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Where to buy car spares?
What to pay?
Should I go for secondhand car spares or should I always insist on new?
“…always ask for a trade price…”
What is a main dealer? BMW, Ford, Mercedes, Peugeot, Citroen, Kia, Vauxhall
What kind of car spares would I expect to buy from a main dealer? If you are keen on fitting original parts then usually you will need the main dealer. These parts are often called OEM (original equipment manufacture)
What is a motor factor? Motor factors are in every town e.g. Euro Car Parts, Bennetts…put motor factors into yell.com Motor factors sell ‘pattern parts’ i.e. copies of the original check quality and don’t forget …trade price…
Where will I find motor factors?…see above
Are they cheaper than a main dealer?… Often but not always, check prices
Where to sell car spares?
Buyers looking for car spares will often look first at eBay
Here are some of the online sites where you can sell for free!
Findit for car spares
car spares on Freeads
car spares and accessories on preloved
gumtree for cars and car spares
vivastreet for car spares in your are
The sites listed above will help you to sell your car spares to other individuals
There are lots of companies who want to buy car spares.
These are reconditioning firms and export firms.
you can make money from selling car spares to these kinds of companies
These are the kinds of spares they want to buy:
alternators, starter motors, brake calipers,
air con pumps, ecu’s , egr valves, diesel spares,
gearboxes, steering racks, turbochargers etc etc
Google places
marks and spencer
