Used car parts in Phoenix typically sell for $27 to $540. Car parts sell on the part number, not the description — and a few parts, airbags and pretensioners above all, are pyrotechnic and cannot go in the post at all.
Selling car parts in Phoenix
Seasonal residents arrive for the winter and leave in spring, and departures put furniture and sports equipment onto the market in a concentrated burst each year. Sun damage is the check worth making on anything that has lived outside.
Between June and September, meetings happen early in the morning or after dark for obvious reasons. The city is flat and parking is plentiful, so collecting large items is easy once the temperature allows it.
Sun is the thing that kills goods here. Check plastics, upholstery and rubber on anything that lived outdoors, and expect fading and brittleness even on items that were only a couple of summers old.
Phoenix, in Arizona, has around 1.6 million people, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Tucson, Mesa and Chandler are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Phoenix
Demand rises through the spring cleaning season and again around college move-in in August, when furniture and small appliances move fastest.
What car parts are worth
What lifts the price
- Parts for common, high-volume vehicles
- Complete assemblies rather than partial
What pulls it down
- Worn or damaged components sold as serviceable
- Obsolete parts for vehicles no longer on the road
Working out what yours is worth
- Find and photograph the part number
- Photograph all mating surfaces and mounting points
Getting it ready
- Find the part number stamped or labelled on the component and photograph it. That number is the entire listing.
- Note the donor vehicle: make, model, year, engine and trim, plus mileage for wear items.
Photograph
- The part whole, on a clean surface, from its most identifiable angle
- The part number and any manufacturer marking, legible
Put in the description
- Part number and manufacturer
- Donor vehicle make, model, year, engine and mileage
Part, vehicle, years and part number: “Alternator, [Make Model] 2.0 TDI 2012-2016, Part No. [number]”. The part number does more than any description because buyers search it directly. Say genuine, OEM or aftermarket, and give the donor vehicle’s mileage on wear items.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Arizona)
Common questions
Where can I sell car parts in Phoenix?
List it free on WishThrift and deal with the buyer direct. Between June and September, meetings happen early in the morning or after dark for obvious reasons. The city is flat and parking is plentiful, so collecting large items is easy once the temperature allows it.
Was it working when removed?
Say honestly whether it came off a running vehicle or a damaged one, and whether you tested it. Untested is a perfectly acceptable description; implied working is not.
How much are car parts worth in Phoenix?
Most used car parts change hands for $27 to $540. Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling car parts across the United States, what car parts are worth, everything second hand in Phoenix, or Vehicles in Phoenix.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.