Hello everyone, my name's Shannon and I need help with a 2007 Honda Fit that hit a rock on the driver's side lower control arm. The control arm got totally bent, and the half-shaft got pushed into the subframe and left a dent.


Worse still, it bent the subframe support bar, you can see the buckle in the first picture and the second shows a stress crack up front.



Not to mention the whole subframe shifted 1/2" or so.


Does anyone have any idea how to fix this, or have an guestimate on how much an auto body shop would charge for this? If I can loosen the bolts and slide the subframe back into its original position, and hammer the subframe support bar back into place and tack on a weld is that all an auto body shop is going to do? Or is there alot more damage here than I'm really seeing, like the whole subframe needing replaced? I already replaced the lower control arm, and thats when I noticed the wheel was still back in the well and found the bent support for the subframe...had been hoping the dent in the subframe wasn't anything to worry about, but its my "can o worms"...

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/60775988@N07/8817588255/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60775988@N07/8831644216/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60775988@N07/8817586103/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60775988@N07/8831639818/

didnt take my pic heres flickr links...