Condition
Four grades. No surprises.
A used part is only a gamble if you don't know what you're getting. Every part in the network is graded, priced by that grade, and photographed before you pay so you can judge it with your own eyes.
- New
Sealed, factory packed
MRP
An unused part in its original packaging, exactly as it left the manufacturer. Carries the manufacturer's warranty, claimed directly with them.
Cover: Refund requires the box unopened and intact.
- Grade A
Near new, no visible marks
Below MRP
A used part that has seen very little service. Under normal workshop lighting you would struggle to tell it from new. Often removed from a low-mileage vehicle after accident damage elsewhere.
Cover: Covered after fitting.
- Grade B
Light scuffing, fully functional
Further below MRP
Honest cosmetic wear — light scuffs, minor marks, perhaps some fading — with nothing wrong mechanically. The most commonly supplied grade, and usually the sensible choice for a working vehicle.
Cover: Covered after fitting.
- Grade C
Visible wear, tested working
Lowest price
Clear signs of age and use, and tested to confirm it works. The right choice when function matters and appearance does not — an inner panel, a bracket, a component nobody will ever see.
Cover: Covered after fitting.
Why the ladder is never red
You will notice the grades run blue, green, amber and grey — and never red. That is deliberate, and it is not a design detail.
Red means faulty. Grade C is worn, not broken — a component that has done its job for a decade and will do it for another.
Every part we supply is a working part. A grade describes how it looks and how much service it has seen, not whether it functions. A Grade C alternator charges the battery exactly as a Grade A one does.
How the price is set
A new part is priced at MRP. Each used grade sits a fixed percentage below that, set centrally by SPARRAPS and identical for every customer.
- Nobody bids. There is no auction and no haggling.
- The supplying godown has no say in what you pay. They see the price and accept or decline it.
- The same part costs the same on any day, to anyone.
When the grade found isn't the grade you asked for
You ask for Grade B. The only unit in the network turns out to be Grade A, or Grade C. Rather than pretend, the godown photographs what they actually have and declares its real condition.
The price moves to that grade's tier automatically — up for a better part, down for a worse one — and you accept or decline at the new price. Nothing is charged either way.
Declaring an honest grade never counts against a partner, even when you decline. If it did, they would learn to declare whatever grade was asked for — and grading integrity is the one thing holding fixed pricing together.
How grading stays consistent
Hundreds of people across the country grade parts, so the standard has to mean the same thing in every godown. It is defined with reference photographs rather than words, because "light scuffing" means nothing written down and everything shown.
Wear is judged by material, not by part — light scuffing on a painted bumper looks nothing like light scuffing on a lamp lens. Painted metal, moulded plastic, glass and lens, and machined metal each have their own reference set.