Custom auto parts packaging sized to the part, from spark plugs and sensors to brake rotors and filters. Corrugated or paperboard, with inserts that stop heavy pieces sliding around, and printed with part numbers, fitment details and your brand.
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Auto parts are hard on boxes. A brake rotor weighs several pounds and has sharp edges. A sensor is light but has a connector that snaps if it takes a knock. Put either in an oversized stock carton and it slides around until something breaks, the part or the box. Custom auto parts packaging is cut to the actual part so it can’t move much.
The people asking us for these are aftermarket brands, performance shops, distributors and online sellers who are tired of returns marked “arrived damaged”. A box that fits, carries the right part number and looks like it belongs on a parts store shelf saves a lot of hassle.
Light, small parts such as spark plugs, fuses, bulbs and clips usually go into SBS paperboard or kraft cartons with a tuck end. They print sharply and stack neatly on a pegboard or shelf. Our headlight and fuse boxes are a good example of that format.
Heavier parts are another story. Rotors, pads, pumps and suspension parts want corrugated board, single wall for moderate weight and double wall when the part is dense or sharp. Triple wall is rare but useful for big castings. Our article on single, double and triple wall corrugated walks through how to choose. Filters fall somewhere in between, and we have dedicated air filter boxes for those.
An insert is what really protects an auto part. Corrugated pads with a cutout hold a rotor flat. Partitions separate a set of four injectors so they don’t knock together. For bearings or gears that come with a light coat of oil, a kraft liner keeps grease from soaking through the printed outer face (nothing looks worse on a shelf than a box with a dark patch spreading across the logo).
Sharp edges are worth a mention. A stamped bracket will cut through thin board during transit, so we either add a pad at the contact point or move up a flute size.
Parts buyers read the box. They look for part number, fitment (make, model, year), contents and a barcode. Put those where a counter clerk can scan them fast, usually an end panel, and leave the main face for brand and product name. We can print variable part numbers on the same artwork for a whole product line.
Gloss or matte lamination keeps cartons clean in a dusty stockroom. Our team sets up the dieline and lays out artwork free, checks your files, and sends a digital proof before anything prints.
Minimums are low, often around 50 boxes depending on the style, and the price per box falls as quantities rise. That’s helpful when you’re boxing dozens of part numbers at modest volumes. Standard production takes 10 to 12 business days after proof approval, and we ship free by ground anywhere in the USA. You can see more formats in our auto parts boxes range.
Often, yes. We can keep one outer size and change the insert, which keeps your artwork and pallet layout consistent across a product family.
Kraft paperboard handles a set of pads well. Rotors and calipers are heavier and do better in corrugated.
Yes, a physical sample is available on request before the bulk run. Send us a part, or its exact measurements, and we’ll test the fit.
Plenty of customers order this alongside custom bike parts boxes, headlight fuse box & lighting electrical box and custom air filter boxes. More styles are in auto parts boxes.
