I really need help in the body-repairing area. just bought my new fj after a lot of effort and the more i dig into it the more i see that it really needs some work.
it's a 2007 model and i'm the third owner. starting from the very basic statement that i know nothing of cars, i've been repairing cosmetics so far. for as long as i can see the first owner loved to take it offroad, you can see the dents and war scars on it. then, the second owner was a single mom of two so you can add some more cosmetics imperfections to it but overall she kept it in a good shape.
now, i just want to have it as good as i can and i've been searching for tutorials and parts diagrams to get what i need to retrieve it to original state. so as for now i've:
-bought access covers of the cargo area that have been missed.
-bought the all weather mats that, by the way, came crazy expensive
-bought the mats holder hooks
-services, armor all and stuff.
so now i'm down to repair some body parts in the front. i can now see the car was definetely crashed at some point. someone tried to fix it but no with a very good hand. the front grille was missing some clips that i already found on amazon and some covers of the right side of the body also needs fixing. but the thing that has me more obsessed right now is the air inlet grille.
i have no idea how to fix the damn thing to the hood. i've seen diagrams but they are not very clear, and all the pictures i've found don't really explain how is it fixed.
in the rear i can see two type of clips, orange and blue those are ordered already, waiting to arive.
but i also see some bolts that are incrusted in some sort of clip and goes through the hood and fixes with a cap nut. i can't find the part number of either of them but the questions is, how it the bolt fixed to the grille? glued? assembled? it comes as-is from the OEM? the grille only has the two of the ends but i'm missing like 4 or 5. I think this is the key cause air is going to get thru it and it will strip it apart.
please help
it's a 2007 model and i'm the third owner. starting from the very basic statement that i know nothing of cars, i've been repairing cosmetics so far. for as long as i can see the first owner loved to take it offroad, you can see the dents and war scars on it. then, the second owner was a single mom of two so you can add some more cosmetics imperfections to it but overall she kept it in a good shape.
now, i just want to have it as good as i can and i've been searching for tutorials and parts diagrams to get what i need to retrieve it to original state. so as for now i've:
-bought access covers of the cargo area that have been missed.
-bought the all weather mats that, by the way, came crazy expensive
-bought the mats holder hooks
-services, armor all and stuff.
so now i'm down to repair some body parts in the front. i can now see the car was definetely crashed at some point. someone tried to fix it but no with a very good hand. the front grille was missing some clips that i already found on amazon and some covers of the right side of the body also needs fixing. but the thing that has me more obsessed right now is the air inlet grille.
i have no idea how to fix the damn thing to the hood. i've seen diagrams but they are not very clear, and all the pictures i've found don't really explain how is it fixed.
in the rear i can see two type of clips, orange and blue those are ordered already, waiting to arive.
but i also see some bolts that are incrusted in some sort of clip and goes through the hood and fixes with a cap nut. i can't find the part number of either of them but the questions is, how it the bolt fixed to the grille? glued? assembled? it comes as-is from the OEM? the grille only has the two of the ends but i'm missing like 4 or 5. I think this is the key cause air is going to get thru it and it will strip it apart.
please help
