I just got into a accident yesterday, October 2, 2007.
It was raining and this lady with a 99 dodge caravan braked hard and I was about 200 ft away and i breaked but it didn't catch so the car slid right into the caravan, she came out with a little dent and some scratces on her bumper whereas I come out with this. Sorry to all preludes / drivers












I was wondering if this is fixable? Thank You for helping me out

 

Your good to go.

 

How bout you tell us whats busted up. Is it just the body? DOes the motor run? From those pics the engine bay looks fine. Just an effed up front end.

 

Am I the only one not seeing a picture?

 

From the pics it all looks cosmetic...maybe a rad support as well. All fixable. The cool thing to me is the amber turns that still freaking work. LOL!

 

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DIY ...... $ 400
............ $ 750 if you replace the bumper and radiator support.

Now is the time to upgrade to JDM headlights and some nostrils

 

Definately fixable... had very similar damage done to my lude awhile back. Required a new hood, rad support, and lights. The front bumper can be refurbished if it doesn't have any holes punched in it or mounting tabs broken.

 

From what I see, for a body shop to do the rad support, bumper, hood, headlight and repaint and blend it into the car should be about 2,000 I did the same plus the drivers fender and it came up to about 2,700, and thats not counting that I bought and installed jdm headlights, new corner lights, and did a c/f hood instead of having them source and paint a stock hood.

Soo, I would say a body shop will quote you roughly 2,500 to fix it all perfect and new with oem parts. And dont use aftermarket, they may seem a cheaper option, but wont fit quite right, and the bumpers are super cheap, I had one crack within 2 weeks, so going to a new oem bumper when we have time to get it back to the body shop for paint.

 

very fixable

 

yeah couple hundred bucks should do it easy...
go head off to a junkyard or look for listings where u can buy the panels...

i mean if its for DD, and the bumper support isnt totally fcuked, u could just leave it as is and line up your panels accordingly.. radiator support bends easily, just try to get it as straight as possible. if you REALLY wanna cheap out.. go buy some bondo and fix your front bumper. lol.

 

new head lightS CF hood, bend the rad suport back (hook rope up to radeater suport and to tree then drive back a little and it will be like new :D and a grill

 

Thanks everyone for your input I took it to a body shop and the estimated price is around $2386.73 without the replacement of the bumper so thats for:

these are "cheap" non oem aftermarket parts for the repairs

1) left & right corners & Aim headlights $330.00

2) left & right corners & Headlights Cooling $330.00

3) Upper tie bar $92.95

4) Center Support Hood $ 26.42

5) Hood add Clear Coat $304.00

My lights still work although smashed and radiator is working fine although dented in Everything runs fine except when I stop at a stoplight, I can smell something burning? My prelude lives on!

 

hey man, i got two stock headlights, and some sidemarks i will sell you cheap, if your interested i can email you pics, i do collision work, the estimate the gave you is about right, they shoud work with you, like you dont need a rad, and they can fix and repaint the bumper, be aware that the aftermarket hood isnt ganna fit like a ferrari... but yea no worries bro, thats why they call them accidents, i see cars worse then this everyday, but im ramblin, if you want some headlights hit me up..

braden

 

easy just doing it ur self, might take a while if you never fixed a damaged car. its not that bad ether, time for JDM headlights x2

 

using non oem and oem parts:

hood: $130(non oem replacement)
lights: $200(oem jdm)
bumper:$30(non oem replacement)
nostrils:$40(oem used)

thats $400 plus paint.