100 | hours on the phone and computer looking for it. | | That part is a fact. I was simply asking for reasons why. | | Norm | | and screw you |
You remind me of the dog that bites the hand that feeds him!! I will sell you the one that is on my '87 4X4 now. It is dented, rusted and bent. BUT!-- it is used. Make me an offer? Oh!, You pay the shipping from Texas too!
Of all the people on this newsgroup to say "Screw You" to, MDT Tech is probably the person you *least* want to. Just MHO, but seems like a bad hill to die on.
Besides, he said the place he works stocks them, so.... WTF is the problem... You'll probably not find a cheap used one. Just bite the bullet and buy a new one. You will be happy.
Huh, I can walk up to our rear counter man, tell him I'd like a chrome one and walk away with it in about 2 minutes (he has to go upstairs to get it) so if you spend 100 hours on the phone looking for it, maybe try looking in a different spot. Mainly a dealers parts dept???
The question is "Why is the rear chrome step bumper for the 89 - 95 Toyota pickup (READ OEM) almost impossible to find at salvage yards from Maine to Florida and PA to CA?"
Part Number 0028-35911-13 is avaliable from my local dealer for $215.00. That is not the point.
I posed this question to several auto salvage professionals. This answer was, that is the first item to go when a wreck comes in. Sooo, WHY is the first thing to go? Nobody seems to know that.
I have my own theory. The Toyota OEM rear bumper is a sub-standard piece of crap. Of the 50 plus junk yards I called, I was told that the ones in stock were all rusted out. Exactly! That is the reason I initiated this quest in the first place.
BTW my rear bumper (OEM not aftermarket) was replaced due to collision in
1996, so it is only 8 years ols and rusted through. The front bumper is original (15 years old) and not a speck of rust.
So, the original reason for my first post is to either support of refute my hypothesis.
Norm, the OEM rear step bumper center section from those years was made up of several flat steel plates wrapped on the top, bottom and back side by a THIN chromed steel veneer, water gets trapped between the plates, especially if the plastic hole covers are removed and they start to expand due to rust so you end up with a warped bumper in a couple of years. Really a poor design on Toyotas part especially since the rest of the vehicle is almost bullit proof. I was on my 3rd one and was going to replace it with an aftermarket step bumper (JCW, around $175) when someone elses insurance paid to replace it after a minor rear end collision. All the used ones are probably rusted and any good used ones are snapped up quickley to replace a rusted one.
HEY NORM THEY FLAME ME FOR MY CAPS LOCK TOO. DON'T FEEL BAD. ALMOST MAKES ME SAD THAT I'M A TOYOTA OWNER, EVIDENTLY THIS IS THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT OWN THEM. HEY, BY THE WAY GUYS, I DRIVE IN THE LEFT LANE TOO, WHY, I LIVE IN MISSOURI AND IT'S MUCH SMOOTHER THAN THE RIGHT. OCCASIONALLY I WILL YIELD TO A MORON BEHIND ME THAT WANTS TO SPEED BUT, ONLY IF I KNOW THERE'S A COP AHEAD. :-)
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