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Hello,
I'm about to become an owner of a 2007 Avalon Limited. Car has 217k on it. Transmission shifts smooth - no kicking. Overall car drives nice. Interior is close to an "A" (for its age), save the small crack in dashboard, which is apparently a common issue
I inspected its bottom. The only glaring issue I've noticed is a torn/burst boot of tie road right next to the steering rack, passenger side. My understanding is that the rack's seals are gone and leaking steering fluid caused the boot to burst.
New Toyota rack is about $500, tie rods are about $95 each. That's about $700. There's Cardone New (not remanufactured) steering rack + tie rods for ~$400.
1. Is it worth a shot? I'm not familiar with the brand at all.
2. What else should I replace "while in there"?
I'm not familiar with Toyotas at all, I cut my teeth on W124 Mercedes (1985-95 E class). With Mercedes I stick with genuaine parts, but often one can buy Lemforder for suspension, Bosch for ignition, Erling for various gaskets, etc for cheaper then genuaine, but they are identical to genuaine, just without the Mercedes star stamp. What are equivalent brands for Toyota that are identical to genuaine parts?
Lastly. The cheapest place for genuine Toyota parts I have found thus far is sparksparts.com. Does anyone know of an even cheaper online source?
Thanks!
I'm about to become an owner of a 2007 Avalon Limited. Car has 217k on it. Transmission shifts smooth - no kicking. Overall car drives nice. Interior is close to an "A" (for its age), save the small crack in dashboard, which is apparently a common issue
I inspected its bottom. The only glaring issue I've noticed is a torn/burst boot of tie road right next to the steering rack, passenger side. My understanding is that the rack's seals are gone and leaking steering fluid caused the boot to burst.
New Toyota rack is about $500, tie rods are about $95 each. That's about $700. There's Cardone New (not remanufactured) steering rack + tie rods for ~$400.
1. Is it worth a shot? I'm not familiar with the brand at all.
2. What else should I replace "while in there"?
I'm not familiar with Toyotas at all, I cut my teeth on W124 Mercedes (1985-95 E class). With Mercedes I stick with genuaine parts, but often one can buy Lemforder for suspension, Bosch for ignition, Erling for various gaskets, etc for cheaper then genuaine, but they are identical to genuaine, just without the Mercedes star stamp. What are equivalent brands for Toyota that are identical to genuaine parts?
Lastly. The cheapest place for genuine Toyota parts I have found thus far is sparksparts.com. Does anyone know of an even cheaper online source?
Thanks!
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