Plastic grille crack fix, weld, glue or ???

[JeffKeryk]

Take off the grill. Squirt in some gorilla glue on both sides of the crack. Squeeze grill together till it grabs. Wipe off excess. Wait 24hrs. Re-install. Good as new ! YAY Note: May take 2 people to help accomplish squeezing the grill and waiting for grab.

Let's just say the old grille trim piece comes off in numerous parts. Not sure if I could afford enough glue...

 

[50yr Street Mech]

I only saw 1 crack ????.....Should come off in one piece. Most grills are one piece. You have multiple pieces ???

 

[JRay’07]

Let's just say the old grille trim piece comes off in numerous parts. Not sure if I could afford enough glue...

Freaking A.

 

[JeffKeryk]

I only saw 1 crack ????.....Should come off in one piece. Most grills are one piece. You have multiple pieces ???

Uber brittle. And the bazillion little screws have taken a pretty good set.
There was also another crack lower middle that had not separated enough to be obvious.

 

[50yr Street Mech]

Uber brittle....,,,No good for glue......I would try E-Bay for a used OEM one. Scrapyards are advertising all over E-Bay. Just got a beauty cover for an 06' Camry 4 banger. I cracked the OE one by accident. Friggin thing looks brand new, and was cheap. Maybe you'll get lucky. At least you know it will fit.

 

[ecotourist]

I would take the grill out if that's reasonably easy so as to be able to work on the back side. Then fabricate a piece 2 or 3 inches long (probably out of plastic) to fit inside the broken area and epoxy it into place. I've done similar repairs several times and the results have been good.

 

[JeffKeryk]

I would take the grill out if that's reasonably easy so as to be able to work on the back side. Then fabricate a piece 2 or 3 inches long (probably out of plastic) to fit inside the broken area and epoxy it into place. I've done similar repairs several times and the results have been good.

The original is trashed.

 

[ecotourist]

The original is trashed.

Even better. The repair becomes a challenge.

But seriously, even if it has a couple of breaks, it's still repairable. What's the worst that can happen - you spend a couple of hours and $6.99 for the epoxy and still have to buy a replacement. That's the fun of retirement.

 

[50yr Street Mech]

Gotta point there. Keep you occupied. What's that sayin ,,oh, " The idle mind is the devils workshop ".....All jokes aside, please don't trash my idea of snooping around on E-Bay. You just might find a car that was garaged, and was rear-ended. The grill never would have had a chance to get brittle. It's the UV light from the sun that makes them brittle.......... I use to climb around in junkyards, when I was young, like a monkey. Some cars stacked 6 high. The catch was you had to get the part yourself. That was a bummer. You'd be surprised what scrapyard's have. And like I said, it would be OEM. Guaranteed to fit. No worries about a Chinese factory messin up the dimensions.

 

[97prizm]

We got our beloved '06 TSX back today. The chrome grille trim is cracked. I can buy the piece from Amazon for about $50; not sure of fitment.
I can probably get on from Acura, not sure of price.

I've heard of plastic welding but know nothing about it. I believe JB Weld has a plastic version.
What would you do? I appreciate your guidance.
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It's really tough to repair these. You could try to use plastic epoxy on the back side as not to ruin the front.

 

[50yr Street Mech]

97 Prizm dead ?!?! That came with a Toyota 1.6 or 1.8......What happened ? Great cars !!!!!