inlexus

Does anyone have any experience buying OEM Lexus body parts - specifically, large ones? My hood is dimpled from hail and I'd like to get a new one sprayed and put on, but shipping a used hood is expensive and nobody in the salvage business wants to do it.(I've looked at car-part already). I'd like to avoid going to Keystone/Certifit route (I've had lackluster experiences with parts not fitting correctly, etc.).

Do you have a preferred source for OEM Lexus body parts?

chiph9

When I ordered my trailer hitch (also a large/awkward/heavy part) it turned out that once you factored in shipping, the dealer was cheapest. Because they get regular LTL truck deliveries and the cost of that is included in the price, whereas ordering online the shipping is added separately. And you have to deal with the possibility of the box getting crushed, etc. If it shows up damaged at the dealer, they handle the return & exchange for you.

Chip H.

IanB2

You can try partsouq or amiyama, but the shipping is going to be huge, I'd be surprised if it was still cheaper by much.

There's 4 different part #'s, no idea the difference, 2 are Canada spec, no idea why that matters, and then a couple year ranges. I imagine any of them would work, and they all supercede to 5330160501 anyways. Shows as $388US, shipping is $838US to me in Canada on Partsouq.