broken front lip! HELP! - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

justaddlove · 02-05-2008, 08:03 PM

Hi folks

The other day I slid off the road in my 07 camry SE, went over a big lump of ice and broke the corner off the front lip of my camry. I was lucky it was right below the fog light and I didn't break the light. So now, the car is totally lopsided with a chunk of the plastic of the front lip broken off.

I stopped and picked the piece of lip off the road. I went to toyota today to price the lip and they quoted me 300 cdn dollars and "unknown" amount of hours to put it on at 75 dollars per hour.

I don't want to spend this cash and the piece broken off is no bigger than 10 inches x 3.5 inches. Is there a way to glue the thing on?, or is there a place that can paste it back on the lip?, will it fall off again if so?, am I doomed?, damn the crazy winters in canada. Thanks for the input folks.

liquidi3ladz · 02-05-2008, 08:24 PM

Pics of the damage?

njerald · 02-05-2008, 08:37 PM

Use epoxy and reinforce on the backside.

liquidi3ladz · 02-05-2008, 09:16 PM

+1

**PRINCESS PEACH** · 02-05-2008, 09:46 PM

well, you can get the razzi front lip? I'm pretty sure it covers the bolt holes that the SE kit leaves behind. 300 from toyota for a stock SE actually sounds pretty good coming from a dealership. i expected around 500.

***CharmCityES*** · 02-05-2008, 09:50 PM

hell for 300 bucks id just replace that shit with a nice clean oem one

***Yazovets*** · 02-05-2008, 10:22 PM

$300 is acceptable. I recommend actually buying the thing from the dealer (make sure it's painted) and then maybe have a well-known body shop put the thing on.

The body shop won't necessarily have much cheaper hourly rates, but they won't try to charge you some crazy 3 hours of work or whatever.

njerald · 02-05-2008, 10:24 PM

http://www.trademotion.com/partlocat...07&catalogid=2

Painting the spoiler is more than the piece itself.

Netforcer · 02-05-2008, 10:30 PM

does it look something like this?

Happened to me last year

Trojan · 02-05-2008, 10:33 PM

PM a seller on ebay by the name of "theonlinebodyshop" for just the SE LIP cover.

Seller stated that they would paint match it for your Camry. Part plus the paint would be 300 dollars.

Shipping..is seperate though.

That's what I got quoted for just the SE lip cover painted.

Netforcer · 02-05-2008, 10:35 PM

after the repair... you can see the discolor

Epsilon · 02-06-2008, 08:22 AM

Just save up and get the job done when you have the extra cash to spare. But yeah, make sure you get the job done right the first time around.

justaddlove · 03-03-2008, 09:47 PM

I just bought some LePage® PL Premium Polyurethane Adhesive. The guy at home depot swore it's the strongest adhesive out there and water proof. Now I need to get the car off the ground so I can properly put the piece back on and hold it while the adhesive dries. Has anyone used this adhesive????

Netforcer · 03-04-2008, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by justaddlove

I just bought some LePage® PL Premium Polyurethane Adhesive. The guy at home depot swore it's the strongest adhesive out there and water proof. Now I need to get the car off the ground so I can properly put the piece back on and hold it while the adhesive dries. Has anyone used this adhesive????

Never heard of it... y don't you just take off the lip and repair it, then put it back on