Hey everyone,

I'm kinda just looking for a easy fix or if I should worry about letting a professional fix. We have gotten some deep heavy snow and I guess a lot of snow got pushed up into the bottom mesh and popped it out of place and its loose. I tired pulling it back in but did not have much time or patience during the bitter cold to fix it. Any ideas, I'm including some pictures. Thanks !!!

 

Hard to tell but if a clip is broken, it may need repair. But I'd try prying it back out again with plastic trim tools you can buy on EBay for cheap. Good luck.

 

it doesn't look like anything is "broken" but it's impossible to know without taking off the grill. pop off the grill using interior panel popping off tools, and examine. if you don't want to, take it to a shop

 

I have a non-F sport 3IS as well and judging from your picture, my advice is to take it to a reputable shop or dealership --- I don't think you can snap it back into place without taking the front bumper apart as the tabs are accessible only from the inside of the front bumper. Basically all the components of the front bumper are secured from the inside of the front bumper.


And the gap between the bottom edge and the mesh piece is quite large.

Also just like what the others said, it is hard to tell if anything is broken without taking a look at the inside of the bumper.

Of course, if you are comfortable or have experience with taking the bumper apart, do it at your own risk. You need to do proper masking tapes around some portion of the bumper, notably the edge below the headlight units (the Toyota service manual particularly mentions putting a card in the gap between the bottom of the headlight and the edge of the bumper or it will damage the bumper)