The story:
Brought my car for a mountain walk last night with 4 of my other friends. And yes I know I am a bad driver and I deserve to end up like this. I came across a downhill left U-turn, I don't know how fast I am going and the only thing I remember was I was in 3rd 4-5k rpm. I didn't know what came across to my mind at that time but I just didn't think of braking it hard (Hey it's a downhill U-turn curve man). So I turned without braking it really hard, went off the road, my right side hit the slope and luckily I was still turning my steering wheel so I didn't hit the slope right on it and got back to the road. After that I got off my car and inspect for damage and yeah the whole bumper was dangling, inner fender was gone, a pretty well beaten up rim (flat tire of course). Drove home with a spare tire, not fully locked hood, unaligned headlights and a grinding noise out of my caliper (looks like my caliper hates my spare but I have no choice and I don't want my car to be towed). Got home and sleep with depression, wake up early the next day and check for the damage deeply. Here are the pictures















I am not a mechanic but by looking at it I think my radiator support is bended badly, the whole radiator got pushed in and now it's like kissing my header and tranny. Also the cold air intake place is bended and broken, horn not working. I felt bad about my caliper too .
Here are suggestions need from you guys:
1. Should I replace the radiator support or just fix the bend? is it self fixable?
2. I kinda don't know what that intake thing is, is that thing from my mugen intake or it came with OEM?

I really can't think of any at this moment so if you have any other suggestions please let me know. I think I am really lucky this time it could've been worse than that. But now I really feel bad about my car, the worst mistake even done in my life.

 

rebuild i'm sorry i would be SAD AS WELL!

 

Yeah that sucks. I feel for you man but unfortunately, if you don't have any mechanical skills your out of luck.

 

I did the Jdm Front myself (by reading Mase's guide) but I will need someone to tell me what I need to do.

 

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I dont understand, if you did it yourself, why do you need someone to tell you what to do? If you did the jdm front then you must of changed the rad support, because the JDM one is diffrent, so you should know exactly what to do....

 

god your an idiot. The spoon caliper is what $800 bucks, so you ruined a $800 caliper all to avoid a $200 tow ?

 

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I didn't change the whole radiator support but the T part instead. What I mean I need someone to tell me what to do is I don't know what tools and steps for fixing the bend (if it's possible) or maybe it's better to have the whole support changed I don't know. And I am tight on budgets so I wish I can fix it all up by myself.

 

1. notify your insurance company
2.TOW!! the car to a shop for quote
3.Get insurance to fix the car.Looks like its going to cost you some paychecksss to fix the damaged.
4.Take tylenol pm before bed to reduce stress!!
5.Everyone make mistakes so dont worry about it too much.Just becareful of your surrounding next time.
6.GL bro!!

 

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I didn't know it was that bad until the next morning when I checked . There was some kind of stripe scratch already after the accident though. If I know it's going to scratch up like that I will for sure tow it. But everything is too late now . Luckily most of the scratch can be covered with the rims on

 

By the looks of it your passanger side frame rail is bent very hard.
You will need to have that straightend out at a bodyshop.
If you have insurance you should give them a call.

 

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2.TOW!! the car to a shop for quote
3.Get insurance to fix the car.Looks like its going to cost you some paychecksss to fix the damaged.
4.Take tylenol pm before bed to reduce stress!!
5.Everyone make mistakes so dont worry about it too much.Just becareful of your surrounding next time.
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Thanks for your suggestion 965ITR, the worst worst part is I don't have collision coverage (paying 2.5k a year 1.5way insurance) I guess every cost will be from my wallet. Was going to buy her a good header exhaust to breath well. but all I hope now is to have her look pretty again.
I will keep you guys updated of what I am going to do next.

 

I guess you mean liability?Ahh!!
You will probably have to take it to the body shop and get a free quote on the damaged.Then just start from there on what can be self-fix and what not.

since you on a budget, let a friend with a SUV or Truck tow the car.

 

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^^ agree with Kaveh to a certain degree...

was it really hard to jack the car up twice? Put the donut on the rear of the car and take the rear wheel and put it on the front?

Sorry about your accident....but damn.... you might of caused some transmission damage too as the owner's manual specifically states you should never put the donut on the front of your car as it is a different diameter and ....well.... read it yourself....

Best of luck...

 

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Sorry about your accident....but damn.... you might of caused some transmission damage too as the owner's manual specifically states you should never put the donut on the front of your car as it is a different diameter and ....well.... read it yourself....

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yup. should always put the space saver on the rear.

i'll check the pictures when i get home but it doesnt sound too great. good luck, and take it one step at a time, and THINK about future repurcusions of everything

 

Obviously you have more dollars than sense. With as much high dollar parts on that car you should have more respect for it. Hope you get it all fixed and let this be a lesson to you.

 

+1


Park the car in a safe area and get a beater and attend a driving school!!! WTF!!!!

 

Given that I've fixed something similar to this (read thread in sig for further details) my first concern would be if the frame rail itself is bent. That would determine the repair. If it's just the rad support/rad/headlight/bumper/hood, then you should be ok. Expensive, but ok. The most important thing is if the frame rail is bent. If it is and badly, you might as well cut the front off the car. If not, it might be able to be pulled on a frame machine.

Best suggestion would be to go to a body shop. They will be able to tell if the fram is bent. They should have all of the measurements for correctness and trueness. If you don't worry about the frame you will always have drivability issues, provided it's bent.

In any case, GL with the repair. Next time take it to the track, you could have hurt somebody else.

 

you should have put the spare in the rear...you ruined a nice set of calipers

 

damn that looks horrible , sorry to say. Good luck with insurance.

 

take it to a body shop. looking at images on the internet isnt going to help

good thing only the car was hurt

 

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Sorry about your accident....but damn.... you might of caused some transmission damage too as the owner's manual specifically states you should never put the donut on the front of your car as it is a different diameter and ....well.... read it yourself....
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does this pertain to all tranny's or strictly LSD equipped tranny's?

 

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LSD ones as far as damage goes