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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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Body work people lend me your ears

Heh... I am not much of a body work person so can anyone tell how bad this is. Also best recommendations on the best way to fix it.

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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 03:17 PM
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Is the passenger side fender moved back into the door? Can the door be opened without hitting the fender?
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 03:17 PM
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That sucks.
Looks like somethings tweaked, you will need a new bumper and passenger fender. Can you pull this off and see whats been structaly damaged?
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 03:18 PM
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Both of the doors can be opened without scraping although the hood does scrape the rear of the passenger fender and the front of the driver side. It of course is difficult to open or shut the hood completely because the bumper is pushed back and to the side.
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 03:22 PM
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When I get a chance I will take it off and see what the extent is. I am just trying to get an idea of how much of a problem this is going to be to fix.
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 03:38 PM
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It may not be as bad as you think. I thought with the way the right side looked, it took the fender and inner structure and moved it back. As you are going to do, just pull the front bumper off and take a look at the radiator support etc. to get a better idea of what needs to be adjusted, or pulled out.
Maybe one of the body experts will jump in.
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 04:25 PM
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The fender can be tweeked back and the dent can be hammered out then the remaing filled. The bumper cover is shot, possibly the core support and or bumper reinforcment is tweeked. All in all thats a simple repair, get a used cover and a cheep hammer and dolly. If you don't know how to use a hamer and dolly send me a pm and I can tell you how you should go about bummping the dent.
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 05:01 PM
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New bumper for sure. Fender can be fixed, but the laber spent on fixing it can be used to by a new aftermarket one. Plus you won't have to worry about the bondo cracking on a new fender. Me I would go with the second option. Might end up costing you more in the long run. Tony
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Old Nov 15, 2004 | 08:05 PM
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It doesn't look too bad, but it does have some structual damage.Looks like you have to pull the rad. support (core support) just a little, it doesn't look like you have to replace the bumper reinforment, but i would just in case it happens again it could take the impact of the hit.Once you pull the rad. support everything should line up just fine.The bumper does have to be replaced and the fender could be fixed.
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