Is this damage fixable? Is the car totaled?

[Sh3rpak!ng]

yeah it looks like you need fender, bumper, valance, grill, headlight, hood, core support, and the sheet metal over the wheel well. Probably some misc plastic bits as well.

yup, that's my assessment. That sheet metal over the fender well is probably smooshed too.

I'll probably buy a car cheap for the parts I need and part the rest of it out.

[nando]

yeah it looks like you need fender, bumper, valance, grill, headlight, hood, core support, and the sheet metal over the wheel well. Probably some misc plastic bits as well.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Yea if his insurance is out of date, I wouldn't worry too much. Just see if you get a phone call.

Do you have liability at least? If not, get the lube.

Yea, I have coverage for everything, except full coverage of my car.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Looks like it missed the frame rail to me. other than the control arm all of that is non-structural. The most expensive part of that repair will be paint, the parts aren't too bad and I'm assuming you'll DIY most of it.

were those original hellas, or replicas/aftermarket?

Yes, from what I could see last night, it looked like it missed the rail. I'll DIY all of it, including paint - a close friend used to work at a body shop for a number of years :D

I might even pick up a cheap e30 with problems, take what I need and part the rest. Probably would come out on top too

[Exodus_2pt0]

Yea if his insurance is out of date, I wouldn't worry too much. Just see if you get a phone call.

Do you have liability at least? If not, get the lube.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

totaled in insurance perspective but fixable and requires serious amount of money.

It won't go through insurance. My dumbass didn't get this car fully insured yet, and fault was "mine"

I'd be happy the guy didn't stop. Did you a favor and saved a headache.

Well, I meant he drove off after we traded all insurance information etc. Though, his insurance card was expired and he kept asking me for cash, or to settle it outside of insurance, so he might not actually have any. In which case none of this might go through insurance at all?

[nando]

Looks like it missed the frame rail to me. other than the control arm all of that is non-structural. The most expensive part of that repair will be paint, the parts aren't too bad and I'm assuming you'll DIY most of it.

were those original hellas, or replicas/aftermarket?

[Exodus_2pt0]

I'd be happy the guy didn't stop. Did you a favor and saved a headache.

[aegul44]

totaled in insurance perspective but fixable and requires serious amount of money.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

If you can get the hood open and snap a pic of the frame rail, might be helpful in assessing if it's fixable/screwed.

I'll be doing that as soon as I get home. I couldn't open it yesterday. Might need a bit of angle grinder action.

Already ordered a replacement control arm (I'll get that this afternoon), so at least I can pull all the damaged body parts off and still shuffle/move the car around my place. It runs fine.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

what did we do to deserve this

I was thinking the same. It's not right.

What the hell is going on with the influx of E30s getting boned recently? Does the universe just hate us?

I don't know.

[djjerme]

If you can get the hood open and snap a pic of the frame rail, might be helpful in assessing if it's fixable/screwed.

[UlrichFennec]

What the hell is going on with the influx of E30s getting boned recently? Does the universe just hate us?

[2mAn]

what did we do to deserve this

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Wow. Socal has been hard on e30s this week. Good luck fixing it!

yea, broke my heart when I saw simon's....

Well, that's what I need to figure out, can this even be fixed?