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- To B or C: B2B
- Main Markets: Global (North America, Europe, Australia); Applications: Vintage automotive restoration, classic motorcycle modification, and historic commercial vehicle aftermarket.
Bridging the Eras: Scaling Modern Manufacturing for Pre-War Classics
The limited availability of components that are period-correct components is the most limiting growth factor in the high-stakes world of automotive restoration. Sunway Autoparts has pivoted itself as a classic car parts producer by specializing in the almost extinct vintage of the mid-1920s up to the late 1950s. Although the majority of aftermarket suppliers are geared towards the high-volume aftermarket of the late-model, Sunway has invested in the technical infrastructure to replicate components of legends such as Triumph, Piaggio, Vespa, and early Land Rover.
Combining the scalability of manufacturing in the 21 st century with the early 20 th century car design, the company can guarantee a steady flow of stock to the global distributors of the vehicles whose initial production was long ago abandoned. This strategic emphasis makes it impossible to find a repeatable and scalable business resource for restoration professionals and wholesalers around the globe.
Seamless Supply Chain Integration for Hard-to-Source Vintage Components
The restoration market is infamously divided, and in many cases, shoppers have to deal with dozens of low-profile sellers of individual materials. Sunway Autoparts manages to resolve this logistical nightmare by elaborating a powerful organizational orchestration model. The company has a complex supply chain of almost 200 specialized suppliers, which it manages to combine various processing technologies, ranging, on one hand, to metal stamping and rubber pressing, and on the other hand, to progressive glass production into a single and integrated procurement stream.
This vertical integration gives a decisive competitive moat. As opposed to conventional trading firms that are just the middlemen, Sunway manages the complete lifecycle of sourcing raw materials to the ultimate dispatch. To the B2B purchaser, this would mean:
- One-Stop Procurement: Having hundreds of different categories of products (lights, switches, engine internals) in a single building.
- Logistical Efficiency: How to coordinate packaging and shipping plans on a multi-brand order in order to maximize the landed costs.
- Resource Stability: Using 15+ years of relationships in the industry to avoid the instability of niche production.
Engineering Precision: Reverse Modeling and Custom Mold Development
The core of a leading manufacturer of classic parts in cars lies in the capability to reproduce geometry that has no blueprints. Sunway Autoparts is employing superior reverse engineering standards to address this gap in data. In case an original sample is received, material shrinkage parameters and 3D drafting of copies are measured and 3D printed.
This CAD-based coordination between the design and the manufacturing greatly minimizes the margin of error that affluent manual restoration. The company has a facility that has in-house machinery, which includes:
- Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM): When the cavity and shape are intricate, with high precision.
- Milling and Grinding Stations: To provide the accuracy of moulds.
- Automated Production Lines: In the case of glass and plastic injection, it is necessary to make sure that the end product is the same standard (OE, Original Equipment) in both appearance and performance.
Superior Surface Aesthetics: Concours-Level Chrome Plating and Finishing
In the case of classic vehicles, the determining quality of a successful restoration can be the brightwork's specular finish. Sunway Autoparts has a unique complex process of chrome plating and vacuum metalizing that surpasses the quality of aftermarket production. It is also a deliberately labour-intensive process, beginning with painstaking hand polishing and buffing, then acid dipping, zincating (where aluminum is the substrate), and multi-layer copper plating.
What is left is a blue-reflective and highly specular finish, which is designed to withstand corrosion. This is a very important Benefit of vehicles running in severe conditions or vehicles to be taken in Concours d’Elegance exhibitions. With the technology of vacuum metalizing internal reflectors (including headlights and indicators), Sunway attains a degree of light intensity and longevity that does not break with the tradition of a vehicle but satisfies the expectations of contemporary safety.
Diversified Versatility: Unified Parts Sourcing Across Motorcycles and Vehicles
The experience of Sunway Autoparts is not limited to one marque, but is a large range of both classic and contemporary brands. This flexibility enables distributors to have several market segments at one time. Their production and distribution abilities are amazingly large:
- Classic Motorcycles Brands: Specialists in Triumph, Royal Enfield, BSA, Piaggio, Vespa, Harley Davidson, and the Japanese powerhouses (Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki).
- Vintage Automotive Legends: Full support of Volkswagen, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and American icons, such as Chevrolet and Ford.
- Modern Support: The expansion to the Tier-1 quality to the brands Audi, BMW, Volvo, and Lexus, creating a wide revenue base among partners worldwide.
Since it deals with highly complex electrical parts, such as CDI units and magnetic coils, and non-technical elements such as engine covers and window control components, Sunway is managing hundreds of SKUs, all simultaneously, to the same high-level manufacturing standard.
Uncompromising Quality Control and Comprehensive One-Year Warranty
Evidence of quality is the sole currency in the classic parts sector. The Sunway Autoparts uses a three-level inspection procedure that removes the chances of the bad inventory getting to the end-user:
- IQC (Incoming Quality Control): Intensive material check.
- IPQC (In-Process Quality Control): Molding and assembly real-time monitoring.
- OQC (Outgoing Quality Control): 100% final inspection with calipers, 2D projectors, and 3D coordinate measuring machines (CMM).
The excellence is supported by a one-year warranty on the entire product. In case of a defect being detected, Sunway follows a Consensual Resolution policy where a full refund is provided or replacement stock. This is the transparency that is based on 15+ years of mastering the niche market, which gives the Safety Benefit that gives global wholesalers the ability to scale their operations without fear of disastrous quality breakdowns or the fear of having to receive difficult returns.
Partner with a Tier-1 Classic Car Parts Manufacturer Today
With the restoration market in the world still growing, the need for quality and dependable components will keep rising. Sunway Autoparts is open to professional distributors, restoration shops, and automotive wholesalers to use our 80-year experience in cooperation with other management members and our integrated production ecosystem. If you need to design your own ODM molds or a well-known supplier of hard-to-find OE quality parts, then Sunway is the one-stop shop you are looking for to fill your order.
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State: 518048, Guangdong
Country: China
Website: https://sunwayautoparts.com/
