Liftgate garnish - some advice please?

Hi all- My liftgate garnish broke and I want to replace it myself. The instructions seem straight forward but wanted to double check I am ordering the right part.

I attached 4 pictures with what appear to be the snapped joints. 1 looks kind of weird, almost like the bolt broke.

Anyways I figure I need 3 pieces:

1) Liftgate Garnish
2) Prying tool to remove the trunk cover inside
3) 10mm deep socket

I have a backup camera, but once I confirm this piece has the slot for it, I was going to purchase this from Amazon and see if my local mechanic could put it on for me because I don't own those tools and I don't have 1-2 hours (assuming I'm a newbie and can't do anything right).

I figure if I can buy the part and do it myself it should look ok. I have zero plans to pain this as this is a 2006 model.

Thank you!

 

Thank you, do you mean prying tool isn't required to pull off the back of it? Do I simply unscrew the bolts and then screw them back on?

Not sure if you looked at that Amazon link but that appears to be the part number and comes with new bolts. Not sure what else is needed?

 

Cool I just removed the cover easily with my hands, not too hard. I see the bolts. I will order the piece and go from there!! Thank you PriusChat and thank you internet! No need to pay the dealer! Love easy DIY!

 

How do you remove the prius emblem from the old piece and put onto the new piece?

 

Ok thanks. I'm buying the amazon aftermarket one for $57 and shipped to my door. I think you can jimmy off the old prius logo from the old part and put it on the new piece. I've seen someone else do that here and they posted a pic at this thread.

Entire lift gate handle snapped off | PriusChat

 

With all due respect, the post with that red prius said this:

"Dealership quoted me about $500 to replace it. Part was available online in my Barcelona red color for $255. I bought a aftermarket, non Toyota part off ebay for $45. I decided that I didn't know if Icould ever get paint to match, so I left it the black paint primer color, like another diy replacer on this forum. Glass directly above it is black so it looks different but not odd. With a DEEP 10mm socket ($8 from home Depot) and an automotive pry tool from advance auto (saw it in on a YouTube video), the repair took 3 hours. And That's because I am slow and cautious (plus I had to use goo gone to remove the tape residue). I also had to carefully pry the Toyota symbol and transferred to the new piece. My car lift gate / rear garnish also has the backup camera and the smart button, which weren't hard to fit in the new piece"

 

No worries, so do you know if you can pull the old emblem off the old dead part and put it into this aftermarket part?

it looks like there are 2 holes in it for something, I looked at my old piece and it does not come off easily

 

OK. What kind of glue to put it back on? I don't even care if it's on or not.

 

An update: I got the part in 2 days and installed it. Learning points: If possible try to replace your liftgate switch at the same time. a 12 year old prius has the parts corroded so bad that it was impossble to remove the old pushbutton switch bracket. In addition, the liftgate switch has all that gumminess so try to wear gloves or if possible replace the whole thing. I ended up just not installing the pushbutton switch. It took 2 hours from start to finish because I am a newbie but it looks like the red prius above. It was otherwise super easy with the 10mm socket wrench. I ended up using krazy glue to put the emblem back on. Ideally you should buy 3M adhesive but I didn't want to spend more money on this fix as I don't care if its perfect or not.

 

true, but if it falls out I also could care less. I honestly don't want to spend one extra penny on superficial items related to my car.