2003 Prius Body Work

LOL - yes, looks like the scrap yard just cut it off. Unfortunately it's not jogging my memory in any specific way... But if you get the driver's side in the air, pull that wheel and well cover, you should be able to have better access and view. I think the front plastic pin is just an alignment device, and then the cut bit is just a small 10mm bolt that attaches to the fender and comes out from the bottom.

On your crushed fender, that connection point is circled in the pic. (Ok, well it won't post in or upload). Look at the new fender and you should see it.

 

Sorry for the delay. Been on the road picking up Prii #9.

I just replaced fenders and bumpers last week. The bumper part that's broken off in that pic is the stud that goes through the "bumper side retainer" in the pic I've linked. A nut goes on it from inside the wheel well that pulls the bumper up tight against the fender. It passes through that part of the apron in your pic that's bent. That's point where the fender, bumper cover and apron meet. It's the only bolt/nut that's hard to get to on the bumper cover. Small hands help a lot, but I can do it with my big mitts. Just peel back the wheel well liner, and reach far inside to the tip of the fender. Helps to leave the other bumper/fender bolts out so the bumper can pull back too. I have a long attachment on a deep 10mm socket and a swivel ratchet that lets me get to it.

https://ibb.co/gWpvczg

 

sorry about that. That site worked before. Here's a different one - worked for me.

fender — Freeimage.host

 

From my experience, there are two levels of headlight restoration. If they've only yellowed, if there aren't tiny cracks or abrasions that penetrate the surface to delete its smooth surface, some of the inexpensive/free solutions work OK. The better solutions use sandpaper to remove the surface area past the corrosion and then re-surface it with new gloss coat. I have some with residue on the inside - not much to do for that that I know of.

Now that you've swapped in a fender and bumper, you should see how it can be done without actually removing the wheel well liner by just squeezing your hand past it. But, not hard to remove it and does allow you to better see everything. For the entire job, whichever part you're working on, it's just that one nut holding the bumper to the fender that's hard. The rest just comes apart and goes together.

Good luck! You're now officially a DIY Toyota Tech.

 

What Ron said re: headlight lens. I’ve used toothpaste on a wet sock with lots of elbow grease, and that has made a big improvement.

 

did you rattlecan the bumper and fender? Seem to match up well, which is odd since the entire car's paint looks a bit faded, like almost all these 20-year old cars do. I've rattlecanned this color before on one of my car's bumpers but never got the smooth glossy finish like the factory paint. Six months later, it was coming off/fading worse.

Just rattlecanned my silver car's bumpers last week. You can tell the color is right, but just not faded like the rest of the car.

 

That looks just great! Congratulations on a job well done!

 

I second that! Congrats!