eg8driver19

ok guys so just the other day i wrecked my civic and the front end was pretty bad.. the frame is bent a little bit but not enough to be considered totaled... its not bent up or caved in or anything too bad jus a little dented up. im thinking about pulling and banging out the frame damage by myself but idk how that is gonna work so i wanna know what yu guys think i should do


the top frame right on the 1st picture is kinked as you can see.. im thinking i can bang it down and straighten it and pull the top strip back up so it will be in its original position.. but honestly idk how good of a job i can by myself on this one..

and in the 2nd picture im thinking i can jus take out the wiper fluid tank and the ac unit and bang that back out.. im pretty sure i can bang that out but im still not 100% sure

please give me yur input on what i should do.. im not really trying to spend an assload of money to get my frame pulled but if its the only option then i guess i might have to.. im jus hopin i can do this myself

N2UAD

I'm not familiar with what a Civic looks like without a fender on. Is that top pic the left side with the left front fender removed? If so it looks like the impact was on the left side - perhaps more toward the top than the bottom?
It's hard for me to determine the extent of the damage with your pics and my lack of knowledge of your model Civic. But if it were my car I'd think about pulling the damage out myself. I've done things like this many times. Your job is to determine just where the impact was and where it is exactly bent. Do you have a new fender yet? You can use the fit of the new fender to see how close you are to getting it straightened out. Hook a chain to where the impact occurred. Hook the other end of the chain to a tree. Now back up very slowly and use very little force. It won't take much to pull the bend out. Being that metal stretches you'll never get it perfect. But you should be able to get it close enough to put a new fender on. One thing to remember. Don't pull it out too much. You can't push it back in easily.
The dents on the lower picture I'd straighten with a hammer or vise grips.
Test fitting a new fender will tell you whether you need to pull out the damage or just bang it down with a hammer. If you need to attach a chain and there is not bolt hole where you need it, drill a hole if it won't weaken the area. And remember be safe when doing this type of work. Be aware that if the chain breaks or comes disconnected while under strain it can whip. But it looks like the small amount of force needed for this job would be minimal.