About PartFinder
Why this exists
This started with a 1999 Honda Legend. Finding parts for one in the UK is miserable. The factors' catalogues barely list the car, and general searches return results for something else entirely.
Talking to other owners, it turns out that's just what running anything low-volume, old or imported is like. The parts trade is built around high-volume modern fleet. Everything else falls through the cracks.
How it works
The trick experienced owners already use is knowing what else their car is. A UK Honda Legend is an Acura RL in North America. A Mitsubishi Shogun is a Pajero in Japan and a Montero in the States. A Vauxhall is an Opel. Searching only the badge on your boot hides most of the world's stock.
PartFinder does that automatically. We know about 100 vehicle identities across 36 families of market twins and platform siblings, and we search all of them at once, then convert the prices and show the postage so you can see what a part actually costs to get onto your driveway.
Being honest about fitment
Everyone who runs a rare car has bought a part that turned out not to fit. Usually it's because a site presented a keyword guess with exactly the same confidence as a verified match.
So every result here is labelled with how we know it fits: whether the seller's own fitment data lists your car, whether the listing quotes the right manufacturer part number, or whether it's only a lead worth checking. The weak ones are marked as weak. That beats a confident answer that turns out to be wrong.
How we're paid
Some outbound links earn us a commission. It never changes what you pay, and it never affects the order results appear in. Those are ranked by fitment confidence, then by total cost including postage.
The full detail is in the privacy policy.
Who runs it
PartFinder is run by Shocktopus Limited, a small independent software studio in the United Kingdom (company 16857721).
Corrections and additions are welcome, especially if you know a rebadge or a part number we're missing. Email karl.daw@shocktopus.co.uk.