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We need to find a place that sells new Toyota parts for a Yari Sport in Temuco or Santiago such as a right front fender, headlight etc.I would appreciate a website for us to order them. Thank you

Why not just go to any of the many Toyota concessionaires that are in Santiago? I´ve never had troble in getting any spares for a Toyota, just by going to my local branch of Bruno Frisch. If you are wanting to get them cheap, ie probably stolen, then there are many places in 10 de Julio that will have what you want, and if they don´t , they´ll " arrange to get it for you"

You might consider calling local auto wrecking yards. They are likely to have what you want, and in the proper color as well. In the USA, wrecking yards are linked by computer, even in another state. If found, the proper part and color can be shipped to a customer by truck.

I do not know if Chile has this service, but it might be worthwhile to look into it.

The parts might fit your car much better than the cheap Chinese knock-offs that are available these days.

Just a thought.... you might be able to look for websites that can help you find the part and color you need.

Thank you very much for the help. I believe I may be able to find parts from a friend in Santiago that knows about these things.

toyota.cl has a list of franchises that sell spares if you want the original part at the original price.

JvG wrote:You might consider calling local auto wrecking yards. They are likely to have what you want, and in the proper color as well. In the USA, wrecking yards are linked by computer, even in another state. If found, the proper part and color can be shipped to a customer by truck.

I do not know if Chile has this service, but it might be worthwhile to look into it.

The parts might fit your car much better than the cheap Chinese knock-offs that are available these days.

Just a thought.... you might be able to look for websites that can help you find the part and color you need.

Ha! If they do have the service in Chile, it is powered by Flash and won't work. But I pretty sure they don't have it, would make too much sense.


Gloria, a friend of mine who drives a taxi here in Temuco might be able to get some info for you. He used to drive a Toyota Yaris. I'll ask him.

I needed a front headlight for my Toyota hilux and toyota wanted 235,000 plus installation.
I found a place on 10 de Julio.

They had a Taiwanese copy and a Chinese copy.
They showed me both.
The Chinese one at 19,000 pesos looked and felt pretty cheap but the Taiwanese one at 28,000 was pretty much the same.
The staff were very helpful.

Tomorrow I can find the name and address.

Yeah, last time I installed an aftermarket wing mirror myself (on a Ford) following a quotation for something like 150k. Now I'm getting a Toyota with a warranty for the first time, I'm curious what I can do independently if I want to preserve the warranty. Presumably replacing a headlight outside the dealer would only affect the warranty for that headlght, which was must have been damaged anyway? Maybe at a push they could also claim it affects the electrical system? I really don't have a good idea. Seems like paying for the pretty expensive Toyota maintenance is the main condition. Hope that's a sufficiently relevant follow-up question .

As for scrap yards, on the one or two occasions I have entered one I don't think there was even an office, never mind a computer . Think dumping ground with a maestro to bargain with whomever wanders past and happens to spot something useful.

Thank you all and Martin for your responses. We had an awful incident yesterday. A guy run a red light when we were turning and took part of the front passenger panel, the headlights plus messed up the alignment. An irresponsible SOB ruined our day, however we are grateful that only damages were the result of all of this. Now for the first time I'll see how the "judicial system" works. I ought to be awarded for having the most experiences in all phases of living in Chile.

Gloria, what year is the car? I don't remember when you got it. The model is a Yari Sport, 2 door?

Do you have any pics of the damage you could post? That would be helpful to see what you might need.

Temuco might have them in stock at the dealerships, but most parts are sent from a warehouse in Santiago.

years ago I was standing with a client on the sidewalk next to his car in downtown Temuco, when a colectivo hit his parked car right in front of us. My wife had just ran in to the IRS to get a RUT number for a sale we were in the middle of handling.

The colectivo driver had the balls to gets out and starts claiming it was our client's fault ( he was standing on the sidewalk 5 feet from the car, the car was parked legally, it was off, and we had 5 witnesses). Well, it was that collectivo driver's lucky day.

We had about 15 mins to get to the notary before it closed, to complete the paperwork on a $80,000 dollar property deal. If we did not do it then, the buyer was leaving the country and our client was out $80,000 dollars.

We are waiting for the police to show up and the owner of the collectivo arrives, when my wife returns from the IRS and sees the mess. A few mins go by and we realize this is not going to happen quickly, and we need to do something about this. So my wife drafts up a liability waver on the spot, tells the colectivo owner we will give him 50,000 pesos to sign the waver and go away. He was just fine with all that.

We made it to the notary and closed the deal.

Moral to that story, sometimes being right does not mean you win (or something like that).