How to find spare parts for my car online?

May 9, 2006 12:30 PM

Is there an online outlet/store to find spare parts for cars?

Both of my visors on my Nissan Altima just recently broke, and getting replacement visors thru Nissan is going to cost $170 (!). Does anyone know of a decent online resource (or even a junkyard in the Austin, TX area) that might be more affordable?

posted by skechada to shopping (8 answers total)

Your best bet would be to call around to some salvage yards in the area. As far as online - I've used car-part.com, and heard ok things about getusedparts.com.
posted by sluggo at 12:44 PM on May 9, 2006

There's a pretty good junkyard on either South 1st or South Congress just north of William Cannon. I don't know what standard junkyard protocol is... some places seem to get bent out of shape if I go wandering in the yard, others don't care... this one doesn't care.
posted by rolypolyman at 12:48 PM on May 9, 2006

I use Ebay for car parts. It has worked wonderfully.
posted by zonkout at 1:33 PM on May 9, 2006

I don't know that you'll have any luck finding visors there but I buy most of my by-mail car parts at Rock Auto
posted by phearlez at 1:44 PM on May 9, 2006

I get OEM parts for Toyota, Nissan, Honda, etc. from PartzNet, they're pretty good. These are new parts, from the manufacturer, and you pay less than you would at a dealer. They won't be nearly as cheap as a junkyard though.
posted by knave at 2:01 PM on May 9, 2006

Gagel's.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 4:06 PM on May 9, 2006

I've used autopartswarehouse, parts were delivered way faster than I thought they would. Don't know how they compare re: price, though.
posted by fishbulb at 2:02 AM on May 10, 2006

Thanks for the answers!!
posted by skechada at 4:45 PM on May 12, 2006