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How to find the right car parts to buy

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Looking to buy new parts for your car? Not sure where to start or if the parts you've already found match your car? This little guide will hopefully help you find the parts you need, and perhaps even cheaper than usual.

In this example we are going to be looking for new front brakes for a BMW F20.

  1. Go to Click "Click here to enter BMW catalog".
  2. Enter your car info. Either type in the last 7 characters/numbers of your VIN number, or manually search for your model.
    Click "Browse parts".
  3. Navigate to the parts you're looking for. As said above, we'll be looking for front brakes so we go to:
    Brakes -> Front brake / brake disc
  4. Now you'll be presented with all the OEM parts for your car.
    We'll go with the basic "Brake disc, ventilated 300X22" ones. Copy the Part Number to the right (34116792217).
  5. Go to a online car parts site like: Paste in your part number in the search function.
  6. You'll now be presented with parts that match your OEM part number. Ex:

Hope this helped.
 
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