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Originally Posted by cosmo22nov
Don't mean to hi-jack, but I am about to do a dash replacement myself with a clean one from the junk yard. Does anyone know if there is a difference between the 03-05 dash and the 06-09? Toyota calls out different part numbers but I can't see any physical difference between the two. My 4Runner has the JBL system with the center speaker and they're much easier and cheaper to find in the 06-09's.
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Mounting is likely identical, especially if the associated hardware stayed the same except for the pad itself. Either connecting parts or the body mounting points themselves would have to change if the dash pad structure was changed in some way with the part number change.
The part number change *probably* indicates when Toyota switched suppliers/materials for the dash pad after the original material was found to have problems with heat/humidity. This wouldn't require changing the mold for the dash pad. You could cross reference to some degree by finding a copy of the TSB for the dash pad replacement...IIRC, it only covered the first few years of 4th Gen production, not the entire run...maybe there's a correlation with the part number change. Who knows, maybe those of us who got replacements under warranty simply received the '06+ part number as well.