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

[quote name='starman' post='880964' date='Apr 17 2009, 07:28 PM']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[/quote]

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.

[quote name='three5' post='881015' date='Apr 17 2009, 09:00 PM'][quote name='starman' post='880964' date='Apr 17 2009, 07:28 PM']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[/quote]

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.
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Check out:Smartfix Plastics
Tel: 01978 750325| Lakefield House, Llanarmon Rd, Wrexham, Clwyd LL11 5YP
Good luck, let us know how you get on.

[quote name='three5' post='881018' date='Apr 17 2009, 09:03 PM']Good luck, let us know how you get on.[/quote]

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

Dave

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

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

[quote name='Parts-King' post='881744' date='Apr 20 2009, 01:06 PM']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 [/quote]

Thanks Kingo