Cost of Genuine Toyota parts

George,

Try EBay, these ones are for a 98-02 model, but the mob selling them might be able to help.

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Hi George.

Sorry i can't help you with the tail light lens, but you have made my day!
As far as my family are concerned I am the only person in the world silly enough to reverse into the wheely bin.
(mind you I have done it twice ",")

David

George,

Not much help to you but I would hazzard a guess that the cost is high because you would be buying the full quarter panel light assembly, rather than just the outer lens. That appears to be the way most light assemblies are made now.

When you say, "No real damage", did you check the wheelie bin. It may have been one of those "disguised" road cameras.
You could have caused thousands of dollars damage to some high tech equipment mate:-)

It would be a insurance job then ,, O what a feeling!!!!!

It's just typical of the motor companies.
I put a set of muddies on the Navara for the trip to the cape today and i thought i might get a couple of steel Nissan rims to mach the 2 i already have to make a set rather than stripping the tyres of the alloys every time i want use them. I asked how much for the steel spare wheels. $265.00 each thank you.
My reply was, no i only just want the wheels not the tyres as well.
No sense of humour when the spare parts guy said that tyres weren't included.
My response then was , No thanks , i can buy a complete set of alloys for that much and 5 Sunrasias for half that much

Ahhhhh Troopy and wreckers go together like sonny and cher .

There are people who specialise in repairing plastic lenses.
A local mob did a repair on my son's 4WD taillight and I could not pick it- it was that good. A fraction of the price of a new one.
Look in the yellow pages.

Try wreckers but a 2006 model might be hard to come by. The ebay advice may be good. Non genuine parts but just as good. I'm very happy with the supply of cheap parts from wreckers for my 92 GQ. I don't ever plan on buying a fourby less than 5 years old, too many repair bills from tracks.

Barnesy

You got it right first time--sticky tape does the job .I've had mine taped for 2 years now with no worries.

We used to go through the same agony with our Tarago. One item replaced as an idler arm in the front steering that failed rego check. $395 in 1988 dollars. Nearly 400 bucks for a bent piece of metal with three bushes.

My theory is that Toyota spares are made by a group of those Japanese "Living National Treasures" that carve them out of solid blocks of alloy and plastic a chip at a time.

Cheers

Pete

Just been scrolling thru Landcruiser on Ebay , tail lights for your 100 series both l/r sides $200 as "buy it now "

OH ,
NOW I KNOW WHY THEY SAY ((BUGGER)))

Without wishing to kick off the usual slanging match, are Nissan parts generally cheaper than Toyota?

Just interested I guess.

Matt.

If it makes you feel any better George, I reversed into a steel bin in a parking bay with the door open...and bent it all the way forward (stupid moment)

Also...I busted a normal plastic side mirror while 4x4ing....Nissan stated $260 for a new one...

Found a set at a garage sale for $5...and i even got a spare :-)

As mentioned above...try ebay.

Rev

Some lowlife cretin smashed tail lights a few months back at my local shopping centre. The Jack had the tail light in the rear bumper broken and Holden's price was $760, I eventually found one at a wrecker for $60....

About 30 years ago in Adelaide some clown build a mini from spare parts as a stunt. Cost of new mini at the time about $3,000. His new car was around $20,000!

Mine was a Nissan rear quarter bumper (had a tree leap from nowhere and leave an ugly crease). Mr Nissan said $350 for the rubber part excluding any mounts etc WTF, its just a piece of rubber. There you go mr toyo and Nissan do talk to each other on how to fleece the buyers of spare parts. Was lucky to find one second hand. The places that do ute type conversions sometimes have them for sale - another good place to try.

Kind regards

Patrol parts ar steep also. I paid $25.85 for a clutch pedal rubber for the GU.. I was dissapointed when he dropped it on the counter, I thought it was going to be the entire pedal assembly!!! LOL!!!

At $456.00 youd expect the tail light lens to be unbreakable..! Oh what a feeling, at least the car didn't break itself, shop around and hang until you get one at the right price. It's all well and good for Toyota to advertise "Use Genuine Toyota Parts" but when they sting you like that, bleep em..!

Just had to replace the Vehicle Speed Sensor when the speedo died on the 80 series a few months ago .... $360 from Toyota ...... $30 from wreckers.