I needed parts for my 2002 100-series:
- 87931-60801 - Door Mirror Glass (Right)
- 87908-60841 - Actuator Assy, Outer Mirror, RH
I performed an exhaustive search to determine where to purchase inexpensive OEM parts with (hopefully) free shipping.
Summary
For the first item, three online dealers had the best prices:
- Serra Toyota of Decatur - best price. Free shipping on $75+ orders.
- Lewis Toyota of Topeka - nearly identical price (it was $0.06 more than Decatur). Free shipping on $75+ orders.
- Ourisman Toyota of Richmond (formerly McGeorge) - Prices similar to the first two dealers, but $13.07 shipping fee eliminated them.
- This part was not available from Partsouq or eBay.
- For both Serra and Lewis, I had to add an oil filter (part no. 90915-YZZD3) for $4.52 and an oil drain plug crush washer (part no. 90430-12031) for about $1.40 to get my total over $75 to get free shipping.
- The oil drain plug crush washer was where Serra beat Lewis. Serra charged $1.37 each. Lewis wanted $1.43. A difference of 6 cents.
For the second item, it was a different story.
- I purchased the OEM part from eBay from a seller located in Japan. It was nearly $100 less. The part will ship from Japan.
Cost: Part: $74.00 + Shipping: $12.89 + Tax: $5.87 + Colorado Retail Delivery Fee: $0.31 = Order total : $93.07. Import fees are included.
- This was much cheaper than any dealership. Lowest cost from a dealer was $168.10 from Ourisman Toyota of Richmond. Serra and Lewis had identical pricing at $176.40.
- eBay was cheaper than Partsouq as well. Partsouq had 2 choices: $137.54 (dispatch within 24 hours) or $114.62 (2-3 days).
Details
Here are the breakdowns from the 11 dealers for both parts. For some of these, I partially went through the checkout process so I could see shipping fees. These are roughly ordered from cheapest to most expensive.
Serra Toyota of Decatur
87931-60801 - $71.06
87908-60841 - $176.40
Nationwide Free Shipping
Total:
$247.46
Lewis Toyota of Topeka
87931-60801 - $71.06
87908-60841 - $176.40
Nationwide Free Shipping
Total:
$247.46
Ourisman Toyota of Richmond
87931-60801 - $67.97
87908-60841 - $168.10
Estimated Shipping: $16.94
Estimated Total:
$253.01
Winner on cheapest parts but they didn't have free shipping.
OEM Parts Online
87931-60801 - $70.13
87908-60841 - $173.33
Est. shipping: $14.81
Estimated Total:
$258.27
This is a Toyota dealership with a cool name for their online part biz. They came in 4th place. I will shop this website again.
Toyota Parts Delivered
87931-60801 - $76.62
87908-60841 - $188.67
Another Toyota dealership with a cool name for their online part biz.
Toyota Parts Overstock
87931-60801 - $73.53
87908-60841 - Part not available
Est. Shipping & Handling: $17.95
Another Toyota dealership with a cool name for their online part biz. It was weird that the second part was unavailable from them.
Toyota Parts Deal
87931-60801 - $72.91
87908-60841 - $177.93
Estimated Shipping & Handling: $12.27
Estimated Order Total:
$263.11
This Toyota dealer is located in South El Monte, CA.
Toyota Parts Factory
87931-60801 - $76.62
87908-60841 - $182.53
This Toyota dealer is located in Phoenix, AZ.
Toyota of Olathe (Kansas)
87931-60801 - $84.28
87908-60841 - $179.47
Their prices are not even close to Lewis Toyota of Topeka. Both in Kansas.
Stevinson West Toyota
87931-60801 - $78.47
87908-60841 - $194.81
Nationwide Free Shipping
Total:
$295.52
Our local fave was one of the priciest options.
Longo Toyota Parts
87931-60801 - $82.18
87908-60841 - $204.01
Longo took the prize for most $$$ parts.
Observations on Toyota Dealers
- Once you visit a bunch of these website, you notice that there are essentially two online parts platforms.
- What I consider the "new" platform is used by Serra (Decatur), Lewis (Topeka), Stevinson West, and many others.
- When you register for the "new" platform, you create an account on Toyota.com, not for the dealer. I am assuming that means I can use this account for any dealer that uses the "new" parts platform.
- Creating your account and logging in gives you an additional 5% discount. (new platform only)
- For both Serra and Lewis, I added an oil filter and crush washer to bump my order over $75 to get free shipping. When the 5% discount got applied, this took the order below $75, but thankfully didn't kill the free shipping.
- The "older" platform is used by Ourisman Toyota of Richmond and many others. I kind of prefer the older platform because it's easier to use and the part names are more descriptive (at least in this comparison).
- None of the dealers using the "older" platform had the free shipping deal for $75+ orders. But that doesn't mean your order total will always be more $$. Ourisman was only about $5 more expensive than Serra and Lewis because their parts were cheaper.
Observations on other options for OEM parts
- eBay is worth checking everytime if you have part numbers. I also found a smokin' deal on the 6-piece door belt molding for my 80-series that was $250 cheaper than buying the parts from a dealer. Seriously, check eBay, my friends.
- It's also worthwhile to enter the part number into Google Search. I found a bunch of other deals for parts using this method, plus additional sellers on eBay.
- Both eBay and Google show options for non-OEM parts mixed in with OEM, so be aware of what you're buying before you click the buy button.
- Partsouq didn't win this one, but they often have great deals. Plus their website has great parts diagrams.
Yeah, I spent like 3 hours on this. But I know where I will go the next time I need parts.
