The Arch Bishop
Active member
Spares are not a problem in fact - I heavily researched it before I bought the car. You can still buy the cross member from your local Toyota garage. It's north of £300 but in reality, that's not so bad.
As for it appearing in 1000 miles, I suspect it's been pretty bad for the last 3 years looking at it, but it's quite hard to spot when it's on the car as it's covered by the cat' that hangs below it. Also worth considering that they rust from the inside out (bit like Puma rear arches) so the metal was probably sound-ish looking from the outside but paper-thin. Glad I wasn't driving it around like that!!
As for it appearing in 1000 miles, I suspect it's been pretty bad for the last 3 years looking at it, but it's quite hard to spot when it's on the car as it's covered by the cat' that hangs below it. Also worth considering that they rust from the inside out (bit like Puma rear arches) so the metal was probably sound-ish looking from the outside but paper-thin. Glad I wasn't driving it around like that!!