Topic: So, what car parts/other flotsam have y'all creatively repurposed?
Working on cars generates a lot of scrap and spare parts. And of course, none of y'all ever throw any of it out. What pieces have found new life? We have a corner of our yard where all the spares get tossed. When I need to solve a problem, I just dig until I find something to use.
There's the obvious "using old rims as hose reels", as well as using old springs to hold lug wrenches and such.
The two most notable I've done are making a monitor mount for the shop PC out of two BMW e39 hood hinges (they were tweaked after the hood flew off) and making a swivel/locking seat mount for the ICBM(Idle Clatter Bus Mobile) out of the lunched lower control arm from the Toyocedes.
What's on your list?
This meant I had a spare but bent control arm/hub.
So this happened. It swivels and locks using a spring/pin which slots into the lug bolt holes.
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