8 Tips For Starting A Successful Aftermarket Car Parts Business (2024)

Updated: January 19th, 2023
Start An Aftermarket Car Parts Business

Want to start your own aftermarket car parts business? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting an aftermarket car parts business:

Where to start?

-> Aftermarket car parts business plan
-> How to finance an aftermarket car parts business?
-> How much does it cost to start an aftermarket car parts business?
-> Pros and cons of an aftermarket car parts business

Need inspiration?

-> Other aftermarket car parts business success stories
-> Examples of established aftermarket car parts business
-> Marketing ideas for an aftermarket car parts business
-> Aftermarket car parts business slogans
-> Aftermarket car parts business names

Other resources

-> Profitability of an aftermarket car parts business

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting an aftermarket car parts business:

#1: Mitchel Matthews, founder of Adrenaline Offroad:

We chatted with with Mitchel, founder of Adrenaline Offroad ($45K/month). In our interview, Mitchel says:

Keep your progress and big ideas to yourself because the majority of people don't have enough guts or a nearly big enough imagination to do the things you are going to do.

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#2: Billy Westbrook, founder of Scrubblade Inc.:

We chatted with with Billy, founder of Scrubblade Inc. ($325K/month). In our interview, Billy says:

We are on pace to beat 2021 gross revenue by 58%!

Additionally:

Get up early and give the day everything you have but when 5 o'clock comes around, unplug.

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#3: Billy Westbrook, founder of Scrubblade Inc.:

We chatted with with Billy, founder of Scrubblade Inc. ($325K/month). In our interview, Billy says:

I thought, ‘why can’t wiper blades remove more than just water from the windshield?.’ That’s when the idea of Scrubblade was born. In the morning I sketched out the first design.

Additionally:

Our first packaging was just a competitor packaging wrapped in our artwork. Hey... you do what you gotta do.

Further:

Sometimes there are little things you need to do that seem insignificant at the time, do them. Every little effort lays the foundation towards the path to your bigger goals.

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#4: Mitchel Matthews, founder of Adrenaline Offroad:

We chatted with with Mitchel, founder of Adrenaline Offroad ($45K/month). In our interview, Mitchel says:

It's easy to run your business when everything is sunshine and rainbows, but when things become uncertain that's when you get the chance to build some character and see how dedicated you really are to becoming successful.

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#5: Billy Westbrook, founder of Scrubblade Inc.:

We chatted with with Billy, founder of Scrubblade Inc. ($325K/month). In our interview, Billy says:

Find a customer or niche that you are having success with and figure out how to grow with them.

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