Auris-Blade help please

[rene7]

Hope you can help me guy's - The alternator on my toyota Auris/Blade is knackered so I need to change it, To remove the alternator I understand i Have to remove the complete plastic front panel, and O/S headlight, this will allow access to remove and re-fit the alternator.
However the front panel is proving impossible to remove, it is attached on either side of the wing and I can't see what is holding it - its not obvious at all, could it be a push fit clip - see photo of area where it's held??
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Has anyone ever removed this panel and if so how did you manage it?
Maybe its easy - but I can't work out how to remove it, and the plastic is very thin and flexible - I don't want to damage or crack it
TA
Rene

[rene7]

Now sorted - A row of 5/6 lugs on steel wing fitted into slots in plastic bumbper. Of course 14 years of muck and crud did their best to resist the spllit.
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Does anyone know where I can get a new alternator toyota part #27060-31091 from? Uk toyota are telling me it's no longer avaialble
TA
Rene
ps
the nice RAC man who recovered me mentioned it was probably the rectifier, anyone know a supplier of one of them?
TA

[gsr8]

Just in case you haven’t sorted it yet hope this helps

[rene7]

GSR
Thanks for that That's a good price!! - but I've had my original alternator repaired locally, it needed a rectifier, and a clutch pully, now working fine - but a real pig of a job to do, took 2 days to remove and 1 hour to re-fit - Oh well next time it ought to be a doddle

[gsr8]

Sound you’ve sorted it .
Our Blade will be ready to pick up some time soon , so looking forward to it .
Nearly went to look at the one you got when it was for sale , just never got round to seeing it then you bought it 😂.