In this article we provide a handbook for those who decide to buy spare parts industrial vehicles independently and are not subject matter expert. Who does not belong to the sector, does not know the types and characteristics of various vehicle components may therefore find it difficult to discern the quality of parts, resulting in the purchase problematic. In many cases, the end user relies on a workshop that deals with the repair and also the supply of spare parts. But if you want to personally occupy the purchase of spare parts for vehicles industrial, it will be useful to rely on this guide to avoid an error.
It is a complex subject, which has always been difficult to extricate themselves, but with the advent of online marketing, the range of possibilities has widened dramatically. Shrinking distances, the market for Internet has revolutionized the methods of sale and purchase of truck spare parts, but the widening of opportunity brings with it the increased risk of bad purchases. Online sales of European spare parts for industrial vehicles arrived with a little ‘behind the other sectors, but currently plays a major role. There are dozens of sites offering spare parts at competitive prices. You cannot cross check products right in front of your eyes so be sure of the origin and reliability become essential manufacturer of particular.
You first need to clarify the type of parts that we want to buy. In addition to the original parts, there are parts aftermarket, equivalent, used, reconditioned, low-cost:
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A replacement for vehicles industrial aftermarket is a particular equivalent to the original parts but marketed directly by the company that produces the parent vehicle, it is approved at the first plant parts of machines;
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Equivalent parts (or matching quality) are spare parts with the same quality of the original parts but not manufactured according to the specifications and production standards of the manufacturer;
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Spare parts used are from vehicles industrial demolition, however, careful to verify the origin in this case, since the law requires that spare parts can re-enter the market only if they are dismounted from trucks audited;
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Remanufactured parts are parts shown to the same levels of performance of the original by the parent or original equipment suppliers through a process with many steps (disassembly, cleaning, replacement, performance tests, quality, etc.).
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Low cost parts, it is very often counterfeit spare parts, produced in Asian countries, similar to the original but completely illegal, because products with low-quality materials and does not meet the production standards required.
Regardless of the choice you make is important that the buyer is aware of the type of parts that is proposed, original, aftermarket, or equivalent low-cost, while almost never made a differentiation advantage to the consumer. It neglects to inform the technician or the end user that the product installed is not used by the mother of the truck home, it is therefore not an original part, or it fails to inform the buyer of the geographical origin of the product.