luck at either one.

kzoc · March 13th, 2013, 05:17

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Originally Posted by bigred177

Great, thanks. I'm needing body parts so the gassers will work just fine. The only two yards I know of is a real small one in Leander that never has anything and Harold's on the way to Lampasas. I haven't ever had any luck at either one.

It's a bit of a drive (80 miles from S. Austin [Slaughter/226]) and not the cheapest, but the cars are organized and up on rims. Beats having to wander the Import section looking for VW's amongst everything else. You can also check their inventory on-line: Picknpullsa.com

Also, check in with AustinVeeDub and the UWrenchIt. The imports section is small enough to make it worthwhile.

bigred177 · March 15th, 2013, 11:20

I'm going to hit the two near Austin tomorrow I think. I might have to wait a bit for the other one. Anyone need anything from the junkyard?

cb1 · March 17th, 2013, 07:08

hi...been looking for a bew intercooler for awhile now....found lots of gassers but no tdis...much less bews.....will need a carpet and seats for mine one of this days,was told that vdub in austin has lots of parts,will head that way in 2 weeks

bigred177 · March 21st, 2013, 06:30

I didn't have time to make it there the other day. I was able to hit the Wrench a part down by Bastrop though. They had probably 7-8 Jettas and 3-4 Passats but all of them were gas. Let me know how things look down at the vdub place, I need to hit that one next.

kzoc · March 21st, 2013, 09:39

LKQ is 5 mins from my house. I was there yesterday picking up some Volvo stuff...

They still don't have any TDI stuff, but do have 3-4 Mk3 jettas and 1-2 Golfs.

Also just in the yard was a white, B4 GLX

bigred177 · March 22nd, 2013, 08:00

I have not heard of them. I may have to go check them out tomorrow. Were the MK3s pretty gone through?

kzoc · March 22nd, 2013, 10:21

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Originally Posted by bigred177

I have not heard of them. I may have to go check them out tomorrow. Were the MK3s pretty gone through?

LKQ is on S. Congress, just N. of Slaughter Ln.

$2 entry, cars in the sir. Depends largely on how long the car has been on the yard as to condition.

This is a nice yard, about 5 mins from Robbies shop.

bigred177 · March 24th, 2013, 10:10

That was a pretty nice yard, their prices were a bit higher though. I was able to snag an upper glove box for my 97 though so I'm not complaining

. Another yard that has a number of gas VWs is the one immediately west of Wrench a Part. I'll think of the name in a minute but they're right next door to each other. No charge to go browse and they'll pull the part for you.

kzoc · March 24th, 2013, 15:06

fidels? or some such name...

bigred177 · March 24th, 2013, 17:01

That's it