In furthest left lane to turn left, car one lane over that's heading straight brakes, cuts across and turns left. My front right bumper clips them as I'm making the turn. They vanish.

Taking the car to a frame and alignment shop I use on Monday or Tuesday but trying to get an idea of what kind of damage I'm looking at ahead of time.

Point of impact



Bumper clips were undone by the hit and 1 of the 2 brackets holding the headlamp on the right side broke.






Bonnet appears to not sit correctly but I think it's because the headlamp is out of position (broken bracket) and the front right quarter panel might be a bit flexed (second pic top arrow).




Not leaking fluids, car's tracking straight but upon acceleration change or parking I can hear popping, ticking, dull squeaking (imagine not re-torquing suspension bolts properly and driving about). Also the strange water movement type sounds???



I'm thinking/hoping it's all bodywork type damage. Bumper is $150?, what does getting it painted usually cost (FL), might as well go with the sport lip?

Any feedback would be appreciated.

 

what part of florida are you in? I could take a look at it for you if you wanted, the front bumper and fender are VERY easy to remove and any damage would be pretty obvious.

 

Time willing I'd take them off but based on the sounds I figured it needs to be looked at by someone looking for specific or subtle signs of damage.

Check inbox. Thanks for the reply.

 

where in FL are you?

 

deosn't seem like much damage. You should see mine if you think thats bad. Destroyed it this winter in the snow.