| r your vehicle needs a replacement in car parts such | | | | Institute of Trading Standards (ITS) is also sending out |
| as car engines, diesel engines, car starters, alternators, | | | | industrial spies against these fake car parts syndicates |
| car computers, power steering, radiators, automotive | | | | but buyers still have to take a lot of precautions. |
| body parts, tires and car interior accessories, consider | | | | Many people are enticed into buying fake car parts |
| purchasing used auto parts instead of brand new car | | | | because they cost much lower than genuine fake car |
| parts. Used auto parts are much cheaper and, if you | | | | parts. When compared to original car parts, they can |
| buy them from a reputable used car parts dealer in | | | | be as much as forty to seventy percent cheaper. |
| Clearwater, St Petersburg, Pinellas, they can definitely | | | | They can usually be found sold in smaller garages and |
| be relied on. | | | | auto shops. There have been instances, though, when |
| Do not risk buying used car parts from unreliable | | | | even bigger auto shops have been fooled into buying |
| sources because you might end up with fake car | | | | fake car parts to resell because these have been |
| parts. According to BBC News, the distribution of fake | | | | packed as original parts. |
| car parts has been escalating. In the United Kingdom, | | | | When you buy car parts, take time to closely inspect |
| the British Institute of Trading Standards (ITS) reports | | | | the packaging and read everything printed there. Fake |
| that this has reached as much as three billion pounds. | | | | car parts have shoddy packaging with very low quality |
| Unfortunately, it has spread to other countries, too, | | | | of printing. The text also often exhibits wrong spelling |
| including the United States. | | | | and grammar. |
| The continued growth of the car industry throughout | | | | To be very sure, only go to reliable used car parts |
| the world leads to the growth of the fake car parts | | | | dealers like Magic Used Auto Parts Inc. Magic Used |
| industry, too. In 2010, studies estimate that some two | | | | Auto Parts Inc. has been a reputable member of the |
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| worldwide. You can then estimate how much bigger | | | | parts which it guarantees fully in Clearwater, St |
| the fake car parts industry is going to be. | | | | Petersburg and Pinellas. It offers free delivery for its |
| Among the most common car parts that are faked by | | | | parts and can install all parts bought from its facility. It |
| unscrupulous suppliers are brake shoes, brake pads, | | | | also has a full service auto detail shop and does tire |
| steering linkages, air filters, spark plugs, wipers and car | | | | mounting and balancing. |
| interior accessories. The inferior quality of fake car | | | | Among the used car parts you can purchase from |
| parts compromises the safety of all vehicle users as | | | | Magic Used Auto Parts Inc. in Clearwater, St |
| well as everyone else on the road, including | | | | Petersburg, Pinellas are used car engines, diesel |
| pedestrians. The use of substandard metals, for one, | | | | engines, transmission systems, car starters, alternators, |
| can cause shearing of fake car parts. There was a | | | | car computers, power steering, radiators, automotive |
| case of a fake brake shoe made from compressed | | | | body parts, tires and car interior accessories. These |
| grass and a case of a fake wheel that have both | | | | are for late model Japanese and Asian cars like |
| caused accidents. | | | | Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Isuzu, Mazda, Geo, Hyundai, Kia |
| Most fake car parts were traced back to suppliers | | | | and Suzuki. There are also used car parts and used |
| based in many countries in the eastern bloc, like the | | | | truck parts available for late model American and |
| USSR and Poland, and the Far East. The fake car | | | | German vehicles. |
| parts are then sent all over the world. The British | | | | |