Toyota genuine parts suck.

Know the feeling. Biggest annoyance is how inconsistent their prices can be. On my Vienta for instance, I only paid $150+GST for a complete front bumper bar assembly from Toyota Spare Parts, yet was charged over $200 per side for a pair of driveshaft CV boots, which is just a couple of lumps of rubber. Only seem to be reasonable where the parts are Aussie made (ie. bumper).

Welcome to the parts game.
All the dealerships do that, the prices are nothing short of complete rip offs,
I worked in spare parts for several years and some prices are out of this world.
IE Toyota g/box bearings, exactly the same bearings from the same manafacture
without the toyota part numbers were about 50 to 80 percent cheaper.

see ya later Bushy04

On the other hand i bought a new non genuine door regulator(winder) from the wreckers and it was crap and only lasted 3 months.

Stitch and others don't look at these things in isolation and by the way all manufacturers do the same thing re pricing otherrwise the price to buy the new vehicles would be much higher. Remember they have to keep parts available for some time and there is a lot of parts that they end up getting stuck with.

All I can say is on the face of it $180 is a bit steep but did you negotiate with the salesman. Most salesman I know would discount because they know they are a bit overpriced.

I gues yor car is 10 - 15 years old. How many genuine parts have you had to put on in that time? apart from servicing and accessories?? Probably less than $100 per year. That is chap motoring.

Now ask yourself honestly. If Toyota's were all made with the el cheapo $31 plus postage parts and I mean every part on the vehicle how much a year do you think you would have to spend to keep your rig on the road.

I dare say there would never be a good thing said about Toyota and none would get sold because of unreliability.

As I said don't look at things in isolation look at the big picture.

Depends on the parts. I think mainly the slow moving parts are expensive. I always go for genuine first, and if I don't like the price, I phone around aftermarket.

To give some other examples:

4 new genuine Prado shocks (Jap made Tokico) cost me $220 last year - cheapest aftermarket was well over double that.

Ryco oil filters and air filters usually cost about the same as Toyota after negotiating a discount. The Toyota air filters are washable.

Genuine wheel nuts and studs were about $4-5 each.

I use genuine Nissan oil filters on other vehicles we own because they are $8 each instead of over $10 for Ryco.

Buy a fan belt from Toyota and it will always fit perfectly; buy aftermarket and in my experience 50% have a problem with fit. Toyota belts and hoses are relatively cheap.

Toyota brand new long motors are about the same price as recond motors elsewhere.

Toyota Kimberley alloy wheels for Prados, and Royale wheels for 78/79/105 were selling for about $100 each a couple of years ago.

I have always found that the dealer's parts guys know their stuff. Maybe I've just been lucky.............

Cheers
Phil

I saved abot 150 dollars getting a non genuine panel for my 75 well after the considerable reworking required to get a half decent fit that 150 dollars was looking like it would have been money well spent