Why call Central City Auto Parts first if you are looking for used car parts in Columbus, Ohio?

If you are looking for quality used auto parts in Columbus, Ohio, the best values can be found at Central City Auto Parts. We stock a full selection of auto parts that are in high demand and constantly update our inventory to help you repair your vehicles without taking out a loan or racking up thousands in credit card debt. Why pay more for the same high-quality parts that are available from the dealerships?

Why Are Salvage Parts Such a Good Deal?

When you purchase parts from the dealerships, they mark them up over 800 percent. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself paying a couple of hundred dollars for a tiny piece of plastic. The price that you are paying is marked up because they don’t want you to keep fixing your vehicle. They would rather that it break down to the point where buying a brand-new vehicle is the only solution.

In fact, car manufacturers intentionally engineer defects into their vehicles and create new styles or incorporate new technologies to make older vehicles obsolete and undesirable. The only way that you win is to buy the same original manufacturer parts for cheaper from a salvage yard. At Central City Auto Parts, we have the inventory of parts pulled from wrecked vehicles that are free of defects and often have low mileage.

We can assess the quality of the parts before we sell them by grading them. If you are willing to accept a door with a ding in it, we can slash the prices and give you an even better value. If you buy that same door from the dealership, you have to transfer all the other parts to the door and have it painted.

Furthermore, the paint is not even as durable as the factory finish because it is not baked on. In fact, it may not even match your current paint job because paint fades and is hard to get exactly right. So, you will be stuck with one fresh-looking new door that stands out against the rest of your paint.

Of course, any body assembly is going to be much cheaper from Central City Auto Parts. And there is really no mechanical wear and tear on body parts that would make these parts inferior in any manner. And because we can match the parts using your VIN number, it is easy to find something compatible.

Another way to save big is to buy an extra drivetrain for your vehicle if you can find a wrecked vehicle with low miles. If you do a lot of commuting and want to hold onto a vehicle for long-distance driving and racking up the miles, it makes sense to purchase an extra drivetrain. The drivetrain is the part that is most likely to wear out after 100,000 to a quarter-million miles or so. Even if it doesn’t die, your engine will probably be leaking oil and burning it at a much higher rate.

If you try to buy a brand-new transmission or engine from the dealerships, you are looking at a huge bill. They intentionally price these parts high because they want you to simply buy a new vehicle. A new transmission can cost $4,000 or more. That doesn’t include the $4,000 that the dealer may want to install it. A new four-cylinder engine can cost $6,000 or more when you purchase all the related accessories that it needs. And these prices skyrocket once we start getting into luxury cars, larger engines, and performance vehicles.