Why is a replacement hood insulator so expensive?

[Logansky]

A mouse chewed holes in my 22 T4R hood insulator. OK, I thought easy replacement. Until my dealer quoted me $360 !!!!!! Bullshit!
Best price I found so far is $232.00 which is better but still crazy for a little bit of nothing.
Aftermarket ones are cheap for the Gen 6, but after all these years You'd think there would be something for Gen 5.
Probably will have to just bite the bullet, but I'm not happy.

Logansky

 

[AuSeeker]

For that price I'd live with the damaged one or find one at a salvage yard!

Besides if you buy a new one that mouse will just chew a hole in it!!

 

[Trumpet]

Tear the stock crap Out, clean the sheet metal and apply dyna-mat. Sound insulation and heat control. Plus mice won't eat it.

 

[CutthroatSlam]

You can get Chinese Knock Off (CKO) equivalent of Dynamat on Temu for $53 vs the Dynamat equivalent of over $200.

 

[Saker]

A mouse chewed holes in my 22 T4R hood insulator. OK, I thought easy replacement. Until my dealer quoted me $360 !!!!!! Bullshit!
Best price I found so far is $232.00 which is better but still crazy for a little bit of nothing.
Aftermarket ones are cheap for the Gen 6, but after all these years You'd think there would be something for Gen 5.
Probably will have to just bite the bullet, but I'm not happy.

Logansky

Someone on the other 4Runner site posted this link. Toyota parts directly from Japan are less expensive including shipping.

https://yumbo-jp.com/en

 

[1000MPH]

My 2010 Trail didn’t come with it. I did add one later but it doesn’t do anything noticeable.

 

[6439Flouride]

My 2nd gen Tacoma with does *not* have a hood liner. My 5th gen 4Runner has one. Both are powered by the 1GR-FE V6 engine. I do not notice any difference related to the hood liner/lack of hood liner when driving.

OP if you feel strongly about replacing yours, do what you gotta do, but personally I would remove it if the rodent damage was sufficiently annoying.

You might also want to consider putting some peppermint oil in/around your engine compartment. Search on Amazon or equivalent for "dog scent containers" and you should be able to find some cheap aluminum ones with screw-on lids that are already perforated. Get some high quality peppermint oil, put some cotton balls or similar in the aluminum containers, and put some of the peppermint oil on the cotton.

If you secure two or three in your engine compartment and dose them with fresh peppermint oil every month or so, the rodents will stay out of your engine compartment.