Renault Accessories
Accessories on this range are mostly dealer-fit or aftermarket rather than built into the car — mats, boot liners, roof bars, mudflaps, tow bars, styling kits. They are the parts most often lost, stolen or binned before a car is resold, which is exactly why people come looking for them second-hand. Tell us the model and year and we will see what we can turn up.
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- Price, condition and fitment settled on a written quote
Accessories, explained
Accessories are the parts most likely to be missing from a used car and least likely to be in a catalogue, which is exactly why people end up looking for them second-hand. Mats, boot liners, roof bars, mudflaps, tow bars, load bay covers, styling kits and the odd piece of dealer-fit trim. None of it is needed to make the car go, all of it is annoying to be without.
The complication on Renault's South African range is trim naming
The complication on Renault's South African range is trim naming, and it is worse here than on most brands because the names have been reused and replaced. The Triber launched here as Expression, Dynamique and Prestige and is now sold as Evolution, Techno and Iconic. The Kiger went from Life, Zen and Intens to Evolution, Techno and Iconic. So an accessory advertised as fitting "a Kiger Techno" tells you very little unless you also know the year, and an accessory for a "Triber Prestige" is from a naming era that ended.
The other thing worth knowing is that some of what people call accessories is actually trim-level equipment. Roof rails, cornering fog lamps and skid plates are often grade-specific items on these cars rather than dealer add-ons, which changes whether you are buying an accessory or a part.
We are not going to tell you that Renault South Africa sells a genuine model-specific accessory catalogue, because we could not confirm that — Renault operations in other markets clearly do, and there are South African aftermarket suppliers, but we did not find an SA genuine-accessory catalogue and we would rather say so than imply one exists.
How you know accessories are on the way out
Recognise any of that? Tell us the model and year and we will go and check what we can get hold of for you.
The questions we ask before we price accessories
- What you are really deciding
- Which era of trim naming your car belongs to.
- Where Renault differs
- Renault has renamed these trims more than once, which makes accessory listings unusually unreliable. The Triber launched here as Expression, Dynamique and Prestige and is now Evolution, Techno and Iconic; the Kiger went from Life, Zen and Intens to the same new set. So the same trim name can describe different cars, and some things sold as accessories — roof rails, fog lamps — were grade-specific equipment rather than dealer add-ons.
- Where the car was built
Renault does not build its South African range in one place, and that decides which supply chain a part comes down. The Triber is Indian-made, on a modified CMF-A platform, and the Kwid and Kiger come off the same Indian industrial base. The Sandero was imported from Romania, and every SA-spec second-generation Duster was built at Dacia's Mioveni plant there. The first-generation Captur sold here came from Renault's Valladolid factory in Spain.
It can show up in the metal, too: the first-generation Duster switched from Indian to Romanian production partway through its life, and cars.co.za observed that the Romanian-built cars appear to have benefitted from better rust-proofing and paint quality.
- What to send us
- The year and the VIN rather than the trim name off the advert. With that in front of us we can normally settle the right accessories without a back-and-forth.
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Further reading on accessories
Independent sources, not ours. Worth a look if you want the background before you enquire.
Accessories — what customers usually ask
Where can I find Renault parts in South Africa?
Franchise dealers for genuine new parts, aftermarket retailers for service items, and used-parts specialists like us for everything that is discontinued, expensive new, or only available as part of a larger assembly. Accessories sit squarely in that last group — they are rarely worth buying new and are exactly the sort of thing that comes off a car being broken. Tell us the model, the year and the trim and we will go looking.
Is Renault expensive to maintain in South Africa?
We are not going to give you a figure, because we have not seen a South African cost-of-ownership study covering the brand and inventing one would be worse than useless. What we can tell you from the parts side is more practical. The Kwid, Triber, Kiger and Sandero are simple, high-volume cars with a deep local parc, so used parts are generally easy to find. The scarcer models — the Kadjar, which had a very short local run, and the Megane RS derivatives sold in tiny numbers — are where parts get genuinely difficult and expensive.
Which trim is my Renault, and why does it matter for accessories?
It matters because the names have changed. The Triber was launched here as Expression, Dynamique and Prestige and is now Evolution, Techno and Iconic. The Kiger went from Life, Zen and Intens to the same new set. So the same trim name can mean different cars, and different trim names can mean the same car. The VIN cuts through all of it, and it is on your licence disc.
Are roof bars and tow bars worth buying used?
Generally yes, provided you can inspect them. They are expensive new, they do not really wear out, and they come off cars regularly. What to check: that all the mounting hardware is present, because that is what makes a set unusable; that a tow bar has no cracks around the welds; and that the electrics are complete if you need them. Ask us for photographs of the fittings, not just the bar.
Can you find accessories for older Renaults?
Sometimes, and it depends entirely on how many of that car are in the country. For the high-volume models we have a reasonable chance. For something like the Kadjar, which had a very short South African life, or a Megane RS derivative sold in double-digit numbers, it becomes a genuine hunt and we will tell you honestly if we think the odds are poor rather than string you along.