I hate to crash this fine party of great intentions by all our fine lads on Mud...
but...
There is a WAY easier way to find parts availability [Edit: "in the USA"] than scrolling through this awesome thread.
Just go HERE and enter your part number in the search box. If a part is discontinued, you will see it. They have always been accurate for parts availability for me... although it is doubtful that their database would be 100% up-to-date perfect.
That site might be a good place to start an investigation.
None of these sites will actually give you real information. They give you canned information.
Here is an example:
http://www.toyotapartszone.com/oem/toyota~weatherstrip~rear~door~rh~67871-90A00.html
Shows as available when in fact it is discontinued.
The other side of this coin is the following: a part shows discontinued but there is actually extant stock out there available for sale.
One other aspect that the site does not show you: whether dealers have available stock of said discontinued parts (folks like CDan and I have a number of disco parts in our inventory available for sale).
So, in fact, a thread like this is useful.
