Cowl Moulding / Trim: Service and Repair

Cowl Cover Replacement

Special Tools Required

- KTC Trim Tool Set SOJATP2014
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Removal

NOTE:

- Put on gloves to protect your hands.
- Take care not to damage the body.
- Use the appropriate tool from the KTC trim tool set to avoid damage when removing components.

1. Close the hood.

2. Remove the driver's hood hinge cover (A) and the passenger's hood hinge cover (B).

1. Carefully pull the bottom of the cover up to release the hooks (C) from the cowl cover (D).

2. Release the rib (E) from the edge of the body.

3. Carefully slide the cover up along the A-pillar to release it from the clip.

4. Remove the clip from the body.

Driver's cowl cover





Passenger's cowl cover





3. Open the hood.

4. Remove the windshield wiper arms Service and Repair.

5. Detach the clips from the cowl cover with a clip remover, then disconnect the windshield washer tube (A).






6. Detach the clips by carefully pulling the windshield side edge of the cowl cover (A) upward. Pull the cowl cover forward to release the front hooks (B) from the under-cowl panel (C), then remove the cover.





7. If the clips are damaged or stress-whitened, replace them with new ones.

Installation

1. Install all of the front hooks (A) on the edge of the under-cowl panel (B), and fit the clips into the holes on the body, then push on the cowl cover (C) until the clips snap into place securely.






2. Install the clips on the cowl cover, then connect the windshield washer tube (A) securely.





3. Install the windshield wiper arms Service and Repair.

4. Close the hood.

5. Install the clips (A) on both hood hinge covers (B). The passenger's hood hinge cover is shown; the driver's hood hinge cover is similar.






6. Install the hood hinge covers (A, B).

1. Install the rib (C) to the edge of the body.

2. Fit the clip and the hooks (D) into the holes in the body and the cowl cover (E), then push on the cover until they snap into place securely.

Driver's cowl cover





Passenger's cowl cover