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Replacing trim, door/dash

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Scott_R, Sep 25, 2006.

  1. Scott_R

    Scott_R Member

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    I just transported a large metal object on the front/passenger floor of my Prius, and it damaged the trim on the door and dash (just to the left of the glove box).

    What's involved in replacing these pieces? Are the parts available to the consumer?

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    #1 Scott_R, Sep 25, 2006
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    nyconrad Cconrad in Virginia

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    OUCH!!!!

    I assume that that is not paint scratched onto the trim, but actually scratches in the trim?
    I noticed on ebay a couple of people posting parts from what I assume are scrapped Priuseses (Priii ?)
    Maybe email one of them and see if you can get undamaged pcs.
     
    #2 nyconrad, Sep 25, 2006
  3. Scott_R

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nyconrad @ Sep 25 2006, 02:45 PM) [snapback]324778[/snapback]</div>
    Yes, actual scrapes. Since they're plastic, I don't think they can be buffed out.
     
    #3 Scott_R, Sep 25, 2006
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ScottR @ Sep 25 2006, 02:20 PM) [snapback]324767[/snapback]</div>
    I had similar damage to the dash panel and glove box. Instead of replacing the parts the service advisor sent me over to the body shop. They brought in a contractor who made repairs to both parts for about $60.00 It took a couple of hours but the repairs made the damage virtually invisible. I was not around to watch the process but it sure beat replacing parts.

    M. Kaliski
     
    #4 mkaliski, Sep 25, 2006
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    Wellp ... if you're gonna use the thing as a work-truck, it's going
    to get banged up here and there. Perhaps the pride that you *can*
    get said large metal objects in there can offset the scratch-ups.
    I finally put my money [er, junk] where my mouth is and actually got
    a full-size dryer into mine the other week to haul it to the laundry
    graveyard. I had to unbolt the rear seatbacks [easy] to get rid of
    the little upward bump they create when they're laid down; that inch
    was just too high to allow the thing to slide all the way in. After
    that, in it went, hatch fully closed and everything.
    .
    Buy some moving blankets...
    .
    _H*

    Wellp ... if you're gonna use the thing as a work-truck, it's going
    to get banged up here and there. Perhaps the pride that you *can*
    get said large metal objects in there can offset the scratch-ups.
    I finally put my money [er, junk] where my mouth is and actually got
    a full-size dryer into mine the other week to haul it to the laundry
    graveyard. I had to unbolt the rear seatbacks [easy] to get rid of
    the little upward bump they create when they're laid down; that inch
    was just too high to allow the thing to slide all the way in. After
    that, in it went, hatch fully closed and everything.
    .
    Buy some moving blankets...
    .
    _H*
     
    #5 hobbit, Sep 25, 2006
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hobbit @ Sep 25 2006, 07:09 PM) [snapback]324987[/snapback]</div>

    This is a helpful response how? Are you suggesting that I take the moving blankets back in time so that the scapes never formed in the first place?

    And you don't know what I was transporting, so best not characterize my use as "work-truck."
     
    #6 Scott_R, Sep 28, 2006
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