How screwed am I?
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DynaBro
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Added this undamaged side for comparison.
0DegreeEngineer
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can you give us a profile of the indent on both sides?
DynaBro
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Not sure what else I can show you without removing the trim panel, which I am not going to today.
0DegreeEngineer
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can you duplicate your last photo (Passenger Side) angle on the Driver Side?
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0DegreeEngineer
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Could you do the trunk interior photo ? get this side
pictured (same angle like this side
pictured (same angle like this side
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@dadsbee @eldubb440 thoughts?
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not sure what the issue is? did you back into something?
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Yeah. My brother parked a truck where no truck is ever supposed to be and nothing has ever been parked in the history of this property so when I came swinging out of the garage (no power steering) I bumped it.
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Don't consider this an expert opinion, just logic. The driver side bumper appears to be pushed in, along with some of the valance. Since the bumper is the strongest component structurally, could it not be carefully pulled back outward, while something secures the right side, unbent part of the bumper to prevent it from twisting our pulling outward too? Generally you want to do a reversal of whatever direction caused the damage. Again, I'm only an expert at watching YouTube videos. 
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Yeah that's what I'm hoping but it's a weird spot so I would prefer someone who does this sort of work weigh in. Hoping I can get away with a paintless repair on the cheap or even pull it off myself, which I will try if it's going to be costly because so what if I do a bad job, I gotta pay a guy anyway. Worth a shot.Don't consider this an expert opinion, just logic. The driver side bumper appears to be pushed in, along with some of the valance. Since the bumper is the strongest component structurally, could it not be carefully pulled back outward, while something secures the right side, unbent part of the bumper to prevent it from twisting our pulling outward too? Generally you want to do a reversal of whatever direction caused the damage. Again, I'm only an expert at watching YouTube videos.
OMTWF-72SE
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I have a wrinkle like that up front that makes my eyebrow trim sit wonky. But it's like the joinery issue I have with the kitchen cabinets I made. I'm the only one that sees them. So Ill be the voice of cheapness, step back 20 feet and decide if that wrinkle will matter in 6 months. Then have someone take a picture of it when you drive by at 40, do you see it.
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Nope. That’s the slippery slope. Once things start to slide if you don’t stop them they snowball. I know me. That’s what will happen.
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it'll be on a rotisserie in no time
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Some repetition here. 1975 Our 67 318 was getting a little long in the tooth. We parked it in a wooden uninsulated machine shed. Got a 1972 Polara Custom from my parents. Drove short distances a few times a year. 1987-88 took it out of storage.
Yearly Mopar show had started in Southey Saskatchewan , put on by Southey Motors. We decided to go. The car had about 140,000 mi on it. First show we attend, I looked at all the done cars. Said to my wife we shouldn’t be parking here. I was ready to park somewhere else and look at the other eateries. Our 13 year old son said (Dad I have 10.00, I will pay the fee) He had a very good day. I paid the fee. It brought me back to remembering things. ( Be proud of what you have because it’s your’s). Not everyone can cut a cheque and proudly announce look what I did.
Yearly Mopar show had started in Southey Saskatchewan , put on by Southey Motors. We decided to go. The car had about 140,000 mi on it. First show we attend, I looked at all the done cars. Said to my wife we shouldn’t be parking here. I was ready to park somewhere else and look at the other eateries. Our 13 year old son said (Dad I have 10.00, I will pay the fee) He had a very good day. I paid the fee. It brought me back to remembering things. ( Be proud of what you have because it’s your’s). Not everyone can cut a cheque and proudly announce look what I did.
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Will that be a rotisserie in New Jersey?
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For me it's guaranteed to snowball. Remove everything that allows the fender to be removed. Decide the grill could look better, that left hood hinge should be fixed, parking lenses look rough. Maybe time to go back to spinnaker white. Next thing I know Im repolishing all the trim and the wife is asking why her 38 nash project stalled for one little dent.
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