MR2 Update: Nasa would be proud

A little bit of a forward, my Dad had an afro. A literal and complete natural afro the likes of which would seem appropriate only in a movie where Samuel L. Jackson was in the credits. He was also white, but these two details never really mingled in my mind. So upon one saturday afternoon when he explained the term "afro-engineering", I didn't take it as a racist statement. It was just something my Dad did when he didn't want to do it right.


Behold the horror of what I fretted about earlier. Notice the thick piece of metal just dangling there?



Not good, eh? Among a litany of other things wrong in the front end, this was the most concerning. Dragging pieces of metal is very "no bueno".

Further inspection more or less explained why it was like that.

Ah yes. "Afro-Engineering". Weld the radiator support to the car. To be fair, the previous owner did mention he did something like this. For the life of me, why didn't he do the same on the other side if he was going to do it on the passenger side?

He did- or perhaps Toyota did. As far as I can tell, there are two small weld spots on the other side of the radiator support to hold it in. At some point in time, these welds failed thus leading me to the "OMGWTFBBQ" moment of yesterday.

I can fix it. I'll drill some holes and screw it in as it should. It might be a good time to get a welder and just fix it back the way Toyota may have designed. It's great that the principle problem isn't nearly as bad as I thought.