Real questions customers bring to the counter, answered in full — part numbers, fitment, costs and what to check before you buy.
Buying Guides · 8 min read
Counterfeit parts look convincing in a photograph. At the counter they give themselves away in the packaging, the weight and the part number. Here is what we check before a part goes on our shelf.
Arlington Parts Desk · 2026-07-08
Fitment Guides · 6 min read
Two Toyota oil filters cover most of the vehicles on Nigerian roads. Getting the right one is about diesel versus petrol and soot load — and how often you change it matters more than the brand on the box.
Arlington Parts Desk · 2026-06-21
Fitment Guides · 7 min read
Most Hilux brake complaints after a service are not the pad's fault. They are wrong specification, a disc below minimum thickness, or a job completed without bedding-in.
Arlington Parts Desk · 2026-05-30
Maintenance · 9 min read
Toyota's published intervals assume clean fuel, cool air and long motorway runs. Driving in Abuja and Lagos is the opposite. This is the schedule we give customers.
Arlington Parts Desk · 2026-04-18
Ordering · 5 min read
Five steps from searching the catalogue to holding the part — including the chassis-number check that prevents almost every return.
Arlington Parts Desk · 2026-08-02
Buying Guides · 6 min read
Toyota's 10-digit numbers are not random. Once you know the pattern you can spot a wrong part before you leave the counter.
Arlington Parts Desk · 2026-03-14
Maintenance · 7 min read
If the temperature gauge climbs in traffic but settles once you move, the radiator is usually not the problem. Work this list in order.
Arlington Parts Desk · 2026-02-27
Buying Guides · 6 min read
Three grades exist, and each is a legitimate choice in the right place. The problem is only when you cannot tell which one you are being sold.
Arlington Parts Desk · 2026-01-30
Company · 5 min read
A licence is not a sticker on a wall. It is the reason a genuine part can be traced, and the reason a warranty claim has somewhere to go.
Arlington Parts Desk · 2026-09-06
