are the front cv joints the same on both sides

Looking at the diagrams and part numbers, I'm more confused than before I started.

 

Definitely not. The passenger side cv axle is about twice as long as drivers side.

 

I read the OP as wondering about the joints themselves, if separable from the axle shafts, but I didn't find a good answer for that either.

 

parts.toyota.com may have received the imprimatur, but SimplePart’s presentation leaves something to be desired, especially since they started rewriting the part descriptions.

In the original EPC data from Toyota, the two images in Figure 43-02 are labeled “RH” and “LH,” and the descriptions are clear: part name codes 43030, JOINT ASSY, FRONT DRIVE INBOARD, RH, and 43040, JOINT ASSY, FRONT DRIVE INBOARD, LH, both map to the same part number, 43040-47020. In other words, the left and right CV inboard joint assemblies are the same. The boot kits are left as an exercise for the reader.

 

As long as the splines on both driveshafts are the same, and also the CV joints themselves have splines of the same sizes that are of the same sizes that fits perfectly into any of the front hubs.

So yes, they are the same.

 

In my mind the economy of scale tells me Toyota would use the same part in as many cars as they can. I mean how many different Toyota models use that exact same cruse control stalk? Like all of them. Unfortunately until you actually compare them it’s a guess. Good luck and let us know what happens. I’m sure there are plenty of people who would like to know.

 

Its not a matter of educated guess here. I have seen lots of Toyota vehicles with the SAME CV joints. I fix them myself. Its the driveshafts themselves on either sides of the vehicles, that are different.
All brands are like that. Its not just a Prius or...thing.

 

Matts right they are different lengths on each side. The trans is to the right under the hood so its over to one side. So joints are long on the passenger side short on the drivers side.

 

We know the driveshafts are of different lengths. Why we're talking is the driveshaft CV joints themselves.
Ok here's this:
Let's take the drive side for instance as n example.
One ends of the driveshaft couples to one end of the transmission, while the CV joint itself (the other end of the driveshaft), attaches to the wheel hub of the car.
Its this part(CV joint) that attaches to the hub that we're talking about.
So, yes, the driveshafts are different, but the CV joints are the SME of either sides of the front wheel hubs.
Its same like someone using either side of the rearwheel bearings interchangeably.