Rear bed panel shortage

I have a 2015 pre-runner and these quarter panels are like out of stock. the body shop told me 900 on back order. No telling when they willl make these again. I don’t know what I’m gonna do waiting on it for 2 1/2 months.

Truck Bed Panel (Rear)
Part Number: 6550004904
Supersession(s): 65500-04904

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Guess this is a sign of the times from the pandemic

 

Any bed from '05 - '15 will work

Get a used one.

 

Yeah that’s what I told the body shop also and you know they checked there first but they’re allstate repair shop and only use Toyota

 

So the repair shop is going to keep your truck a couple years waiting on a new oem panel to become available ?

 

Yeah no kidding but you know that’s Toyota they’re pumping out new trucks and don’t wanna make these old parts. Someone told me that before the pandemic they had all these places that built the spare parts but no more

 

That’s funny. State Farm will do anything to pay 53 CENTS less to replace a headlight with an aftermarket one rather than an OEM one… be glad Allstate is using quality parts for the repair, but get on the phone with the body shop and encourage them to get used OEM parts from a truck that was in a front end collision or rusted frame or soemthing

 

Absolutely true. In fact, most insurance companies are now insisting on aftermarket crash parts - unless a smart customer demands OEM. (Most folks don't know that there's a pretty significant difference between OEM and aftermarket - even CAPA Certified - parts.) Talk to a body man at any collision shop and ask them what they think of the aftermarket parts. You'll get a long and detailed description of how much they hate them because of how badly they fit.

I know all of this because I deliver OEM parts for a large (40 dealerships) dealer group for a living. Our OEM crash parts business has absolutely gone to crap lately. Much of it is because of the insurance companies insisting on aftermarket parts. Of course, one cannot ignore the fact that the former big three have increased their part prices to bloodletting levels as a result of the recent UAW settlement.

 

I had the same issue. Truck got rear ended and took out one bed side. Body shop ordered one and 2 months later we were still waiting.

 

TRUTH

 

Like I said body shop says there’s 900 on backorder in the United States. there are none in the junkyards there is none nowhere

 

What's your location. We'll find you a bed.

 

It is a dead issue now. When they went to put the new leaf spring on, they found the frame was bent and insurance totaled the truck. But thanks for offering.

 

So you got that info from the O.P. ?

 

He’s talking about his experience. Helps if you read the entire thread.

 

Yeah, offer still stands to OP @Veeger who is probably still in need of bed sides at least... Where are you located?

 

Also, I can't tell from the part number easily if this is a 5' or 6' bed. Please confirm this for us as well. Is this the "Double Cab, Long Bed" and Driver side?

You can search https://www.car-part.com/ and sort by distance to your zip code for
"Select Part" = Bed, Pickup
or
"Select Part" = Bed Side, Pickup

 

One example: There's one in PA for $300. Sure, there will be some more costs for the body shop to prep and paint to match your truck, but at least you can get the truck back together.

 

$500 in Michigan labeled as NO DAMAGE '000' quality.

 

$CALL - this one is a 2014 and a 10 min bike ride from my place here in Denver…