So what to do about the Burned up Day Running light Lenses?

yup! I didn't get/see the original letter they sent (im still fairly certain I didn't get one) so it wasn't until I snooped around on here that I actually came across that it was a tsb. by that time it was too late. F-me right? oh well, its only money right?

 

Funny, I have a 09 Tacoma which has never had a moments trouble and my buddy who has an F250 has it in the shop all the time.

 

So I can do some pricing/research, I'm assuming these are the new OEM part #s? From the TSB on page 2 for non sport: RH 81110-04200, and LH 81150-04200

thanks

 

Yes, those are the updated housings for the non sport model. They will have the bright chrome in the housings.

If you are a fan of the bhlm, the sports will come with almost a gun metal colored chrome. Either set will fit though.

EDIT: They are $223.38 per housing from Camelback Toyota Parts.

 

Here are photos of the base and sport headlamp housings:

base (I believe this is an original [non-TSB] housing):


sport showing the gunmetal reflector surround (mine, replaced per the TSB):



One thing i am certain of, I would not pay $450 for new headlamp housings that can be had for $150 or less on the aftermarket...

 

I call toyota about a month ago and told them that I never got the letter. They looked up my history of buying new toyotas and gave me a $500 credit toward parts or service. If you don't ask...

 

That's cool...

One thing apparently not fully understood is that all auto dealers are franchise operations (like McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, etc.), i.e. owned by someone/some entity other than Toyota.

There are good ones that really care about their customers and understand the full power of "word-of-mouth"; there are those in the middle that are OK, but when push-comes-to-shove you may have to act like an asshole, to get their attention before anything happens--and there are those that make kissy-kissy when you are buying, but really don't give a rat's back-end after the sale.

It seems you got a good one...