# Car parts cross-reference **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 20, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-parts-cross-reference/547317 "2010-07-20T03:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Shig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shig)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-parts-cross-reference/547317/1 "2010-07-20T03:52:52Z")
Does anyone know of a good resource for finding parts that fit multiple vehicles? Example: Finding out what other vehicles use the same door handle or rear seat belts as, say a 1978 Cherokee or a 2004 Grand AM? JUST a couple examples there of the type of stuff I’m looking to find out. Thanks for reading. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-parts-cross-reference/547317/2 "2010-07-20T04:25:12Z")
[Hollander](http://hollanderinterchange.net/) is the one that I keep hearing about. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-parts-cross-reference/547317/3 "2010-07-20T04:29:03Z")
Salvage yards use these cross references, a salvage yard should be able to tell you how to find one. ETA: Probably a better term to use is _interchange guide_. ---
**Author:** ![Shig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Shig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shig)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-parts-cross-reference/547317/4 "2010-07-20T04:42:32Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > Salvage yards use these cross references, a salvage yard should be able to tell you how to find one. > > ETA: Probably a better term to use is _interchange guide_. Youre absolutely right. Thanks. Wasn’t aware of this term before. And yeah, the junkyard can look 'em up, but I was really looking for a way (online and preferably free) to do the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-parts-cross-reference/547317/5 "2010-07-20T04:49:44Z")
What kind of part are you looking for? ---
**Author:** ![Shig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Shig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shig)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-parts-cross-reference/547317/6 "2010-07-20T04:56:26Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > What kind of part are you looking for? All kinds of stuff from all kinds of vehicles. Guess explaining my reasoning might help a tad. I’m an online/ ebay seller and sell parts sometimes. I would just like a sure way to know what the sunvisors or seat belts or bumper, etc, etc from one particular vehicle can also be used on. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-parts-cross-reference/547317/7 "2010-07-20T05:25:09Z")
If you’re talking about things you can buy at your corner parts store (as opposed to dealer-only stuff), go to [www.rockauto.com](http://www.rockauto.com) and browse to the part in question. Click on the part number and it’ll bring up a list of every car that part is also listed for. Other online parts stores have similar features-- I used to like the one on the now-defunct partsamerica site. ---
**Author:** ![Shig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Shig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shig)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-parts-cross-reference/547317/8 "2010-07-20T05:38:26Z")
> [@GreasyJack](#): > > If you’re talking about things you can buy at your corner parts store (as opposed to dealer-only stuff), go to [www.rockauto.com](http://www.rockauto.com) and browse to the part in question. Click on the part number and it’ll bring up a list of every car that part is also listed for. Other online parts stores have similar features-- I used to like the one on the now-defunct partsamerica site. Thanks, but no, I’m talking about original parts.