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Body shops will have a scrap pile. Mostly sheet metal, but don't forget they replace a lot of damaged suspension components as well. Aluminum castings of lower control arms are quite common, as are struts. Not sure what strut shafts are made of, but simple enough to cut off. You'll find it hard to come by CV shafts though - they are usually sold with a core charge so they rarely get tossed into the scrap pile around here. I managed to get 4 axles from a Subaru carcass (4130 I think) left over from an engine conversion I helped my nephew with. We put the Outback's 2.5L Soob motor in his VW Vanagon. Fun project that turned out great.