Chante van der Walt

Aftermarket Automotive Parts and Equipment Brands You Should Know About. The aftermarket parts and equipment manufacturers play a big role in the ever-evolving automotive industry. They are known for dealing with the manufacturing, distribution, as well as trade of aftermarket car parts and equipment to consumers around the globe. This goes from your basic, DIY […]

The market is full of diagnostic scan tools, from the cheap OBD2 units to mid-level clone/copy devices to the big boys (Autel, Launch, Facr, Bosch, Snap-on, Gscan, Autocom, Autologic etc). Below is a short write up on each. There are many pros and cons for many of the brands an models within those brands, but

There are many different brands and models of car diagnostic tools with big price differences in the market. This can easily cause confusion, below is a list of the vital questions to ask the diagnostic salesman to make sure you are getting the functionality you need and secondly to make sure you don’t get overcharged, this way

Autodata’s mission is to be the most innovative, accurate and respected supplier of technical information to the automotive aftermarket industry. Established in 1975, Autodata is Europe’s leading publisher of technical information to the automotive aftermarket through printed and electronic media. The holding company Autodata Publishing Group Limited employs approximately 200 people in 6 different countries

What are grey imports? “Grey” products are usually sourced directly from overseas suppliers instead of the authorised local distributor. What most people don’t realize, is that many “fly-by-night” sellers and even sellers that appear to be official are in fact not. What are the negatives of buying from a non-official reseller/grey import? Many “grey” products have

According to the dictionary, a “grey import” – sometimes called a parallel import; is a product that is imported without the legal consent of the manufacturer.  To expand on that, grey import means that while the product may in fact a “real” product, it is not in the correct destination market for which it was

Who is this article for? Anyone who owns a vehicle knows that there is a fair amount of work that goes into the upkeep and maintenance of that vehicle to keep it running smoothly. In the modern day however, this is becoming more and more reliant on computers, which control many of the functions of

Like most products today, there are many different automotive diagnostic tools to choose from, and they range from your cheap and simple tools, All the way up to the big boys that can do it all. Each brand has its strengths and its weaknesses though, and this can lead to a tough decision for a

Vehicle diagnostic tools are considered a “big ticket” item This is to say that they are vital for work to be done correctly, but cost a large amount. Picking the correct big ticket item for you is tough for those exact reasons – there are lots of things to consider. To help speed things up

Buying a “big ticket” item like a diagnostic machine is tough – and it can take a great deal of research to find exactly what you need, at the right price point.  We have sold over 2000 diagnostic machines over the past 10 years and first hand-experienced the “fly-by-night” sellers just trying to make a