Apparently their legal advisors are concerned about liability and international agreements, and their parts network is not set up to provide the myriad parts for so many vehicles not imported to the USA. There's probably issues with safety testing and warranties and the possibility of incorrect or improper installation. Many countries specify required designs that comply with individual regulations unique to their country. Meeting those requirements is trouble enough for a completed model vehicle, so often times vehicles we may want to see sold in our country don't meet our country's regulations, and there's a flat out "No" and we never see it sold here.
We car enthusiasts see this as hogwash, but selective sales has been around a long time, and the parts that make-up those vehicles are also banned similarly. Yes, the H55F to be installed on a 40-series seems like an exception, but since a version of it was sold on 60-series, how you retro-fit it on something else is--so far--up to you.
I'm sure that Toyota would be happy selling parts to anyone who wants them--IF....................they could do it without any responsibility or liability, but individual countries restrict that, some more strongly than others. And on a statewide level, as someone who lives in glorious California, I've grown up watching the noose get ever-tighter about what we can and cannot do to our vehicles here--smog, environment, safety, tire disposal, cleaning solvents, etc.. It's a disgusting over-reach by politicians out of control. It hasn't changed, only gotten worse. So no real surprise that the Toyota warehouse in California refuses to sell to someone in California, or even to their own dealerships elsewhere here in the US.
"We don't sell those cars in the USA, so you have no need for any of the parts that come on them. Period."
Oh, well.
(And I would imagine even if you worked at the warehouse, you couldn't get an employee exception to buy anything they stock, so that kills that idea.)
