core

[tecton]

explain this to me

what do stores mean with core charge, ect

whats the deal?

 

[4xcrazy]

They need the old unit you are replacing back so they can ship it back to the manufacturer and have it rebuilt.

The charge i would say is to ensure that you bring back the old unit. Also the store gets credit for those old units they turn in.

 

[heavy4x4]

Say you buy rebuilt calipers that are $40 with a $15 core.

At the counter, you pay $55 and then you bring your old calipers back to them when you're done replacing them and they give you $15 back.

 

[stallion85]

Yes...precisely, I usually just remove the old part and turn it in when I buy the new one. That way I only have to make one trip /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif

 

[heavy4x4]

That works too...but make sure you take a different car to go get your calipers if you do it that way. /forums/images/graemlins/yikes.gif /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif

 

[tecton]

so they dont make new parts anymore?
just rebuild old ones?

 

[Z3PR]

[ QUOTE ]
so they dont make new parts anymore?
just rebuild old ones?

[/ QUOTE ]No, but rebuilts are alot cheaper then new.

 

[jakeslim]

if you want to keep your old parts, just go to a pick and pull and pick up a "similar" part and return that. I've never had them actually check them.

 

[gm4x]

I can remember (though not lately) there used to be big $$ in core parts. There were people that collected all they could....alt's, generators, calipers, waterpumps, master cyl's, etc. ....must have sold them directly to the remanuf's /forums/images/graemlins/deal.gif