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Acquisition of spare parts

An important role in the repair work plays use of spare parts and consumables of high quality, designed specifically for your vehicle.

In general, spare parts can be divided into two major groups:

Original spare parts. These parts are distributed through the official representatives of the car manufacturers. They always have the original packaging and labeling of the vehicle manufacturer. Quality meets all requirements and is guaranteed by the manufacturer of the vehicle. The official representative of the vehicle manufacturer has in stock all the spare parts for the vehicle. If any item is out of stock representative of it in a short time is delivered from a central warehouse.

Non-original spare parts. The definition of "non-genuine" says nothing about the quality of spare parts. This means that they are not sold in a package by the vehicle manufacturer and are distributed not through official representatives, selling cars. The backbone of this group make known to the company manufacturers of spare parts, supplying parts to the assembly lines of car manufacturers. Because their equipment and technologies allow to produce parts for cars and many other manufacturers, they release the details, not only for the assembly line of any one or more avtosborschikov, but also for sale on the open market. These items have packaging and labeling parts manufacturer. The quality is not inferior to original spare parts, and the prices can be incomparably lower than that of the original assortment of slightly more modest than the original spare parts. The program includes top-selling and the most demanded items.

Large western parts dealers and collectors cars use your own packaging, purchasing a large range of original spare parts in bulk directly from manufacturers and selling them under its own brand.
For information on the interchangeability of parts manufactured and primary source can be found in the program ?�TechDoc?�.

Aftermarket parts, usually spread through free stores of spare parts, free repair shops and service stations.

Particular attention should be paid to the quality of purchased parts. Avoid buying very cheap parts (compared to the original and unoriginal known firms), since they often do not meet the standards of quality and safety. If a decorative molding poor quality negatively affects only the appearance of the car, the installation of low-quality brake pads or the oil filter can be a threat to the safety of passengers or cause great damage to the engine, so that the repair costs exceed many times the savings when buying cheap parts amount. Therefore, you should use the services or officials (original parts), or well-established vendors of non-original spare parts.

There is also the possibility of purchasing remanufactured parts, while you return the old part. This applies especially to complex, costly details such as the engine, generator, starter, etc. Such a possibility is sometimes offered as an official representative and free spare parts sellers.

It also saves some of your money, in most cases quite substantially. This firm selling the recovered machine, gives it almost the same warranty as a new one.

Identification of the spare parts

The automaker is continuously improving its products, constantly making changes in design. It may happen that in one series and one embodiment of a vehicle, some units and components may vary slightly from one another, and spare parts from one, for example, the earlier version will not be appropriate for another. Therefore, the acquisition of spare parts is very important to give the seller the most complete information about the car. The more accurate information about your vehicle, you can provide, the less chance of error.

In addition to the standard data set, including the year of production, body type, an embodiment of the body, chassis number (number VIN), engine number, etc., the seller may be interested in the following data:

• Has the vehicle any additional hardware (such as additional heater, a more powerful generator, air conditioning).
• Gearbox.
• Is there a catalytic converter?
• Type fuel injection system, etc.
• Fitting details.

If, for any reason, documents containing such information, are not available, it is recommended to consult this with the specialist, for example, drove in the corporate center.

Sometimes, buying this or that spare part, it is very useful to take with the old and the replaced item for comparison.