You have to be kidding me

[ryansmith]

Good idea, I have my suspension now, we might go lower at the same time then. do you know his sf screen name? cheers

 

[mytmk3]

I have pre 89 yellow foglights dunno if they work they wernt wired up not after the world for them

Also shineauto project plus kiwishipping is actualy quite reasonable if you were thinking that way

 

[#04]

I have a 92 one on my wall from the 1/2 cut...

I had no idea it was worth 1oz of GOLD.... sweet, also not for sale...

 

[Whales]

Apologies if the Champion Toyota site is BS but if not what's the score here then:

http://www.trademotion.com/parts/in...make=Toyota&action=oePartSearch&siteid=213747

 

[Nick M]

http://www.toyotapartszone.com/oem/toyota~cover~front~spoiler~76851-14030.html

A retailer I use because I prefer the parts search system also has it at $295 USD. Good find on Champion.

 

[IJ.]

Last Lip I bought here was $240 AUD.

 

[Jeff Lange]

Imagine having to be the person to have to tell people these prices. I want to smash my face off the desk every time someone asks to buy a new hubcap for their car ($105-$130 roughly per hubcap from Toyota Canada), I feel like the worlds largest asshole.

Meh, lol.

Jeff

 

[Canuckrz]

Not everyone is a bad-ass soulless Toyota supercomputer Flange.

 

[te72]

The rationality behind the pricing is some people who have dick loads of money and want brand new parts will pay that amount, and since stuff like this is obviously no longer produced jacking the price up helps ensure that they still have them kicking around for those who really want them. It's lame for the majority of us, but if stuff like this was actually a reasonable price, next to nothing would be available for our cars anymore as the remaining stock would be decimated. I don't necessarily agree with all of the pricing but there is some reasoning behind the madness.

Honestly, it makes little sense for a business (at least here in the US) to hang onto inventory any longer than necessary. You get taxed on it, every year, just for having it. Not to drag this into a politics debate, but it's actually smarter in the long run to just sell these sorts of things for what you can get for them.

What I'm getting at, is it never hurts to try to negotiate. I don't work for Toyota, but where I do work, we have some stuff that has enough dust on it that you might need an archaeological team to figure out what it is. This stuff tends to be either expensive, or very use/need specific. If someone shows ANY interest in it, I try to get rid of it, for as little as I can without getting accounting on my ass for not making us any money.

Kind of makes me want a lip that much more now I know of the cost. Maybe that Shine Auto website would be better for me...

I will vouch for Shine, they make really nice stuff. Got a room full of their parts: