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Flat wiper blades didn’t catch on at first. “After all,” people asked, “aren’t they all the same? Why use replacement flat wiper blades when the plain old windshield wipers I’ve been using for years suit me just fine?” Everyone’s answer came in a different way. Maybe they drove an import car with the best wiper blades for sale today. Maybe they needed a wiper blade refill, but didn’t like replacing the whole wiper arm to do it, and instead wanted an easy wiper replacement. No matter whether you’re using a Bosch wiper, Anco wipers, a silicon wiper blade or Rain X wiper, replacing your old windshield wiper blades with a flat Valeo windshield wiper will make a difference to your driving experience.

Filed under: Product News by Josh Razgunas On: January 13th, 2010

A car water pump is one of those car parts that doesn’t get much thought until it starts leaking, but without a working water pump, the car’s engine won’t last long. The water pump is an automotive part without which a car won’t work.

Filed under: Product News by Josh Razgunas On: January 13th, 2010

Few people give much thought to their automatic transmission, whirling along quietly without a problem. Then one day, something happens. Suddenly, an automatic transmission starts slipping. Whether it’s serious may depend on whether there’s been regular maintenance. Maybe it’s leaking fluid: it’s time for the dreaded automatic transmission rebuild or repair. Very often, though, none of that would have been needed if there’d only been a new automatic transmission filter kit installed.

Filed under: Product News by Josh Razgunas On: January 13th, 2010

Disc brake rotors and brake drums, brake calipers and brake master cylinders and brake lines are all important when stopping a car, but the brake pads are what actually slow a car. When a car is built, the manufacturer spends months and sometimes years testing disc brake pads, making sure they work with the brake rotors on the car, and making sure they’ll last long enough that it won’t need brake repair any time soon. Brake pad replacement will be necessary in every car some time, but original equipment quality brake parts guarantee safety and quality as good or better than the original.

Filed under: Product News by Josh Razgunas On: January 13th, 2010

Piercing the night–does a new sun dawn? Or is that brilliant white light from an HID headlamp? If you were behind the wheel of a car with HID bulbs shining, you might not know if it was day or if it was night. Only the most sophisticated manufacturing can produce a high intensity discharge car headlight, like a xenon projector bulb. It requires sophisticated circuitry not only to get HID headlights to turn on, like a BMW’s angel eyes halo effect, but to keep them going. So if your car was equipped with OE halogen headlights and you don’t have HID projector bulbs, you can’t just replace your old headlight bulb with new HID lights; rather, you’ll have to retrofit an HID conversion kit with a high-voltage wiring assembly and ballasts.

Filed under: Product News by Josh Razgunas On: January 13th, 2010

Nothing is as satisfying as replacing a dim or burned out headlight bulb with a fresh, bright halogen replacement. Unless you have sealed beam headlights, an aftermarket headlight replacement is as easy as opening your hood, pulling off the wiring harness and slipping out the old bulb. Make sure you never touch the surface of your new car headlight bulb, though, because oils from your fingers can flash vaporize when it turns on, and ruin your new car headlight, even if its a fog light bulb or driving light.

Filed under: Product News by Josh Razgunas On: January 13th, 2010

Fuel filter replacement isn’t the first thing most people think of, but with car tune up prices so high, it make sense to avoid fuel filter problems before they start. Changing a car fuel filter isn’t always easy, but as auto parts go, it doesn’t take much skill. If the car or truck is a diesel, then replacing the fuel filter is usually much easier. Diesel fuel filters are always large, and generally located upright in a canister below the hood. While the fuel filter location for a Diesel is obvious, a fuel system diagram may sometimes be needed. The only part is usually the filter itself, but it may also be a good idea to replace a gasket on some diesels, where the whole fuel system and all the fuel lines are highly pressurized. While gas fuel filters are usually inline with the fuel lines, a diesel filter sits in a fuel bath. There’s no way to clean or repair a fuel filter, so replacing it is the only option.

Filed under: Product News by Josh Razgunas On: January 13th, 2010

For generations, an oil change was a weekend afternoon tradition, and everyone knew how to change oil: Remove the oil pan nut, drain the old oil out into a pan, get an oil filter wrench and take off the old filter, put on a replacement filter and fill up with new engine oil. Eventually, synthetic oil became available, if the car owner wanted it. Most people probably don’t change oil themselves now, and instead have it done at an instant oil change shop or the car dealership, but it’s just as important as ever. And now, ecological cartridge oil filters are increasingly part of car maintenance.

Filed under: Product News by Josh Razgunas On: January 13th, 2010

Of course, there’s an air filter under the hood of every car keeping dirt out of the engine, but in many cars there’s also an automotive cabin air filter, doing yeoman work filtering dirt, mild spores, mildew, pollen, road dust, grease and other pollution from the air inside. And just like your engine air filter, with time, an auto cabin air filter gets clogged up with all the pollution its adsorbs. Fortunately, all styles of auto air filters are designed so they’re easy to replace; unfortunately, there’s no such thing as a universal air filter. All we can tell you is its location is in the cabin somewhere, almost always under the dash. In many cars, a new automotive cabin air filter is as easy as opening a small compartment and snapping a new one in; in some, carbon cabin air filters can be hard to reach, and it makes sense to have a mechanic install charcoal cabin air filters if they’re in a difficult location.

Filed under: Product News by Josh Razgunas On: January 13th, 2010

OEReplacement.com is proud to introduce a line of Ignition Wire Sets that meet OEM specifications in every way possible.

Filed under: Product News by Josh Razgunas On: May 1st, 2009