I was washing my Prado Yesterday (2004 GXL) and I noticed the extreme front of both guards was loose.
The drivers side was very loose so I investigated today, turned out the spot weld on the bracket to the body that holds the front of the guard in place had failed on both sides. I haven't done very much off road in this vehicle only dirt roads and judging by the rust marks around the mounting point they have been broken for some time.
I fixed them by removing the headlights for access and drilling out the spotweld and installing 6mm bolts with nyloc nuts to the brackets.
Has anyone else had this sort of problem?? I have heard of cracking in the firewalls but this is a new one to me.
The drivers side was very loose so I investigated today, turned out the spot weld on the bracket to the body that holds the front of the guard in place had failed on both sides. I haven't done very much off road in this vehicle only dirt roads and judging by the rust marks around the mounting point they have been broken for some time.
I fixed them by removing the headlights for access and drilling out the spotweld and installing 6mm bolts with nyloc nuts to the brackets.
Has anyone else had this sort of problem?? I have heard of cracking in the firewalls but this is a new one to me.
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