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Like many others, my 94's tailgate cover was falling apart and interfering with the tailgate operation. The root cause is failure of the 1/8" hardboard that gives the cover structure, plus failure of the binding at the edge of the carpet. The missing section is where your hand goes when...

The Amazon replacement part worked for me. This was before trimming, OEM on the left, Amazon on the right: I had to trim down the horizontal surface above the barbs to make room for the thicker connecting rod than intended, but it seems like there's still more material than the OEM has...

That part image looks correct, but the description shows "LH" in the description. That's what's got me confused. It looks like it's configured for passenger controls on the left. I need one that's for the RH side and with the passenger configuration, the lock switch and one window switch...

I need what I believe is called a "Toyota Panel Front Armrest Base Upper RH " for my 94 US FZJ80. I think my overseas parts search is complicated by the fact the driver gets 3 extra buttons for window control, and I keep finding right side panels with the three extra driver buttons. Is...

That's it!!!! The unique characteristic of this screw is a metal cylinder between the threading and the head, allowing the rod to have some free play and slide back and forth 1/4 inch or so.

Amazing!!! THANK YOU!!!!! This is the best forum in existence! T.

So it appears the bar is the now discontinued 72501-60020..... I'm still trying to figure out what to do about the missing specialty screw, a screw with a cylindrical shaft to allow travel.

I've got a Dec 1994 FZJ80 with manual seats and am fixing a failed recline mechanism on my front passenger seat. The online part diagrams don't seem to match what I've got. Each seat uses two recline mechanisms similar to the 7251090K02 shown below. There's a bar between the two recline...

Does anyone need my old cowls, free to a mudder who can put them to use? They're perfectly functional, but show their age with the gray-black deterioration. T.

I just pulled off my original right side cowl and the part is marked 55781-60130, so it looks like sunny Southern California lexus got the cold area spec from the start. I'm original owner on this 2006 LX, and it came from Japan to the Long Beach port before being sold in San Diego. I went to...

I'm at 120K for this vehicle so I opted to replace instead of just repack. It's about $80 in parts for koyo on both wheels, and I should be good until 250K+ miles.

The Toyota Factor Service Manual shows the front bearings themselves as non-reusable parts, but the service schedule shows bearing repacks at 30K service intervals. Can anyone explain this discrepancy? Thanks, T.

While I'm fixing the mounting brackets on my projector assembly, I'd love to replace the bezel and shutter as they've faded to a very different color from the rest of the still like-new dash. The Lexus parts shows as unavailable, but the Toyota parts can still be found. Does anyone know if...

One more here... My 2006 LX has had ALL of the projector cowling brackets break so I'm going in to see what I can MacGyver. I'd imagine that many of the functional problems are because these things are all going out. Based on access info above, thanks very much, I'm going in with some JB...

I've got a 2006 LX and I wanted to replace the cowl vents, but the Lexus part appears to be unavailable. Does anyone know if there are differences between the LX part and the LC part? LC parts are still available, listed here...