OEReplacement News

We’ve looked at the extreme measures carmakers and their suppliers go through to build car parts and truck parts that will last. But some parts, no matter how well built, do need replacement. Oil filters, transmission filters, cabin air filters and engine air filters fill up with contaminants and should be changed, sometimes along with filter gaskets. No HID headlamp is immune to a rock, and the soft compounds that make premium flat wiper blades work so well wear out in time.

Literally anyone can scrape together a few thousand dollars and get an offshore manufacturer to start popping out replacement parts. But compare those no-name aftermarket auto parts to an OE replacement car or truck part. One is made by some guy looking to make a buck, with no quality control, no care and usually no warranty. But the OE part is manufactured to meet or exceed the same standards as the original part itself. OE parts will fit like new, look like new, work like new and last like new. To produce OE automotive parts, the parts maker has an agreement with the manufacturer and access to their original specifications. The processes and materials are as least as good as the original, and for performance parts, better than the original. In some instances, the countless driving miles of cars and trucks on the road show up some small weaknesses in the original parts, and OE replacements can be improved versions that fix even those small issues.

Using OE parts is the only way to guarantee that a car or truck will perform the way it was intended, the way it did when it was new. For home mechanics, car repair is simpler and faster with OE replacement parts, because they fit right every time. At the garage, it means less time fooling around with cut-rate replacement auto parts, and that means happier customers, faster repairs and lower costs. There’s no downside to using aftermarket Original Equipment quality replacement parts, just dependable performance, exactly as the manufacturer intended.


Filed under: Industry News by Josh Razgunas On: April 9th, 2010