How To Repair Garnish On Toyota Prius

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Like many 2nd generation Priuses, my rear lift gate garnish broke off. The plastic connection points on the inside of the garnish snapped years ago and the piece held okay for a few years until it finally needed to exist assistance in place with blueish painter'south tape to keep it from falling off.

I called v of the closest Toyota dealerships to become quotes for this repair and they all came back between $550 and $750. I was inspired by this video to come upwards with a cheaper DIY pick. After doing my own research on what bonding agent would work all-time, I decided on epoxy and ordered this kind. I did the repair a few days ago and I'yard incredibly impressed with how easy it was to exercise and how strong the bond is. The whole thing took about 45 minutes.
I'm also calculation a few photos to show the last production. I know non everybody wants to exercise DIY stuff similar this on their car, simply I personally didn't want to dump hundreds of dollars into this and figured in that location might be others out there who might desire to see this data.

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Maybe simply mail service the pics in this thread? And did yous have whatever pics of the repair process? You removed the slice and applied two-part epoxy from the back? Any reinforcement, say Fiberglas mesh, or?
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I suppose that's one fashion of doing it. More than one way to get the chore done!
I've never seen a rearview camera fail or the hatch release push neglect, so those likely wont be a problem. The license plate bulbs? That could be a future effect if your local po-po is strict on those. Did you install new bulbs before epoxying? or are they still accesible? Been a year or so since I've swapped any.
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No, I didn't accept any photos of the process and I didn't utilize any reinforcements. In terms of the steps, I removed and cleaned the garnish and and so applied epoxy all effectually the inside border before attaching it to the door. I did have to hold information technology in place for xx or so minutes for the bonding to finalize. Better than spending $500+, though!
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Cheers! Yes, I installed new bulbs. Should be adept to go every bit long as the car's around!
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I made a similar repair on my 2006 Prius lift gate garnish twice over the last 15 years. The garnish has 4 metal bolts which are held captive by plastic bosses. Unremarkably the plastic boss cracks and the commodities is no longer held captive. The first time I used JB Weld Plastic Weld and the 2nd time I used the Steelstick production for the repair. The first repair, I used the epoxy to hold the croaky plastic pieces dorsum in identify. The second repair, I put the bolts in position and then molded the epoxy around them and the plastic dominate. I would propose putting masking tape around the threads of the bolts then you don't get epoxy in the threads of the bolt.