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Subject Ok, sorry to self post, but my dad's car was hit similarly..
     
Posted by Keaner on January 06, 2007 at 6:39 PM
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In Reply To Re: Give it to me straight, how bad is this... posted by Keaner on January 06, 2007 at 06:03 PM
     
Message in about 96 or so, my dad's 92 NA was hit very similarly, except the hatch gap was bigger, and the fenders rippled a lot more. Also, all of his interior plastic panels all cracked (and were thus replaced). The accident was also at 30+ (my dad stopped of course).

Anyway, the point of this post: my dad was able to have it fixed for just about 5k at a local body shop. They used a frame straightener tool to bring the rear of the car up to the correct alignment.

THEN, they did extensive work on the fenders, replaced the bumper, rear tails, and the metal under the lights. They were able to replace the exhaust (which had bent) with another stock one. They had to fix a serious crease in the floorpan (which you seem to have escaped!), and replace the interior panels all the way around (which were ~1k according to my mom).

At the end, it was still a very solid car, and was just about impossible to see any evidence of the accident.

Long story short, my dad had a similar crash, which to the untrained eye looks about equivalently serious than yours. Assuming you can find a quality shop to do the work, it should be repairable.

     
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