Posts Tagged original equipment manufacturer

Driving Forces of India’s Automotive and Auto Parts Sector

The automotive sector is one of India’s largest and fastest growing manufacturing sectors. With a turnover of US$13 B, the automobile sector employs about 0.45 million people directly and 10 million people indirectly, including after-sales and servicing networks. This ranked India as the 11th largest passenger car producer in the world. In the category of motorcycles and scooters, India is ranked 1st and 2nd respectively. With India increasingly liberalizing its market place, many new joint ventures evolved, resulting in close to 2 dozen global auto manufacturers setting up shop in India

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Related posts

How to Save Money on Radiator Repair

Having a radiator that functions properly is essential to having a car that continues to function properly. Your car radiator keeps your engine, which produces a lot of heat, from overheating and destroying itself. It does this by cooling the coolant that has been run through the engine to a temperature that is usable and sending it back to the engine. Radiators cool the coolant by running it through thin channels in the radiator core. These thin lines then radiate heat. They are assisted by the radiator fan, which blows air through the radiator, and small metal lines acting as heat sinks that are attached to the radiator core.

Radiator fluid should be flushed and replaced every two years on most vehicles to prevent corrosion in the cooling system. If this isn’t done, the corrosion process creates sediment which can clog the radiator. This would be diagnosed by running a flow test. Sometimes, a clogged radiator can be “rodded out.” If the radiator then passes a new flow test, it can be reinstalled for further use.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Related posts

How to Get Cheap Car Glass Replacement

The car glass is replaced only in the circumstances when the windshield is cracked, chipped or damaged by the external barriers. The cracks developed in the glasses obstruct the view of the driver and if it is left as it is there are chances that it could break into further pieces. This calls for the complete replacement of entire glass of the windshield. If the severity of the crack or damage is not that grave then the latest technology enables to fix it reasonably without any replacement. It is saving money. By repairing, the further spreading of the cracks could be curbed. The repair process is not hundred percent as it could leave minor distortions in the glass. Repair costs is almost standard everywhere, but the replacement cost varies because it includes installation, molding, labor etc. In replacement process the prices of the independent glass shops vary with that of the private dealers. The prices quoted by the dealers are always more as they make use of the original equipment manufacturer windshields as it comes with the showroom vehicles. The independent glass shops have a lesser quote as they use non-original equipment manufacturer glass. In such cases the only alternative is replacement of the glass of the windows. There must be no compromise with regard to replacement. At this point, one has to decide about the repairing or replacement.

For replacement one has to buy the auto glass suitable for the windows. To do so, firstly the insurance company which waives off the deductibles has to be ascertained that means the external expenditure should be minimized. Then the repairmen from the companies who are experts in the replacement have to be called upon and the work has to be assigned to them. Subsequently, the bill of the expenditure has to be submitted to the insurance company.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Related posts

Cheap Body Kits That Can Give your Car a Fantastic Hot New Look

To give your car a fantastic hot new look you can use various body kits. These body kits which can be installed straight onto your car can be expensive or you can look for cheap body kits. These cheap kits which you can find at various body kit dealers will have great looking parts that you can use for your car.

You should keep in mind however that some of these cheap body kits will be priced in the $300 range. Now before you say that this is not cheap you may want to reconsider. There are other body kits which bear a price tag of about $2,000 and upwards. So when you look at these body kits or conversions as they may sometimes be called you can actually see why they would be called cheap.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Related posts

Aftermarket Auto Parts Boon or Bane

There’s no questioning the popularity of aftermarket auto parts in the US automotive industry. Basically alternate car parts most of which are not made by car manufacturers themselves, aftermarket auto parts compete with original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts. When an original auto part fails (for instance, your hood strut) and is irreparable, the car owner has the choice – or dilemma – of whether to buy a new part from his car’s manufacturer or purchase an aftermarket part. Thus, inevitably, issues of which are more advantageous to car owners, which benefits the industry more, and other related questions and comparisons between OEM and aftermarket parts arise.

With the rise in production of aftermarket auto parts in the past two decades, a non-profit organization called the Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA) was established in 1987 to test and certify parts used for auto body repairs. Setting rigid standards for aftermarket parts, CAPA’s testing process includes an industry-recognized 500-hour salt spray test to indicate rust resistance. Tests on metal composition, screws, chipping and scratching resistance are also conducted. While the founding of CAPA initially boosted the trust in the quality of aftermarket auto parts, many automotive consumers still describe CAPA parts as generally not as good as OEM parts. Furthermore, questions on the credibility of the CAPA certification, despite its supposedly strict standards, still exist.

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Related posts