How much can you make parting out a Ford F-150 2015-2020?

Parting out a Ford F-150 (2015-2020), often written F150, is one of the best part-out plays on the road: a clean thirteenth-generation truck takes home roughly $9,142 in the parts worth pulling, after marketplace fees, before your own labor and freight. It is America’s best-selling vehicle, so the donors are everywhere and the buyers are everywhere too. This is the thirteenth-generation P552 F-150 (2015-2020), the aluminum-body truck, not the 2021-up redesign, so the body panels do not interchange with the newer one. But “an F-150” is not one number - the real figure depends on the engine, the cab and bed, whether it is 4WD, and the trim. This is the full Ford F-150 part-out value breakdown: what each major part sells for, why the engine leads, how the six engines move the numbers, and how to get the exact figure before you buy.

Parting out a Ford F-150 2015-2020: the top parts

A few majors carry most of the part-out value, and the engine carries most of that. These are real used-market prices for the thirteenth-generation F-150, ranked by overall part-out value - your own labor, packing, and freight come off on top:

At a glance: estimated parts take-home $9,142+ · top part engine at $3,121 · 19+ parts priced · prices updated Aug 2026 · years 2015 - 2020 · thirteenth generation · body pickup, diesel and 4WD available. The “$9,142+” is the take-home across every part worth pulling, not just the five above - the top 5 are shown here, and 14 more sit behind them.

What each part is worth when parting out a Ford F-150

The table is the summary. The money is in reading it correctly, part by part.

Engine - the payday on the truck. It lists around $3,121 and takes home about $2,707 after the marketplace fee - by a wide margin the most valuable part here, on a deep 199-listing sample. The huge range ($1,407 to $5,039) is the whole story of this truck: a base 3.3L V6, a 5.0L Coyote V8, a 3.5L EcoBoost, and a 3.0L Power Stroke diesel are all “F-150 engines,” and they are worth wildly different money. The confidence sits at medium precisely because the spread is so wide. Decode the VIN and confirm the exact engine before you quote it - on an F-150 the engine is where the deal is won or lost.

Bed - a big, aluminum second. The pickup bed takes home about $1,830, the second-most-valuable part on the truck, but it swings hard ($935 to $4,220) with cab, bed length, and trim, and rests on a thin 51-listing sample. It is aluminum on this generation, which changes both the value and the repair market, and it is enormous, so it almost always sells local. Treat it as real money when it is clean and you can sell it nearby, not a number you can bank on shipping.

Transmission, front door, and hood - the steady tier. The transmission takes home about $813 but varies by grade (a 6-speed and a 10-speed both ran in this generation), so confirm which the truck has. The front door keeps about $694 on 83 listings, and the aluminum hood keeps about $650 on a high-confidence 97-listing sample. Doors and hoods are steady sellers on a truck this common, but they are bulky, so freight decides the real net.

The full picture: 19+ parts, not 5

The five above are the headline, but they are not the whole truck. 19-plus parts are worth pulling on a 2015 - 2020 F-150 - the top 5 by overall value, plus 14 more that fill in the margin: headlights and tail lights, the infotainment and cluster, wheels, seats, mirrors, bumpers, tailgate, modules, and the small mechanical parts. On the best-selling truck in the country the long tail is deeper than almost anything else on the road, because there are so many donors and so many buyers.

Only the top 5 are shown publicly. The full ranked list - all 19+ parts with live prices, plus side-by-side vehicle comparison - is inside reParta. Start a free trial to see the other 14 parts and price your exact VIN.

Six engines - the one number that decides the donor

The F-150’s value lives and dies on the engine. Over this generation it carried six: the 3.3L Ti-VCT V6 and 3.5L Ti-VCT V6 (the base gas V6s), the 2.7L EcoBoost V6 and 3.5L EcoBoost V6 (the turbo volume engines, with a high-output 3.5L in the Raptor), the 5.0L Coyote V8, and the 3.0L Power Stroke V6 diesel. The gap between a base V6 and a diesel or a 5.0L V8 is thousands of dollars, which is why the engine ranges from $1,407 to $5,039. Sell the wrong engine and you buy a return; miss it on a bid and you misjudge the whole donor. Decode the VIN first, every time.

Cab, bed, drivetrain, and trim change everything

More than most vehicles, an F-150 is a configuration. Cab (regular, SuperCab, SuperCrew) changes the door and seat count; bed length changes the bed part; 4WD adds a transfer case and front driveline a two-wheel-drive truck does not have; and the trim ladder runs from the bare XL and XLT up through Lariat, King Ranch, Platinum, Limited, and the off-road Raptor. A Platinum or King Ranch carries premium leather, lighting, and wheels; a Raptor is almost a different truck, with unique body panels, suspension, and the high-output engine. Read the cab, bed, drivetrain, and trim off the VIN before you price the configuration-specific parts, because on this truck they are the difference between a base part and several times the money.

The small parts only pay in volume

The alternator, starter, and A/C compressor all list under about $135 apiece. They are worth pulling only if you move them in volume - one or two at a time, the labor to pull, test, photograph, and ship eats the margin. On the best-selling truck in America the upside is that buyers are always searching, so the small parts move fast if you list them well; the downside is that everyone else has them too, so price to the market. This is where a small operation quietly loses hours: the parts feel like money on the shelf, but they only pay if your listing and fulfillment are fast enough to move them at scale.

Get the exact number for your VIN before you buy

Everything above is the generation average. The truck in front of you is a specific engine, cab, bed, drivetrain, and trim, with specific damage - so the real part-out value is specific too. That is what Pre-bid ROI gives you: paste the VIN and your max bid, edit the projected parts list to match what is intact on the lot, and it returns resale revenue from real used-market prices, minus marketplace fees, transport, and your bid - the net profit, a days-to-sell read per part, and a risk score. It works the same for Copart, IAA, and private buys, and it does not scrape the auction - you enter the price. Decoding the truck is free: start with the free VIN decoder, then run the full profit number in reParta.

Parting out a different car?

The F-150 is one of many. See the part-out value for other cars - ranked parts and real prices for the most profitable vehicles to part out, or go straight to the full 2015 - 2020 Ford F-150 part-out value - so you know the number before you bid on any lot.

Comparing donors? Run the part-out math on other full-size trucks - the Chevrolet Silverado, the GMC Sierra, and the Toyota Tundra.

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Takeaways

• A 2015 - 2020 Ford F-150 takes home roughly $9,142 in the parts worth pulling, after marketplace fees - one of the strongest part-out numbers on the market.
• The engine keeps about $2,707 and swings from $1,407 to $5,039 depending on whether it is a base V6, a 5.0L V8, an EcoBoost, or a diesel; the aluminum bed is a big second at about $1,830.
• Six engines run in this generation, the body is aluminum, and cab/bed/drivetrain/trim all change what the donor has - verify the exact configuration off the VIN before pricing anything.
• Only the top 5 parts are public; the full 19+ list and your exact VIN are in reParta - start free or see the full F-150 part-out value.