Toyota vaccum hose - $7/foot

Why is Toyota vacuum hose so expensive, even compared to silicone hose?

"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Why is Toyota vacuum hose so expensive, even compared to silicone hose?
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Toyota does not sell bulk vacuum hose to dealerships so if the dealership is
selling bulk vacuum hose, they got it from another distributor.
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Ray O
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"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:1158987323.676961.237810@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> Why is Toyota vacuum hose so expensive, even compared to silicone hose?
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Some things are just a total rip for sure.

My last trip to Toyota of Garden Grove in California I bought a bunch of parts and I'm still
shaking my head for not checking closer before I tossed my $$

1- bypass coolant hose $22.00 +tax (was like a 1/2" rubber hose 4" long)
1- distributor cap & rotor that were not even OEM or good enough to use.

But then some things seem to be a great deal like when my Supra was new
the side mirror kissed a pole and it was only $85.00 Wow the whole thing
housing, motors, heater, painted and all. The OEM cat-back exhaust was under
$200 bucks back when I bought it.

GL
Dan

larry moe 'n curly wrote:[color=blue]
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Just get a comparison price from another dealer. Sometimes on small
items they mark them up too much. Check online for Toyota parts.

Toyota vacuum hose is awfully good though.

I wish now I hadn't replaced all the vacuum hose in my Toyota truck
with generic rubber vacuum hose. 1977 Truck wouldn't idle properly so I
marked and replaced every single hose.

It's lasted for years, but it's all hard and inflexible. The Toyota
vacuum hose stays pliable and grips the fittings to minimize leakage
which is why I had to replace it all in the first place.

The aftermarket hose is rock hard. The few bits of Toyota hose I have
somehow remain stretchy and tight on the fittings.

If Toyota doesn't sell bulk hose to the dealers, they're getting some
very nice stock somewhere, it had the Japanese printing in small
letters on the side of the vacuum hose.

<nospampls2002@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> larry moe 'n curly wrote:[color=green]
>> Why is Toyota vacuum hose so expensive, even compared to silicone hose?[/color]
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> Just get a comparison price from another dealer. Sometimes on small
> items they mark them up too much. Check online for Toyota parts.
>
> Toyota vacuum hose is awfully good though.
>
> I wish now I hadn't replaced all the vacuum hose in my Toyota truck
> with generic rubber vacuum hose. 1977 Truck wouldn't idle properly so I
> marked and replaced every single hose.
>
> It's lasted for years, but it's all hard and inflexible. The Toyota
> vacuum hose stays pliable and grips the fittings to minimize leakage
> which is why I had to replace it all in the first place.
>
> The aftermarket hose is rock hard. The few bits of Toyota hose I have
> somehow remain stretchy and tight on the fittings.
>
> If Toyota doesn't sell bulk hose to the dealers, they're getting some
> very nice stock somewhere, it had the Japanese printing in small
> letters on the side of the vacuum hose.
>[/color]
There are a few Japanese OEM hose suppliers that also sell to dealership
parts suppliers.
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Ray O
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That's an easy one to answer, ALL Toyota parts are expensive LOL


mike hunt


"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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Mike Hunter wrote:
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> That's an easy one to answer, ALL Toyota parts are expensive LOL[/color]

No, they're not.

Transmission pan gasket: Ford - $20+, Toyota - $8.99 (about ten years
ago)

2-prong sensor connector: Ford - $29.99, Nissan - $7.99 (two years
ago)

As has been mentioned, Toyota vacuum hose is very high quality, and
even after 20 years it's still soft, with only a few pieces cracking,
and then just at the ends. It seems much better than my Ford factory
hose was after just 2-3 years, and generally I've found Ford rubber to
be of some of the worst quality, including the suspension bushings,
some which were cracked badly in the first year of ownership. No more
Ford crap for me.