headlamp supports & bumper supports
hi guys,
had a front end collision 2 years ago in Winter and quite recently decided to finally fix my bumper as it misses one support on the driver side (same one that connects to the headlamp's plastic arm by grille. Shop that fixing my ride cheap (straightened hood, replaced fender, fixed bumper and replaced the driver side headlamp) didn't replace one piece of bumper support (i think, not sure). i'm talking about the part that on bottom connects to "bumper support no.2" and on top it connects to headlamps plastic arm by grille.
car is 2000 Solara SE 2.2L (california specs, automatic)
need confirmation on the OEM part number.
here are pics of passenger and driver side (shot from behind the grille), so you can see what i am missing on the driver side.
this is a complete setup on passenger side. i marked with a green line the piece i'm talking about (which is missing on driver side). above it you can see head lamp's plastic arm, below it you can see i think a bumper support no. 2 (?)
passenger side (click on link to see the whole pic):
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6206 ... senger.jpg

driver side (click on link to see the whole pic):
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7926/p1010011fi.jpg

and above is how the same thing (does not) look like on the driver's side, see it's missing. you can actually see the head lamp's arm above it in the air and the bottom bumper support no.2 (?) with bolt for it.
so, what am i missing on the driver side ? bumper support (no.1) ? what do you think guys ?
here is a diagram of headlamps, i circled in red the plastic arm which is not bolted to anything on driver side (because of missing part below).

here is diagram of bumper support parts for my car, i circled in red and selected with orange rectangle both bumper support pieces.

my understanding is that i've got both of lower bumper supports (Front bumper side support no.2 - p/n 52115-06010) as picture matches the diagrams (including bolts locations).
... but the driver side is missing (since collision 2 yrs ago) the "Front bumper side support LH 52115-14130", am I right ?
I visit often Camry gen3&4 section of toyotanation forums and tried asking this question over there, but those camry guys have different headlights, so no go. i only confused them.
tried also getting this part from local dealer over the counter, but moron technician was "sure" that i'm missing the radiator support/brace and ordered it for me (wrong of course), so i didn't take it and actually they couldn't figure out the part i'm missing (sad, toyota, very sad).
now will be getting this part online, just need to be sure that this is what i need (among other stuff I will be ordering online).
sorry for a long post and huge pics, i have no idea how to make the forum resize them. click on links to see the whole pics.
thanks for help.
had a front end collision 2 years ago in Winter and quite recently decided to finally fix my bumper as it misses one support on the driver side (same one that connects to the headlamp's plastic arm by grille. Shop that fixing my ride cheap (straightened hood, replaced fender, fixed bumper and replaced the driver side headlamp) didn't replace one piece of bumper support (i think, not sure). i'm talking about the part that on bottom connects to "bumper support no.2" and on top it connects to headlamps plastic arm by grille.
car is 2000 Solara SE 2.2L (california specs, automatic)
need confirmation on the OEM part number.
here are pics of passenger and driver side (shot from behind the grille), so you can see what i am missing on the driver side.
this is a complete setup on passenger side. i marked with a green line the piece i'm talking about (which is missing on driver side). above it you can see head lamp's plastic arm, below it you can see i think a bumper support no. 2 (?)
passenger side (click on link to see the whole pic):
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6206 ... senger.jpg

driver side (click on link to see the whole pic):
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/7926/p1010011fi.jpg

and above is how the same thing (does not) look like on the driver's side, see it's missing. you can actually see the head lamp's arm above it in the air and the bottom bumper support no.2 (?) with bolt for it.
so, what am i missing on the driver side ? bumper support (no.1) ? what do you think guys ?
here is a diagram of headlamps, i circled in red the plastic arm which is not bolted to anything on driver side (because of missing part below).

here is diagram of bumper support parts for my car, i circled in red and selected with orange rectangle both bumper support pieces.

my understanding is that i've got both of lower bumper supports (Front bumper side support no.2 - p/n 52115-06010) as picture matches the diagrams (including bolts locations).
... but the driver side is missing (since collision 2 yrs ago) the "Front bumper side support LH 52115-14130", am I right ?
I visit often Camry gen3&4 section of toyotanation forums and tried asking this question over there, but those camry guys have different headlights, so no go. i only confused them.
tried also getting this part from local dealer over the counter, but moron technician was "sure" that i'm missing the radiator support/brace and ordered it for me (wrong of course), so i didn't take it and actually they couldn't figure out the part i'm missing (sad, toyota, very sad).
now will be getting this part online, just need to be sure that this is what i need (among other stuff I will be ordering online).
sorry for a long post and huge pics, i have no idea how to make the forum resize them. click on links to see the whole pics.
thanks for help.

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