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![]() ![]() ![]() Drives: Yaris 06 - 5dr hatchback Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Birmingham, UK
Posts: 390
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Front Body Damage Advice
Just wondering if I could tap the hive mind on this one. I'm fairly handy with most things and a bit of maintenance car wise but I've never really done much body work.
My 06 Yaris Hatchback had a rather nasty collision with a rock in the front passenger side while she was on a road trip in Europe (wet muddy downhill grass bank on a camp site). dRTWdkU.jpg HyqNI0b.jpg SIpwFmc.jpg As you can see the radiator frame is damaged, the plastic splash shields and there is a split in the passenger side headlamp. I need a new bumper too. Am I correct in assuming the front end of the car is all bolted together? No welding needed? Therefore I could get the front cut off a scrap vehicle, straighten it out and whack a donor front on bolt/clip it together, a bit of paint? Or am I off my rocker? Is this damage to severe? ![]() Amazingly the car has since done 10,000 miles (7000 of them in Europe) and there are no issues with steering or handling even at autobahn speeds. Not only am I kind of attached to this shitbox, my finances will be more suited to buying a newer vehicle in 3 or 4 years when the rust finally wrecks it so a repair for scrapyard prices, a weekend or two of my time and a few parts seems more appealing. |
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