Hit huge bump in road

[Th3importedguy]

Here's a picture of the tray area


And the fender gap. It's considerably bigger the the other side



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[varg]

From the lack of rub damage on the underside of the battery box in the first set of pics, I'd say it wasn't that your tire hit the battery box and pushed it up when the wheel got shoved up, but instead your strut tower got pushed up and maybe in by the impact. The lower ride height on the affected side and the way the lower line of the fender is angled up with respect to the rocker panel work with this theory. If you compare the strut towers the difference should be visible judging by the severity of it. Unfortunately a bent unibody car is pretty much always a beyond economical repair situation. Damn shame.

[M-technik-3]

Looks like you wou would need to weld some serious reinforcements to the strut tower after the frame is realigned. Sorry to see the pain.

[Th3importedguy]

Jesus guy I just did a full suspension rebuild a few weeks ago. Man this sucks. So should I take it a shop and have the frame checked out? Of what should I do


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[flyboyx]

Checked out? No. it's already bent. Thats obvious. At this point it's just a matter of getting estimates on what it will cost to fix it.

Looks like you have a really nice car. I would say it's worth it to fix it right.

[bradnic]

Save all your parts. Look for another shell.

I feel for ya man, but I agree that the shock tower was probably moved from the impact. If you have insurance I'd collect the $$ and buy the car back.

[Th3importedguy]

It's crazy man the car still drives like nothing happens besides the fact that one side is low. :/ this sucks.


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[The30man]

damn that is a sad sad day.

[ThatOneEuroE30]

That could be fixed ta just a matter of if you want to

[Best_name_available]

Smh most kids would be greatful

[Th3importedguy]

When I get home I'm taking the fender off too see how bad the shock is


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[M-technik-3]

Keep driving it it's only going to get worse the metal is super fatigued you can see the rust along the line where the strut top is welded to the chassis, that panel is still available from BMW and BAV Auto had them on sale last fall for super cheap.

My suggestion, get another chassis.

[Mahalaleel]

Do you have collision coverage? This would be a great time to use it.

[Th3importedguy]

I was talking with my parents and they are saying that they don't think it's worth to to even go to the insurance because they don't value older cars very well. They were telling me the insurance company might give me 2k for the car but the deductible is 1k so I get about 1000 bucks out of it but then I'd want to buy the car back, so I'd be making very little money out of this whole ordeal


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[Th3importedguy]

I believe that is just the angle of the picture that you think you see rust. This shell is completely rust free


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