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Grill shutter replacement - Damaged by parking curb

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Main Forum' started by Badabing, Jul 21, 2024 at 2:38 PM.

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  1. Badabing

    Badabing Junior Member

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    The wife ran over a parking curb and bent or damaged the grill shutter. No way I'm going to spend $1000 to have it replaced, along with a bunch of other parts, when I can probably fix this or buy affordable part/parts online. Does anyone know of a video that might show how to gain access to the grill shutter? Last thing I want to do is start unscrewing and removing things that don't need to be removed. It stuck almost shut and I am getting noticeably worse mileage. Thanks!
     
    #1 Badabing, Jul 21, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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    Badabing Junior Member

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    UPDATE: I removed the plastic pan directly under the grill shutter area, easy, but a bigger problem has revealed itself. The Aluminum bar that goes across the area is bent... much more involved than I initially thought... calling the insurance company in the morning :(
     
    #2 Badabing, Jul 21, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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    Mendel Leisk Senior Member

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    Was the parking curb regular height? With our 3rd gen you've got to stop short of any-and-all concrete wheel stops, the kind at the head of parking stalls. I wised up after repeatedly tearing up our front plastic (at least less catastrophic than active shutters). Another Toyota design fail.

    see attached. That’s my favourite tape measure btw; body adds exactly 3”, nice round number.
     

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    #3 Mendel Leisk, Jul 22, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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