Replacing F/R crossmembers - recommendations
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For something like crossmembers, I’d stick with OEM. I’m pretty sure sales in the US for this platform were 400-500k annually from 2009-2013, so there’s a lot of rust free salvage options in the south central and southwestern US. The issue you may run into is that in those areas, AWDs are less desirable/needed, and I believe that at least the front crossmember on the AWD is different from the RWD.
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For something like crossmembers, I’d stick with OEM. I’m pretty sure sales in the US for this platform were 400-500k annually from 2009-2013, so there’s a lot of rust free salvage options in the south central and southwestern US. The issue you may run into is that in those areas, AWDs are less desirable/needed, and I believe that at least the front crossmember on the AWD is different from the RWD.
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Just ran the prices and apparently aftermarket (Z1, parts stores, OEM, etc) are significantly higher priced than salvage parts - either local pick up or ebay.
So my deductive guess is that people are saving $$$ by purchasing used instead of aftermarket, especially since as @socketz67 noted, there are lots and lots of salvage G's sitting in the recycler's yards.
This is mostly a price point decision. If I were in the market for a replacement, I would just check my local yards first, then if that didn't pan out, I would be going to ebay. I would just make sure the salvage part is rust free.
if that fell through, i would go aftermarket or OEM, whichever is cheapest at the time. It's a chunk of stamped steel with a few welds, not that complicated, so I imagine the aftermarket guys are doing as good of a job as the OEM.
So my deductive guess is that people are saving $$$ by purchasing used instead of aftermarket, especially since as @socketz67 noted, there are lots and lots of salvage G's sitting in the recycler's yards.
This is mostly a price point decision. If I were in the market for a replacement, I would just check my local yards first, then if that didn't pan out, I would be going to ebay. I would just make sure the salvage part is rust free.
if that fell through, i would go aftermarket or OEM, whichever is cheapest at the time. It's a chunk of stamped steel with a few welds, not that complicated, so I imagine the aftermarket guys are doing as good of a job as the OEM.
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Just ran the prices and apparently aftermarket (Z1, parts stores, OEM, etc) are significantly higher priced than salvage parts - either local pick up or ebay.
So my deductive guess is that people are saving $$$ by purchasing used instead of aftermarket, especially since as @socketz67 noted, there are lots and lots of salvage G's sitting in the recycler's yards.
This is mostly a price point decision. If I were in the market for a replacement, I would just check my local yards first, then if that didn't pan out, I would be going to ebay. I would just make sure the salvage part is rust free.
if that fell through, i would go aftermarket or OEM, whichever is cheapest at the time. It's a chunk of stamped steel with a few welds, not that complicated, so I imagine the aftermarket guys are doing as good of a job as the OEM.
So my deductive guess is that people are saving $$$ by purchasing used instead of aftermarket, especially since as @socketz67 noted, there are lots and lots of salvage G's sitting in the recycler's yards.
This is mostly a price point decision. If I were in the market for a replacement, I would just check my local yards first, then if that didn't pan out, I would be going to ebay. I would just make sure the salvage part is rust free.
if that fell through, i would go aftermarket or OEM, whichever is cheapest at the time. It's a chunk of stamped steel with a few welds, not that complicated, so I imagine the aftermarket guys are doing as good of a job as the OEM.
But surprisingly, the OEMs posted from the Japanese retailers have been good too and $400-$500 cheaper than buying OEM from Canadian websites, if they are in fact the real prices. It just sucks that prices went up 50% since @ILM-NC last posted in Feb 2024... still though, <$600 incl. shipping (yuck, look at that shipping cost) for the OEM is still the lowest price I'm seeing. If push comes to shove I'd order it, I guess.
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