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Old 11-14-2011, 11:31 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Just eyeballing off of those pics, it seems like you have high odds of a frame problem there, that was more than just a fender bender. Especially seeing that interior plastic along the bottom of the door sill buckled makes me think that. The outer stuff (the front bumper support, the outer body panels, etc) aren't that hard to fix, but getting the frames/subframes/whatever-they're-called on this car correct could be a bitch, and it's a really important point to worry about. If they can't fix it right, you'll have endless problems getting your alignment correct in the future, etc. Make sure it's a good body shop, and make sure that part of the deal is getting the frame perfect. If the frame cannot be put back exactly the way it should be, I would try to work on the insurance guys to write off the car as a loss rather than try to deal with an imperfect frame, especially on a sportscar.
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