I guess its true, tried to order the matt gray ones from conicelli toyota parts and was just told this. :wow2:
Reading that message, it sounds like the TRD Pro Wheels will eventually restock and the stop sale will be lifted some time during the summer.
I also put an order in too late and was told something very similar. Stop sale, but will restock some time during the summer.
I saw a couple other toyota online part dealers that gave a similar message too:
- https://www.trdshop.com/oem-parts/t...heel-black-currently-unavailable-ptr2035110bk
- Genuine OEM*Toyota*TRD 17-IN. MATTE BLACK ALLOY WHEEL*| PTR2035110BK : Toyota Parts Online | Olathe Toyota Parts Center
I've been eyeing these wheels for several months and didn't pull the trigger in time, so I was super bummed to hear about the stop sale.
I got into research mode and read through a bunch of threads, including every post in this 77 page thread:
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/121417-info-these-trd-wheels.html
I noticed people reported stop sales on these wheels during the Feb-April of 2014, 2015, and now in 2017. During these stop sales, people reported that parts dealers were requiring a TRD Pro VIN to get these wheels. However, the stop sales in 2014 & 2015 were eventually lifted and they started selling them to customers again (without TRD Pro VINs).
Also, every year in July-September, all the major car companies start selling the next years' models.
After noticing this pattern, my hypothesis is that Toyota issues stop sales on these wheels while they're building the next year's fleet of TRD Pros (2014's stop sale was in prep for 2015 TRD Pros, 2015's stop sale was in prep for 2016 TRD Pros), so this stop sale is in preparation for building the 2018 TRD Pros that will start selling in the summertime.
All that being said, I'm still holding out hope that this stop sale will eventually be lifted as well so that I can FINALLY get a set of these wheels!
If summer passes and these don't restock, I guess I'll just settle for the FN f(x) pro wheels...
For anyone that's reading this, please don't take this as concrete facts. This is just what I think is the case after reading loads and loads of content on this forum, on the T4R facebook group, and a bunch of online toyota parts sites.