Auto parts: How to distinguish high-quality details from fake. How to distinguish original body parts from non-original differences in original spare parts

Where does the car manufacturer take spare parts for the production of a car, and what parts do we call original parts? Of course, he does not produce them.

The plants capable of producing those or other parts for cars throughout the world. Some of them have enough high quality products and receive orders from car companies. Part of the details are installed on the machine, the rest are intended for "after-sales service", i.e. Repair. They will be packaged by boxes with a prescribed original number and an automaker icon and will be discouraged in warehouses of regional dealers. We call such spare parts original.

But on this story does not end. Plant, fulfilling the automotive company, continues to release these auto parts. Their boxes are now with the name of this manufacturer and sell wholesalers. The quality at the same time, of course, the same, and the price is below 1.5 - 2 times. However, the manufacturer's plant sets the conditions for the producer of the spare parts not to be implemented on the secondary market data for spare parts during the 3rd, 4, or 5 years. That is why when new models of cars appear, high-quality non-original spare parts appear only after several years.

Then the original spare parts are better, you ask? There is no unambiguous answer, but there are two important criteria that determine the advantage of the original.

Firstly, not all auto parts manufacturers buy technical documentation from the car manufacturer. In an effort to earn, they produce analogs without the necessary documentation. The price of such spare parts is significantly lower than the original, but the quality causes big doubts. A cheap analog can be broken at an inappropriate moment, which will entail more expensive repairs. For example, cheap brake pads Serve 3-4 times less than original, and not much cheaper. And there are no guarantees regarding their operation.

Nissin is a good example. By buying documentation for production brake systems Honda has, it begins to produce them with quality even superior to original details. At the same time, the price may be the same lower or even higher. On the other hand, brake pads from Nissin not only improve brake properties Car, but also have a longer service life. However, the consumption of original brake discs can increase. In this case, it is recommended to install brake discs of the same manufacturer.

Poda his car under warranty, the owner cares about the issue of acquiring spare parts, as he appeals for maintenance to the dealership service center. There, in turn, consumables change according to the regulations, and nodes - by occurrence warranty case. In all dealer centers, of course, only original spare parts are used - use others they simply do not have the right.

However, the situation in the root changes when the warranty on the car ends, and the car owner gets up before the eternal question: where it is serviced on and how much it will cost. In our country, this issue is very acute: it is no secret for anyone that the number of new cars in our country is much less used, but even new cars not all owners seek to serve the dealers. The reasons for this are also transparent: people tend to "go from the official" due to the large difference in the price of services in comparison with private services. Well, in the case of the second, other nuances are becoming relevant: any spare parts are used (on others - even used), but the quality of service and the level of specialists can be several times higher.

What is the "original"?

These are all components of the car, of which it is assembled on the conveyor and sold the owner in the showroom official dealer. Original can even oil in the engine and liquid in nodes and units. But does this mean that all these components are manufactured at the car manufacturer's factory? Of course no.

The manufacturer only carries out the assembly of the machine, and almost all nodes and aggregates are manufactured by various factories under the contract and the technical assignment of autocontracens. By the way, this practice was first embodied japanese companies In the post-war, in order to stimulate the growth of production and support even the smallest manufacturers. Li joke - even the components of one detail, such as headlight, can be produced by different factories and then collected together as a whole car.

Outping into light new model Auto, concerns are required to provide dealer service centers with spare parts for maintenance and dealer warehouses with other parts for subsequent warranty and post-warranty repairs for more than 10 years. Therefore, even on the most old car Almost you can always order an original spare part from the warehouse of finished products of the assembly plant.

So, let's summarize the results.

1. Components supplied on the manufacturer's assembly conveyor
2. Components, packaged in packaging of autocontrace (manufacturers)
3. Well, justice for the sake of used spare parts (provided that they managed to identify their initial originality)

How can I identify the original spare part?

1. Original spare parts are definitely packed in the corporate packaging of the car manufacturer
2. Inside the package can be parts from different plants with the corresponding stigm - this is normal, but it is important not to confuse them with fakes (this will be discussed slightly below)

What is "neoriginal"

Well, now consider a huge reservoir of spare parts, which is referred to as linedly for many "neoriginal". We have already learned that each automaker has many details suppliers, and often the same nodes even produce different manufacturers. For Russians, for example, it is no longer a secret that the assembly shops inside the country are used to assemble the production details russian factories. And this is not the features of only our "location of production", but world practice. Therefore, spare parts market professionals know from their experience, parts of which manufacturers can be installed on a car as original and packaged in the original packaging "for sale in stores" in the category aftermarket. By the way, it is worth noting that the spare parts stores are almost an exclusive that exists only in the territory of the former USSR. Worldwide, car service and spare parts are a niche car service.

So, we introduce a new term - Aftermarket (Aftermarket) into our Active Dictionary.

These are spare parts made by the same factory conveyor facilities, but packed in their own packaging and intended for sale through their own network of distributors in all countries of the world.

It is believed that this category of spare parts is already somewhat lower in quality than those that are supplied to the conveyor and under the packaging of the autocontrace. But this statement remains at the manufacturer's conscience, since everyone has a different production process (it all depends on the scale of consumption. Take, for example, Ignition Candles: The Supplier of the "Conveyor" may be one, but to provide the world need for products called many factories under one Brand B. different countries World. Of course, there is a quality control of the brand of products, but the "conveyor" line is controlled by the autoconecern, and everything else remains on the conscience of the plant.

From experience we know that original candles Nevertheless, there are better than their "twins" in the "native" packaging. And this pattern, unfortunately, is present in most cases - of course, not only with candles. For example, a plant that provides assembly conveyors japanese manufacturers bearings, located in Japan, and five plants providing secondary market The same bearings are located in China (more of this aspect consider in the category "Duplicate").

Where is the original in Russia come from?

Until recently, the whole "original" in our country was covered with informal suppliers, long and tightly engaged in the sales market of spare parts. And this, of course, was quite real spare parts, but bypass much cheaper than in the service centers of official dealers. What prevents the dealers themselves to hold prices at the same level, rightly ask you?

Nuances, which dealers are unable to influence, there are two.

Firstly, Separaners of spare parts are coming through the logistics scheme dictated by the concern, and this logic is not always the most successful in economic terms. Secondly, Dealers "provide" only spare parts for the sold model range.

"Gray" Sales Players, on the contrary, are well focused in the needs of the market and satisfy demand, offering good price. It is achieved by distributed procurement. One of the sources of the most popular positions are the United Arab Emirates (discuss the economic aspects of this phenomenon in this article we will not, but justice it is worth noting that this country does not produce anything, all parts are really original and entered on local warehouses on official channels and contracts ).

Today, autocontraceans are struggled for russian market Original spare parts that, contrary to expectations, will not give the best way to consumers. The purpose of this struggle is to stop "gray" import and sell original components exclusively through your own dealer network. But is it worth it so much to focus on the originality of spare parts when there is such a huge choice of "neoriginal"?

Duplicates (Analogs) and "Neoriginal"

For ease of understanding, we divide such spare parts for groups, and then consider them alternately:

1. Manufacturers aftermarket ("conveyor")
2. Third-party manufacturers (not "conveyor")
3. "Monobrand"
4. Perepanchiki

The first and second groups differ quite conditionally, because in the market pursuit the first are forced to reduce production costs to be in price niche with all other existing competitors. Their only advantage is awareness and brand promotion. It is because of the deliveries to the assembly conveyors for this name to pay consumers, although, speaking frankly, it is not always possible to pay for the relevant quality. The fact is that the localization of plants in China often equals the qualitative indicators even with the declared quality control. And here there are other market players in the arenim: in eminent brands today already appear worthy competitors with a lower consumer price. Third-party manufacturers, of course, sell spare parts under their own brand.

The third group, "MONBRAND" (single brand) is a trend recent years. The owners of any brand benefit from its company from a high reputation of the manufacturer - Japan or Germany, for example. Such a product will be packed into the recognizable brand packaging, indicating the country owner of the brand. For example, the packaging will be written "Tokyo, Japan" and even a given address. But it is absolutely not the same as "Made in Japan."

Such "monobrands" have a very wide range of parts in groups, unlike the manufacturers of a narrow direction, and also sometimes contain absolutely exclusive positions in the assortment that no one except them. All spare parts are made at different plants, and the tender is carried out on the basis of tasks for the price or quality. Sometimes even one group of spare parts can be made at different planes, because one plant makes a different quality at different positions. The choice of the manufacturer's factory depends on which market is initially oriented by the plant (selection of materials, processing quality). Judge for yourself: to make parts for operating conditions in Siberia or Africa - it is absolutely different things.

The fourth group, the reparers are a brand that has its own packaging, but not placing orders on factories, but simply entering large contracts with manufacturers. Inside such packaging is the part is quite specific - the other is the manufacturer.

There is a complete analogy with the packaging of the "factory" spare parts in the original packaging, but it is distinguished by the fact that there is no "conveyor" instance. It is simply a marketing scheme for the distribution of spare parts through its own dealer network under its own name - however, it also often has to overpay for the brand.

Choice

Now that we have familiarized with all the options, you can sum up the results. And he, of course, as always, is yours. If you are a convinced supporter of the original and think that the car is obliged to consist only of conveyor details, then the only advice for you is not running to the fake (counterfeit), buy parts only from proven sellers or serviced from official dealers.

Summary

And finally, summarizing simple axioms voiced in the text, you can list several dry facts. Remember:

• Not the whole original is so original.
• Not all duplicates in quality are inferior to the original.
• Not all famous brands better unknown.
• Not all Chinese spare parts of poor quality.
• It is not in all situations to save, not in all cases you need to pay more.
• You can always find an alternative.

Do you chase the original when servicing?

Buying any spare part for the machine is accompanied by the choice of its owner as to which auto parts to buy - original or analog. After all, this directly affects the price and the quality of the thing acquired. However, it is not always an expensive original spare part will be better than a cheaper counterpart.

Those who are engaged in spare parts have long known that it is very often a non-original spare part in the original box, because automakers do not make them themselves, but contracts for deliveries from their supplier partners who specialize in the production of a specific node. Therefore, the full original practically does not exist. Almost any detail, with the exception of body and some others, can be sold in a box under the manufacturer's brand without the number specified in the original directory, and at the same time be the original. To understand this, you need to first decide what type there is an original part, and what similar.

What is non-original spare parts

Traditionally, most automotive spare parts existing on sale are conditionally divided into original and non-original. The first in turn is divided into white and gray. However, we will talk about them later. As for non-original parts, they are four kinds:

• Aftermarket.. These are practically the same "originals", produced on the same (or similar) conveyor, but their difference is only that, ultimately, they are not packaged not in the automaker (with the name of the brand of the machine), and in the packaging of the direct manufacturer of spare parts. These are the safest and optimal non-original spare parts. Typically, the production of such spare parts begins in several years (as a rule, this period is 5 years, but there are exceptions) after the release specific model Car on sale. On packaging, in such cases, the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) typically writes that, translated into Russian literally means "manufacturer of original equipment".
• Not conveyor. So called spare parts, which are technically identical to the original, but they are produced for cars by third-party brands. It is also an acceptable option, since they are complete analogues of original spare parts.
• Monobrand. Rare products are quite enough because they are produced only for one model of the machine and at one factory. If we are talking about a more or less expensive car, where the quality of the details is critical, then we can talk about their use. Otherwise, most likely, it will be a fake of low quality, buying which is not recommended.
• Counterfeit. This is a frank fake with low quality quality, often Chinese or other Asian production (although there may be other options). In any case, it is impossible to buy such spare parts.

On the territory of Europe and Asia some large companiesengaged in the production of auto parts go their own way. So, they externally copy the item, and the stuffing is equipped with themselves. At the same time, another brand is indicated on the package, and on parts is given its own, individual, warranty. Judging by the Internet reviews, these details are high quality, and they can be used in the cars of middle and budget classes.

There are still so-called "packers". Their function is to buy parts issued by other companies and packaging them into their branded boxes. In this case, quality control is performed by the "Packers" themselves. Therefore, various options can occur, both quite acceptable and frankly defective, it depends on their policies. With its activities, "packers" make a certain order on the auto parts market. This happens due to the fact that the details issued by different companies and under different brands, ultimately find themselves in the package under one brand. And if this conscientious company, then it always monitors the quality of the parts being implemented under this brand.

Thus, there are non-original spare parts produced under license, and in terms of quality practically incoming branded samples. And at the same time their main advantage - low price. In some cases, the difference is estimated at times.

What is original spare parts

Now let's touch the "originals" and their features. Actually, the original parts are the parts mounted on the machine by the manufacturer, or recommended to them to replace failed. It is believed that they possess best characteristicsproviding the corresponding car functionality (different systems). They are always produced under the license of the autocontraser (or on the factories, owned concern or in other partner companies) and always have appropriate labeling. An interesting fact is that the used part (for example, taken from old cars) are also original.

What better original? They are issued in full compliance with the technical documentation for the car and have optimal characteristics. Therefore, firstly, the risk that they will fail before the deadline (calculated on the theory of reliability) comes down to a minimum. Secondly, the original can be exchanged without problems in case of its breakdown in the service center.

There is such a concept -gray original. His essence is that you buy an original spare part with all codes and labels, but do it not in the official service center, but third-party suppliers. As a rule, the price is significantly lower. But below it is not because the detail is fake, but because of the smaller cash, the implementer. So the gray original is a good option In order to save money.

As for the shortcomings and advantages of the original spare parts, the most advantages here are the majority. Perhaps the only disadvantage is the high price. It is due to several factors. In particular:

• Complexity of logistical schemes (If the service centers in a certain area are a bit, then you have to deliver the spare part from afar, and if in small volumes, the price of transportation will be higher than usual). Another feature in this case is that delivery on official channels is carried out according to a single, inflexible, schemes. The unofficial implementers, on the contrary, are making all possible measures for cheaper, including the delivery of details on their warehouses and ultimately to the consumer.
• Horregious production. In this case, it is not necessary to fulfill technological process (In modern enterprises, most operations are robotic), and the production of calculations of the characteristics of the part, the use of unique design and technological solutions, the implementation of calculations for calculating the part of the part in accordance with the theory of reliability and so on.
• Responsibility of trademark. As a rule, a warranty is distributed on all original spare parts, and at the same time with a significant resource (in time or on the range of car). And overpaying the high price of the car owner can be sure that the item during operation will not fail within the warranty.
• Marketing. And of course, the famous trademarks (both directly producing cars, and producing separate spare parts for them) take themselves a certain percentage just for the fact that people enjoy their products. This is a banal advertising move. The size of the mentioned percentage depends on the specific brand and their pricing policy (the task of managers is to find the optimal price level, which would not repel the consumer).

The original spare parts can be divided into three types:

1. Details produced on third-party manufacturers, but under the contract with the manufacturer of the machine. Usually they are packed in a box with a logo of a direct manufacturer of the product.
2. Details manufactured by the automaker itself. They are always packed in branded boxes with the logo of the corresponding autocontrace. Usually, such details are used to replace in official service centers.
3. Corporate details taken from a similar car. That is, those that have not changed in the process of its operation after converging it from the conveyor.

In the remaining cases, we are talking about non-original spare parts. Due to the fact that separate knots For machines can be made at different factories (including in different countries and continents), then it is possible to find out the originality only knowing which plants produce original products for a certain brand. And this is quite difficult, because for this you need to get much more information.

Check originality

But how to check - neoriginal or the original is in front of you? This happens quite difficult to do (and sometimes it is impossible, since the quality of the fake is very high), but there are several simple waysWith which you can identify counterfeit products. So, the difference between the original from the neoriginal is as follows:

But, unfortunately, the factors listed above that the original differs from the non-original, can not always protect the car owner with a 100% guarantee from buying counterfeit. If the item and brand is quite common, then the fakes are usually done very similar to the original.

What parts of buying

But most car enthusiasts are interested in the urgent question, what parts are better to buy - the original or analogue. There is no unambiguous answer to it, because it depends on the brand of the machine, the part of the part, prices, the preferences of the car owner, and so on. In this case, when selecting, you must guide several simple rules:

• If you are owner new carwhich is still on warranty (or its individual nodes and aggregates), it is still better to go to the official dealer and buy an original spare part. This is especially true for expensive cars and / or if it comes to the dear responsible detail. It is better not to tempt fate and acquire a well-quality product that meets all the necessary technical specifications.
• The opposite situation is when your car is no longer new or for some reason you do not want to overpay for its service money. Or some small detail failed, whose quality can be neglected. In this case, you can safely buy any cheap analogue, only not quite a frank and poor-quality fake from the remote provinces of China.
• The Golden Mid is to buy both original and non-original details. And in the first case it is better to choose responsible and enough dear devicesAnd in the second - those that do not perform critical functions. For example, to auto parts that you should take only in the original include the items in the cylinder block, gearbox, chassis and so on. After all, their out of order can entail a very expensive repair.

As for direct manufacturers, producing more or less quality counterparts, they depend on the specific detail. Next, we give a table for you, where the conditional separation of brands and individual spare parts and supplies According to the price segments.

Group	Premium	Medium-price	Budget
Brake pads	TRW, Girling	Icer, LRP, Sangsin	Fenox, Miles.
Spark plug	NGK, DENSO.	Bosch.
Lamp	Osram, Philips.	Valeo, Bosch.	Narva, Neolux.
Ignition coils	Bosch, NGK, DENSO	Bremi, Delhi.	ERA, Fenox.
Drive belts	Gates.	Dayco, Bosch.	Kross.
Filters	Mann, Bosch.	Filtron, Nipparts.	KROSS, AD, PMC
Brushes	DENSO, SWF.	Valeo, Bosch.	AD
Shock absorbers	Sachs, Kayaba.	TRW, Mando.	Fenox, Miles.
Shrues	GKN, HDK.	Nipparts, Ruville, LRP	FEBEST, MILES, FENOX
Clutch	SACHS, LUK, VALEO	Valeo, Kraftech	Kross.

Thus, the car owner has the opportunity to choose separate spare parts not only the circumstance of the original / non-original, but also by price category. Interesting fact It is that some non-original parts for a particular car spare parts will be better. For example, this situation is relevant for Bosch or NGK candles, which are much better in quality than some Korean products that are installed in basic configuration on local cars.

Instead of pre-school

A few more reminders:

Instead of pre-school

So, buy original or non-original spare parts - it is only a choice of a car owner directly. As for expensive and / or critical details, it is better not to risk and acquire a licensed spare part. And in other cases, it is quite possible to do the part, similar to its properties of the original. If you decide to flow in such a way, then it is better to buy details from the Aftermarket discharge or at least the conveyor samples.

Make purchases better in proven stores that have licenses and permits. In the process of purchase, do not hesitate to ask the seller to provide you with certificates according to the acquired spare part. If they are not - from buying the best to refrain.

A few more reminders:

• the original spare part can be packed in another box or be removed from the old car;
• analogs are not always worse in quality than original details;
• some new brands produce their products having a similar (and sometimes better) quality, like the old well-known manufacturers;
• not all Chinese products are so bad, as they say about them, there is a so-called "licensed China", which in quality is absolutely not inferior to goods issued in Europe, CIS countries, USA, and so on.

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How to distinguish the original detail from the fake?

1.Packing details

Original Neoriginal

All body original parts Chery, Geely are supplied in dense cardboard boxes with labels of a manufacturer (outer side). Details wrapped in cardboard with strings is 100% non-original (with right side).

All original parts have branded packaging and the availability of the manufacturer's branded sticker.

Original Neoriginal

For example: the manufacturer Chery on the corporate sticker in the upper left corner has a two-layer label "Chery". The first layer of a transparent film with the printed label and the name "Chery" (Fig. 3). The second layer is a red rectangle, which is pasted on the main sticker (Fig. 4). The main label has a square size of 60x60mm (Fig. 1).

Examples of fakes Chery sticker:

Neoriginal on Chery stickers there is no transparent film with a label and the name Chery, the data is applied to a rectangular red sticker, which indicates non-original items:

The manufacturer Geely is a corporate label in the form of a sticker size of 65x65mm: new

The top layer of the original sticker should be easily separated from the main layer. On the diagonal of the entire sticker, the "Geely" watermark is applied:

Original old sample sticker

Examples of Geely Sticker Fakes:

Difference between stickers

1. Lack of description of the use of the part

2. Lack of plant labeling

3. On the perimeter, the presence of angular slots of the angular form

4. Inscription with the number

5. No print red

6. Touch code with thin lines

Fake Label Lifan.

1. Round label, from the factory sticker it is oval

2. The rectangular area of \u200b\u200bgray color is drawn, from the factory sticker scratch layer (protective washed layer)

2. Weight

All non-original parts differ in weight (weight may differ to 40% of the factory part).

Engine mudguide mounting bars:

Original 160g. Neoriginal 95g.

3. Appearance

On the left side there is a non-original lamp, which after 2 months began to "shut up". On the right side of the original lamp, auto 2005.

Non-original headlights, lights, PTF lose very quickly appearance.

And remember, there is a difference between non-original and analog items.

Analog details are factory parts made on third-party factories.

Neoriginal is often the details made in "garages" and "basements". Photos of such institutions are shown below.

There are three types of spare parts

Original. There should be no questions. You buy original spare parts, with exactly the same numbers that are installed from the factory on your car when assembling.

Analogue This is the same original spare part, which is delivered to the conveyor, only with another articula. They are absolutely not lagging behind in quality, but significantly won at a price. Such parts produces a plant-manufacturer, after some time after the car in circulation, only with their assigned rooms.

Fake or counterfeit. They are auto parts of unknown origin who are trying to sell under the type of origin. As a rule, true origin is frank China or Taiwan. The quality is respectively bad.

So, suppose you decided to acquire original spare parts for your car, how not to stumble upon a fake? For a start, we will clarify the concept of the original spare part. The original is considered a spare part to be installed on the car of a certain brand and are ordered from various manufacturers in accordance with certain technical standards. Optionally original spare parts for japanese cars, Must be manufactured only in Japan. They can be manufactured in Korea, and in America, and even in China. Their main difference is that their quality is under tight control.

Now let's turn to such a concept as counterfeit or fake. At first glance, the appearance of such components is quite normal. However, their quality is quite dubious. They are supplied in packages that can be similar to the original, but if you carefully see - you can find differences. Such spare parts are in demand from motorists who want to save on the repair of the car, for example, when selling a car. However, an attractive price in the future, during operation vehiclemay play a keen joke.

It is certainly possible to distinguish such a spare part from the present. It is necessary to carefully inspect the packaging. Creation of the labeling labels or at all are at all, they say that this is a fake. If you look at the fake item and carefully examine it, it is clearly seen that it is made on an ambulance hand and is not very professional. On the original spare parts, on the item itself, you can usually see the country and the plant manufacturer. In fakes, as a rule, no such inscriptions happens. As for the price, if you are offered spare parts for 300 rubles under the guise of the original, which will say, in Japan costs $ 100, you can not doubt that this is a fake. In order not to get to hear, it is better to purchase auto parts in the tested auto stores that exist on the market for more than one year and have proven themselves well. You can also consult with the seller-consultant, in whose professionalism you have no doubt. The manager will definitely tell the similarities and differences in the original, analogue and fakes of a particular part.

By the way, today, China produces quite good components for cars, although the quality of rubber, which is used on the inner parts and alloys of metals still need to carefully examine.

How to protect yourself from buying fake spare parts

There is no clear advice here, but you can say with confidence that if you do not want to run into a fake, remember that the original spare part is expensive. Buy components on your car in large network specialized stores, and you can ask for a certificate to any detail. And also listen to the authoritative opinion of the specialist.

Which machines most often fit spare parts

Fake auto parts in our country can be found practically all budget cars, and even on domestic. Scammers, on expensive foreign cars it makes no sense to fake auto parts, because the one who owns such a car, probably has a sufficient amount of funds to serve its car from the official dealer, and does not need self-purchase of spare parts. Concerning budget cars, That the case is different here, because someone will surely find someone who wants to buy the original for a penny, and it will not be embarrassed by packaging or the quality of the spare part itself. For such car owners and focus fraudsters who are engaged in fake from original spare parts.

Source of material: Evilcar.ru