RV Salvage yards locations

[RVBobcat]

Need brackets supporting headlight assembly 2002 Pace Arrow 37A Req any RV salvage yard locations contact info anywhere in US. Thank you for your help

[geordi]

I don't have anything about your question to offer - I'd be interested in knowing about any of these yards too.

What I CAN offer are some general ideas that might be helpful. RV's are built of hundreds of components borrowed and snatched from other vehicles. Headlights and running gear especially are taken from other vehicles b/c they don't need to reinvent the wheel and have the components recertified, and headlights in particular have to have either a DOT number or SAE number on them. If you can find this number and google it, you may be able to figure out where the lights came from.

On my coach in particular, the headlights matched to a 1992 (or so) through 2007 (ish) Econoline van series from Ford. That equates to literally hundreds of thousands of vehicles that were made with the same lights, and if I needed brackets, there should be LOTS of them in boneyards to cut things from. How your fiberglass is shaped behind the housing will determine what you need, but often it is just a few tabs that can screw into the RV and hold the adjustment pegs from the light. On mine, there was a very thin flat steel "holder" that the plastic pegs locked into, and that was bent in such a way to screw into the RV. But with my new housings, the flat steel was in the way and limited adjustment, so I had to "get creative" and reshape it, and then make some new holes. Worked fine. You might have to do the same thing on yours, or even just slice off some bits from whatever van the lights came from to get what you need.

Bonus: If it is from a regular boneyard and a common van, those parts should be SUPER cheap.

[Dav L]

Use Search...discussed at least every few months

[jash1234]

https://usedrvparts.visonerv.com/cgi...accessories.pl

[426smartin]

Scroll down to the bottom of this page marked similar threads-----handy

[Dav L]

Originally Posted by 426smartin

Scroll down to the bottom of this page marked similar threads-----handy

Not sure if I ever saw that area of the forum...neat.
But that also implies that one has to post and THEN see the similar threads.
But it also implies that a Search should find the similar posts BEFORE one creates yet another duplicate.

[firedoc]

Try this:

https://rtrvg.com/blog/2017/07/22/us...ards-by-state/

[hewebb]

https://colawrv.com/

[veraken]

Here is a list of salvage yards where you might find what you need

http://www.fivestarrvgroup.com
RV Salvage Sources
http://www.glen-l.com/campers/suppliers.html
Used RV Parts And Used RV Accessories | Visone RV Monaco Parts Dealer | rvparts.visonerv.com
http://msrheaters.com/defrost.html
Northwest RV Supply Northwest RV Supply
Veurinks RV (Sue) 616-965-9619
http://colawrvsalvage.com
https://bontragers.com/rv-supplies-accessories/
RV Misc
https://www.azrvsalvage.com/home.html
RV Surplus
Singletonsrv.com
Sullivan RV Sales and Service
Alliance coach, Wildwood FL
http://www.factoryrvsurplus.com
RVers Corner - RV Repair for the do-it-yourselfer!

[Dutch Star Don]

Originally Posted by geordi

I don't have anything about your question to offer - I'd be interested in knowing about any of these yards too.

What I CAN offer are some general ideas that might be helpful. RV's are built of hundreds of components borrowed and snatched from other vehicles. Headlights and running gear especially are taken from other vehicles b/c they don't need to reinvent the wheel and have the components recertified, and headlights in particular have to have either a DOT number or SAE number on them. If you can find this number and google it, you may be able to figure out where the lights came from.

On my coach in particular, the headlights matched to a 1992 (or so) through 2007 (ish) Econoline van series from Ford. That equates to literally hundreds of thousands of vehicles that were made with the same lights, and if I needed brackets, there should be LOTS of them in boneyards to cut things from. How your fiberglass is shaped behind the housing will determine what you need, but often it is just a few tabs that can screw into the RV and hold the adjustment pegs from the light. On mine, there was a very thin flat steel "holder" that the plastic pegs locked into, and that was bent in such a way to screw into the RV. But with my new housings, the flat steel was in the way and limited adjustment, so I had to "get creative" and reshape it, and then make some new holes. Worked fine. You might have to do the same thing on yours, or even just slice off some bits from whatever van the lights came from to get what you need.

Bonus: If it is from a regular boneyard and a common van, those parts should be SUPER cheap.

Good post on alternatives to basic parts.

[fleetwood ex]

Sometimes it is cheaper to buy from rv parts store. Check with visone on the trim piece for my rv because it would be all ready painted. The price was 25.00 per foot and no guarantee of the color. 20 ft unpainted 60.00 rev parts.only needed 2 ft