Badges and logos make it a counterfeit
A grille or cover carrying a vehicle manufacturer's badge is a counterfeit and is seized at the border. We check for it first and will not buy it.
What we can help you buy on 1688
Body parts and accessories
Body parts fit by trim level and production year, not by model name, and that is where most of the returns in this category come from.
It is also the category where a manufacturer badge turns an ordinary part into a counterfeit, so that check comes first.
Request a quote for body parts and accessories
What we check before you pay
Fitment by trim and year, not model
Mounting points, sensor cut-outs and trim clips change within a model run. We confirm the exact variant against your reference rather than the vehicle name in the listing.
Primed, painted or raw
Whether a bumper arrives raw, primed or painted changes both the price and what you have to do with it. Painted-to-code matches are rarely as close as the listing suggests.
Plastic grade and UV stability
PP, ABS and PC behave differently in cold impact and in sunlight. For exterior parts we ask which it is and whether it is UV stabilised.
Mirror glass, heating and signal
A mirror is several parts. Heated glass, an indicator, power folding and the connector pinout are each separately specifiable and separately missing if nobody asks.
Volume, not weight, sets the freight
Bumpers and panels are light and take enormous space. Whether they nest and how they are packed moves the freight bill more than the route.
How an order runs
- Send the vehicle details and photographs Trim, year, and photographs of the mounting points on the part you are replacing.
- Badge check first Before pricing, we check the part for manufacturer branding. If it carries any, we say so and stop there.
- Variant and finish agreed Exact variant, finish state and any electrical content written into the order.
- Quote against real carton sizes Freight for body parts is a volume calculation, so we get real carton dimensions rather than estimates.
- Inspection with test fitting where possible Mounting points and cut-outs checked against the reference and photographed.
- Consolidate and ship Nesting and repacking are where the savings are on this category.