Crack In Bumper Cap/trim

[starman]

A friend of mine has an 2003 2 door Rav 4 which has a crack in the nearside rear corner trim which has the reflector mounted on it. This may be called a bumper cap but I'm not sure. I have been trying to source one online due to the ridiculous price from a main dealer (over £100). There are a few earlier models on eBay which are for breaking but I don't know which years had the same fitting as the 2003 model. Can anyone help me please?

Thanks

Dave

[three5]

A friend of mine has an 2003 2 door Rav 4 which has a crack in the nearside rear corner trim which has the reflector mounted on it. This may be called a bumper cap but I'm not sure. I have been trying to source one online due to the ridiculous price from a main dealer (over £100). There are a few earlier models on Ebay which are for breaking but I don't know which years had the same fitting as the 2003 model. Can anyone help me please?

Thanks

Dave

Hi Dave,

these plastic bumper caps and bumpers are readily repairable by a competent body shop. They use hot air welding. I've had two done in recent years and they were as good as new. Have a look in Yellow Pages for Plastic Bumper Repairs or some such classification.

[three5]

A friend of mine has an 2003 2 door Rav 4 which has a crack in the nearside rear corner trim which has the reflector mounted on it. This may be called a bumper cap but I'm not sure. I have been trying to source one online due to the ridiculous price from a main dealer (over £100). There are a few earlier models on Ebay which are for breaking but I don't know which years had the same fitting as the 2003 model. Can anyone help me please?

Thanks

Dave

Hi Dave,

these plastic bumper caps and bumpers are readily repairable by a competent body shop. They use hot air welding. I've had two done in recent years and they were as good as new. Have a look in Yellow Pages for Plastic Bumper Repairs or some such classification.

Check out:Smartfix Plastics

Tel: 01978 750325| Lakefield House, Llanarmon Rd, Wrexham, Clwyd LL11 5YP

Good luck, let us know how you get on.

[starman]

Good luck, let us know how you get on.

Thank you very much indeed Three5. I'll pass this on to my friend and I'll let you know.

Dave

[starman]

Unfortunately Smartfix Plastics were unable to fix the crack so can I ask my original question again - what year models of Rav4 have the same bumper cap as the 03 3-door model? I may be able to get one from vehicles which are being broken on eBay if I know what I'm looking for.

Thanks

Dave

[Parts-King]

It's a bit of a lottery, there were three types of end cap fitted PLUS the ones with flared wheel arch extensions had a different one fitted as well. The three production date changes were 2000-Aug 02 PRODUCTION DATE (never confuse production dates with REGISTRATION DATES) 2002-July 03 AND July 03 to new model in 05

Kingo

[starman]

It's a bit of a lottery, there were three types of end cap fitted PLUS the ones with flared wheel arch extensions had a different one fitted as well. The three production date changes were 2000-Aug 02 PRODUCTION DATE (never confuse production dates with REGISTRATION DATES) 2002-July 03 AND July 03 to new model in 05

Kingo

Thanks Kingo