Hey guys, my 97 2 dr civic was rear-ended, the side panels and rear bumper is all off alignment, is there any way to fix this , because i want to avoid totaling it out..the piece below the passenger window that connects to the bumper and door is all out of alignment, what can i do? Plz help Thx

 

Well, wouldnt you know, you have to either cut the back end of the outer body panels and weld in new ones, or repair them all together, possibly making them look like ****.

 

and about how much money are we talking here? and where's the best place to buy these parts?

 

Its number 3 in the diagram. 400 bucks a side, from http://www.hondaautomotivepart...PANEL

Unless you can find one at a junkyard. Front wrecked donor cars FTW

 

How bad is it? Pics?

 

Well its not tooooo bad.... but like on the right rear side above the bumper theres a distance wide enough to stick the tip of my finger in it so like basically the two rear sides and bumper and maybe even the trunk are all out of alignment, I bought the car with a re-construction title, it was only 1000 but tranny and motor are solid so I figured I could repair with ease... but it just seems like they did a real shitty job of trying to bondo it and **** so Idk guys , no dont have any pics rite now but I will get some. Thanks for advice, I'm open to any more suggestions, oh and does anyone know where to get a WHOLE front RSX conversion, including frame by a/c fans ect.?

 

Ahhh, it's already been "repaired." You never really know what they did so that kinda sucks. I just dealt with some of the same kind of crap. I had some gypsy do some body work on it. BAD IDEA. This is what I did- http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2358128
I ended up spending about $400 including: bumper, quarter panel, taillights, piece under taillight, lots of body filler, and primer/lacquer thinner. It was hard work, but I think it was worth it. Just remember to be patient.

 

Holy ****, that one car... Was a complete waste of time. You can find a pretty nice 96-98 EX for 5g's ALL day... I woulda never spent the money to repair that car, Everythin was all cut up an all, I dont see how that could be safe at all man. But to each his own, an Good luck to both of yall