I’m striking out except for EBay. I’ve also tried my local NAPA and O’Rilley stores without success. I’m trying to find the left tailgate light assembly for my 2004 Toyota Sienna. Any suggestions as to where I can find one without paying the price for a new car would be appreciated. I’ve tried the local salvage yards without success as well.
Thanks!

Rock Auto, in my opinion

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Originally posted by Kuisis:
Rock Auto, in my opinion

^^^Yep.

Most of the time you can locate a place by g**gleing what you want.

https://www.google.com/search?...rome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

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Originally posted by Kuisis:
Rock Auto, in my opinion

I think my buddy must own stock in Rock Auto by now he loves them

I’ve used rock auto for my last three cars.

Another vote for rockauto.com

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Another vote for RockAuto.

You'll find yourself buying stuff you don't need yet just to expand your magnet collection.

-Rob

I like rock auto also.

I'd be weary about ebay as a lot of times they're new old parts that somebody has had sitting in their garage or who knows where for the past 5 years or they're knock off oem parts labelled as oem sometimes.

Look into these guys for lights:

https://www.carid.com/automotive-lighting.html

My order for two headlights with Rock Auto went smoothly. I'd use them again. But I don't see a "tailgate light" shown for a 2004 Sienna. I assume this is some kind of illumination light? They do show the license plate and tail lights.

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I will check rockauto.com first and get the price, then look locally and rockauto usually beats the local price every time.

LKQ is more for used engines, transmissions and the like, but might have lights.

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rockauto.com

It all depends...
I can get the bulbs I need @ rockauto.com
DORMAN 639007 {#9001009017} 5 to a pack for $12.29 shipped. Pretty good deal.

But, I can get OEM Toyota, 2 bulbs for $11.04 shipped, from toyota_scion_south ordered on ebay.
Toyota OEM 03-09 4Runner Control Knob Clock Dash Display Bulb 90010-09017

I only need two bulbs. So, in this case I'm going with the Toyota OEM. I checked with my local Toyota dealer, and it would cost about the same to pick them up, but they aren't even in stock so I might as well buy them online.

I think we need to hear from the original poster on what it is he actually needs since that seems unclear.

Another vote for Rock Auto.

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Originally posted by egregore:
LKQ is more for used engines, transmissions and the like, but might have lights.

Lkq is for any commonly recycled vehicle part. Lights especially.

Only thing I can add from my (seriously) long time in auto dealership parts departments in GM dealerships.

With the rise in online presence if you find a dealer advertising a very low sale price be wary. While I was still in the business I would get customers bringing in a page that they printed off the website offering a new GM part at maybe three to five percent over dealer cost. Without looking at the price screen I pretty much could guess what the dealer cost of a part was.

Those dealers that advertise low sale prices (unless it is truly a "dog" part they want to get rid of they will make up for it with inflated shipping and handling charges that you will not find until you are on the checkout screen. Many times net you are saving ten to fifteen percent off retail.

A lot of dealerships will give their counterpeople leeway in pricing, it never hurts to ask politely.

A good relationship with your local dealership can be a benefit, try getting a online answer to an obscure question like changing a transfer case in a mid 80's GM truck from a 208 to a 205 (I know this is a stretch but us old timers know what to do) or to spend time determining why the part you looked up and bought for your 2012 Tahoe does not fit (nobody checked to see if it was a 9C1 equipped vehicle!)

Not to say parts people are always right, I just found this out with my Jeep and a radio swap, dealers said that I could not upgrade to the touch screen, both the brick and mortar stores and onlines said the same thing, on a Jeep forum I found out otherwise.

We are (or were) not always perfect though.