U-Pick Parts-Junk Cars Wanted

Dont even go here as a last resort, next door there are many more pick a part places that are more polite and actually let you know if they might have the parts or not AND dont try and cheat you for money when the prices are right infront of you

Whoever answered the phone was incredibly rude and not helpful at all. Told me they keep no inventory and hung up.
Why?

Careful what you buy. Look closely at the items because the replacement panels I got for my car had been repair by the original owner (bondo). Went back and explain the bad decision I made when I removed the panels and how they dont square with my car, didnt even care. I opted on paying more warranty, no cigar.

Great place for picking parts and affordable prices. I came looking for a Ford Mustang found the car in the yard with the exact same headlight I needed. There is also many more cars from the year model to the brand. To anyone who is new to a junkyard all you need is your own tools and skill to get any part you need.

I came to this place looking for MBZ parts. After walking around for a few minutes I found exactly what I needed. Took a quick tour afterwards and noticed that this is one of the cleanest and most organized «junkyards» around. They have all the cars organized from what I could see by trucks and vans, import and domestic. They also have a nice selection of used tires. The staff was helpful and their prices are lower than their competition, Pick your Part in wilmington. It is located just south of downtown LA.

Juan just wasted my time and day. I called him earlier today to sell him my 1995 Chevy Lumina. He told me that he would have someone to come pick the car up today by 3pm. He called me back and said that he could have someone come before 1pm. The driver called and asked for my address, I gave it to him. I waited downstairs for the driver for over an hour, he was a no show. I called him repeatedly, he didn’t answer. So I called Juan, Juan claimed that the driver came and him and the driver called me constantly to no avail. (But neither left a voice message) I told him that the driver never showed, and that I’ve been sitting downstairs waiting on him for over an hour. I didn’t have any missed calls and all my other calls came in just fine. To sum things up. Juan tried to use the fact that when we spoke earlier I told him that where I was in the house my signal dropped while we was talking. He know that his driver never showed up. He told me, «I can have him to come Monday.» I told him I work. He had the audacity to ask, «Can you take off work?» Really! Then he claimed that he was doing a favor for me. WOW! Buying a 1995 Chevy Lumina Sedan with a good running car with body intact for $ 300 is you doing a favor for me? He will make over a thousand off the car. He wasted my time and a lost of me selling the car today to another junk yard or person on craigslist. Juan is not an honest man and he has no respect or consideration for others time. Don’t trust a word that he says!

This is a small junkyard and sometimes seems like a ghost town. Because not that many people frequent this lot.
They have free «stolen» shopping carts that you can use to put your tools/​parts in while you are shopping. When I say «stolen,» I mean that. Carts are from every place from Target, Walmart, to Ralphs, Vons lol. But, it’s good that they have free carts here.
They charge $ 2 at the gate. They don’t charge any taxes on their entrance fee. They don’t have any special lot. Basically it’s only 1 lot. Their cars are only separated by domestic vs foreign. Their foreign cars tend to have a lot of Jaguar XJ and Benz cars for their luxury brand. Their domestic lot tend to have a lot of Dodge Intrepid/​Neon brand crap.
They write the date on the cars when they bring them out. So if you came here a week ago and want to know what’s new, all you have to do is look on the cars to see the dates they were brought out. But this place keeps their cars too long. I’ve seen cars as old as 6 months, that were gutted out. I’m not sure why they would keep a car that long when all the good parts have been remove. I guess they can’t get any new cars frequently.
This lot is full of amateurs who come here and break good parts because they can’t successfully remove them. It makes me sick to see someone attempt to pull an outside rearview mirror off with a flat head and break the housing. Then leave it hanging. So if you come here, the best way to get some good parts is right after they bring a car out. That way you can be the among the first to remove good parts before some idiot starts breaking and destroying good parts.
Like most lots, their selections are basically 80s, 90s, and no newer than 2001 cars, unless its small like a Ford Focus or a small type of car. But they don’t have the best selection of domestic cars. They tend to get the worst domestic cars here. I’ve seen a front end clip of a car one time I was here lol. What happened to the rest of the car? I’ve also seen cars that were torched beyond belief here. What part can be removed from a fire-​damaged car? Sometimes I wonder about this lot. I would say come here once a month. Don’t come every week or biweekly. You will see the same cars and thus will be very disappointed.
One thing I noticed is that there are people who come here that are friends of the employees who get to go through every fresh car that the employees put out before the general public. They remove nice aftermarket radios, nice tires, or anything of good value. So if you come here and see them put a car out. But you see a handful of Latinos who don’t work here taking on the car before you can get access to it, the employees are basically unfairly giving these people first access to these cars before the general public.
One good thing about the employees here is that they tend to keep this lot clean. So it’s cleaner than most junkyards I’ve seen. But this lot is smaller than I’ve seen as well. So it should be easy to keep the lot clean.
There are 2 known cashier booths. One is for cash only. The other is for cash or credit card. If you use your debit/​credit card (employed by a skinny Caucasian or heavy set Latino), expect to get ripped off by any one in the cash/​debit both. They routinely charge you different prices for anything and they don’t adhere to their posted prices that are clearly marked at the location. For example, Ive been charged from $ 12-​$ 20 for the same outside rearview mirror assembly in the same day. I bought driverside and had to come back to get the passengerside an hour later. They charged me two different prices. Wow! So their prices are negotiable. You just have to argue them down or just walk away from the part all together. But the skinny Caucasian cashier tend to work both cashier booths. So try to avoid him. But he is somewhat negotiable. However, stay far away from the heavy set Latino who works the debit/​credit card booth religiously. He will not negotiate and he’s the worst for ripping you off.
Also, since people tend to steal here, be prepared to go through metal detector by security.