Hey, just smashed the front end of my 97'
Magna advance on a kangaroo. Radiator gone, hood
Gone, headlights gone, and front cross bar bent in.
needs lots of TLC. A couple shops said they won't touch
it. :(

Not insured so it's a cash job.

Anyone know of a good shop to go too?
Please help!!!

Sorry to say but i can almost guarantee you it would be cheaper to buy a new car and keep that one for parts....

ouch! :(

post up some pics !

think it may require a whole front end(support bars and all the rest)


Sorry to say but i can almost guarantee you it would be cheaper to buy a new car and keep that one for parts....

agree with hayden on this as it will probably will cost over 5grand or so(dont trust me on this) and for that price you can get a later model and more safer, etc

Hey, just smashed the front end of my 97'
Magna advance on a kangaroo. Radiator gone, hood
Gone, headlights gone, and front cross bar bent in.
needs lots of TLC. A couple shops said they won't touch
it. :(

Not insured so it's a cash job.

Anyone know of a good shop to go too?
Please help!!!


What are you like with the tools?

I crashed my car last year, wasnt very hard but did enough damage.http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/610/accident4k.jpg

needed a new bonnet, radiator, bumper, radiator supports etc. Anyway My advice is strip the entire front end so that all damaged parts are off the car. Once you have done this you can create a list of things to get from a wrecker.http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/4245/accidnet3.jpg
In My opinion, I would look at replacing the important crucial mechanical things such as the radiator to get the car running again.

With mine the reo bar for the bumper was destroyed so I sourced a new one of those. I think took off the bumper support from the top of the bumper and straightened that. You will be surprised what you can do with some blocks of wood and mallets. I also straighted my bonnet as best as possible so as to have it line up closely. This might seem a little bit 'agricultural' but often wreckers dont have the colour bumper or bonnet that you are after at that point in time. Atleast by straightening things, it will get the car drivable until you can source the parts required.http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1281/accident2l.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/accident2l.jpg/)


All up this repair cost me about $500 by the time i sourced parts. It also ment I could fit a newer model bumper from the TH/TJ range along with giving me a reason to upgrade my front grill.

I dont wanna start a debate or arguement about the best course of action for you to take, as that all these threads seem to be doing as of late, Just wanted to share my experience with you and some ideas!

you could also do the option above,
but in reality it all depends on your experience and how much time, effort and $$$ your'e willing to put in