3 Great Reasons To Buy Used Car Parts
Spurious body parts are notorious for not fitting 100% correctly and so many times you will hear stories about the slight modifications that have had to be made, to make the auto body part fit correctly. Be it new holes to be drilled, a few taps of the hammer or a slight cut with the angle grinder. The stories are out there by the thousands.
Some are more organized than others and will have the parts taken off the vehicles and housed on shelves for easy location purposes. Many today have computerized systems that keep track of exactly what they have in stock and even offer the items online. This practice is the exception and definitely not the rule. Most salvage yards look exactly as they are pictured to look, jammed with vehicles, dirty and not well kept.
Despite the age of your car your search will inevitably be the same. You therefore should start by calling or visiting the auto parts stores in our area. To narrow your search, only go to those stores that sell parts for your make vehicle. Many stores do advertise in some way the make and model vehicles they cater to. Make sure when you make contact with the store that you know exactly the part you need by name or part number.
Another, idea that struck me. Heated seats. This is actually a fairly simple idea. You can pull them from any factory-equipped car. Try the local cheap greenhouses. Just make sure they can bench test them before you walk out the door. You'll want the thermostat control with this, which can be mounted under the tail for adjustment while riding. Basically, heated seats are no more then a heating pad element that sits under the upholstery, a top the padding. The heating elements average about 100-140 degrees F. I did a search for "Upholstery Heating Elements" and came up with some good results and even installation instructions and tutorials for various seats. Both OEM and retro fits.
There can be a few hitches in purchasing anything online, particularly the many heavy Chrysler spares you might need for a rebuild or a repair job. The weight of these parts runs the shipping and handling up to an exorbitant rate. Sometimes this charge can actually eat up any savings you may have gotten from buying online.
Yamaha OEM parts and Yamaha ATV parts are abundant on the web. Many of these sites claim they can save you a fortune but that is questionable. When I went looking on these sites seem to claim to contradict one another. One site claims they can save you 20% and another site claims that they can save you 70% off. When you put one site up against another its hard to see who really has the greatest price if any of them? At first glance this may appear to be a bunch of BS. Maybe none of these sites really offer you the best deal. Who can tell?
Live second-hand car shops offer a limited variety of makes, since they are constrained by space and location. However, prices here may be much cheaper than at online auctions and classifieds, since some of the cars offered are several shop-years old. Another good thing about these venues is that you can easily shop for a car and inspect it at once.
As with everything, there imitation companies. They will copy the product so perfectly that to the untrained eye, it looks the same. However, to the one who knows about car parts, the difference is obvious. Imitation car parts are not made with the same level of quality goods as the original. At the start, it may seem all fine, and good, however after a while, it will noticeable that it does not function as properly, and will wear away faster.
3) Verify that the used part has been cleaned and checked out to make sure it works properly. If you have your part installed on-site, you can be sure that everything is in good shape before you leave the yard!
