Borroughs Flexi-Bin Shelving for Auto Parts Stores in Utah

The counter wall. The wall directly behind the registers is the most valuable storage in the store. We usually put the highest-volume small parts here on divided Flexi-Bin units, with fluids and bulky top sellers on the lower shelves. Borroughs offers 84-in. single-face and double-face trim panels (13100-000 and 13101-000), which help when customers look straight at the run all day.

Commercial accounts. Stores that deliver to repair shops need a place for pulled orders. Our page on wholesale parts delivery staging covers that area in detail, and the same counter ideas used in dealerships are in our parts counter and will-call storage guide.

Back-room hard parts. This is where Flexi-Bin earns its keep. Long rows of divided units hold line after line in sequence, so a counter person can walk to a known location instead of searching. Back-to-back rows down the middle of the room roughly double the shelf faces of a wall-only layout.

Returns and cores. Keep warranty returns and cores on their own marked shelves, away from sellable stock. Our returns and core storage page has a fuller plan for stores with heavy core traffic.

A typical store mix. For a counter wall we often start with FB107 units, then FB105 and FB106 units for the back-room small-parts lines, an FB108 for loose hardware and FB101 or FB103 units for rotors and brake pads. Your line count, box sizes and room shape decide the real numbers.

Custom runs. Slide-in shelves (02720-099), sliding dividers in 1-1/2, 3, 4-1/2 and 6-inch heights, drawers (04432-099) and drawer dividers (04436-099) are all sold separately. A store can re-divide a unit later instead of replacing it, the same way the St. George Ford dealership in our case study added drawers and shelves to existing frames.

Color. Borroughs lists seven Flexi-Bin colors: black, blue, industrial gray, mist gray, pebble, red and white. Many stores pick a color that matches their brand for the counter wall and a neutral gray for the back room.

Drawers for the smallest parts. Drawers keep loose items from spilling across a shelf, and Borroughs equips its Flexi-Bin drawers with a backstop that prevents accidental removal. Optional drawer dividers split each drawer further. In a store, a bank of drawers near the counter often replaces several loose parts cabinets.

Anchoring. Tall shelving in Utah retail spaces is commonly anchored, especially where customers stand near the run. Borroughs offers a post foot angle (08702-829) for anchoring Flexi-Bin angle posts to the floor. Your local building official and your landlord or corporate standards set the requirement; we design to the criteria your team provides. Our parts room shelving anchoring guide covers the common questions.

Working around open hours. Most stores cannot close for a refit. We plan deliveries and installation in phases, often one aisle or one section of the counter wall at a time, so the store keeps selling while new units go in.