Fender bender this past Saturday. Utility. Body shop says Unibody is damaged, how much is still being determined. Had one person on the org tell me that this may be bad. My question?

How Bad?
Depending on the extent of the damage, are things like this normally fixable? Will the car ever be the same again?

 

All depends. Hard to say without pics and seeing in person. Sometimes they can be pulled straight. Then there are times where they will cut the car in half and install a new clip. I can actually show you pics of a 4th gen we cut in half and added a new rear clip to.

 

It would be like breaking your back. Because of economics, you repair knowing things will never be the same. What's the alternative? Buying a new car? I'm glad you said it's from a fender-bender and not some moron in a fix-a-flat tire shop placing the jack at the wrong point. Within reason, your car will be ok. Please just disclose the repair if you ever sell the vehicle.

 

Got word back from the body shop. The damage isn't too bad, they said it was more of a bend. There trying to if they can bend it back on some machine.

Synki, cutting the car in half sounds very extreme. Why would they let people drive vehicles with damage that require this sort of fixing?

Frank, I have no intention on keeping such a thing secret if I should ever try to sell my car. Im sure that would only cause problems I don't care to deal with.

Thanks for your comments fellas. I feel relieved that the damage may be fixable by a means that isn't too extreme. I'll see how it all works out.

Capitone

 

if you ever rode in a limo thats a car hats bee cut in half, extended and put back together, in the hands of a qualified technician, it can be done properly, and on collision repairs they never cut cars literally in half, they replace the parts that are too severely damaged

 

I would love to see these pics! Can you post them please? Thanks!