hi All
during my 7 hours sitting in traffic getting home on Tuesday I skidded into the car in front on the ice - slow speed less than 10mph and no obvious damage to their car but bit of damage to mine - don't think anything mechanical is broken as car worked for another two hours before I got home.
first image is with bonnet up the left hand side circled in red appears to be hard up against the metal behind whereas the bits on the other side are not touching - I'm guessing this is twisted somehow
This second image shows the cracked grill with the crome bits cracked and the actual black plastic behind pushed back - I think the black bit should be above the grey of the bumper but I can't seem to get it to go there and don't want to force it.
So couple of questions - the twisting do the experts think that is going to be something major (expensive) to replace or a simple case of some brute force from the garage to twist it straight. As for the grill I have seen they do a fancy one for £200 but would quite happily have the original one if its cheaper, does anyone have an idea as to how much they cost?
Going to have to phone the garage on Monday and see if they can look at it.
Not very happy as its one cost after another, thanks for any help
Michael
during my 7 hours sitting in traffic getting home on Tuesday I skidded into the car in front on the ice - slow speed less than 10mph and no obvious damage to their car but bit of damage to mine - don't think anything mechanical is broken as car worked for another two hours before I got home.
first image is with bonnet up the left hand side circled in red appears to be hard up against the metal behind whereas the bits on the other side are not touching - I'm guessing this is twisted somehow
This second image shows the cracked grill with the crome bits cracked and the actual black plastic behind pushed back - I think the black bit should be above the grey of the bumper but I can't seem to get it to go there and don't want to force it.
So couple of questions - the twisting do the experts think that is going to be something major (expensive) to replace or a simple case of some brute force from the garage to twist it straight. As for the grill I have seen they do a fancy one for £200 but would quite happily have the original one if its cheaper, does anyone have an idea as to how much they cost?
Going to have to phone the garage on Monday and see if they can look at it.
Not very happy as its one cost after another, thanks for any help
Michael