Cleaning / restoring black plastic below windshield

[EJ-Fresno]

How difficult is it to remove the cowl?
Open the frunk, lift the wipers and pull on it?

[emore93]

You will need to:
1. Remove the wiper arms
2. Pop the cowl bolt covers up (small flat section next to wiper arms)
3. Remove 2 torx head bolts
4. Diconnect washer nozzle from cowl

There is a rubber seal on the leading edge of cowl.
Last time I checked the cowl was around $46.00 and the rubber seal was about $9.00.

I will try to get pictures up describing what I am talking about...latter.

[JayG]

Pictures, we need pictures
No pics, it didn't happen

[JayG]

I did a fix to my broken one

I used the plastic that a socket is attached to at a store so it can hang from a rack for the repair piece
I cut it to fit the broken area and then JB Weld to attach it, a dremel to trim it a little for the bolt

Hopefully this will hold and I saved myself $125 for a new cowl

Mine was not faded too badly, but I used Meguiars Ultimate Black Plastic Restorer anyway. Now looks factory new

May not be the prettiest repair, but should be strong enough