Crunch...OOOPS!

[zx1100]

So a buddy stops by and parks his car at the front of my driveway. Hops in my car and we start to backup and I totally don't remember to even look for his car :o I start to turn while in reverse and all I hear is a bug crunch. Surprisingly no body damage to either cars. He will probably need to have his bumber repainted and some trim pieces replaced but no body damage. The 3 suffered a pushed in quarter panel and that was it. I was able to buff out all the marks from the front drivers side fender and as you can see from the picture below it's good as new.

My question is this. How easy is it to remove the panel the front fender is attached to? The force from the impact pushed it in and causing the door not to open all the way and I would like to try to straighten it out myself or would it be best to leave it to a bodyshop? Everything else looks untouched.

Here's some pictures showing the damage.

Kind of hard to see but there's a gap where the rubber seal from the fender should be against the quarter panel.
http://www.myprivateoasis.com/vettec5/cars/h3/h3panel.jpg

This picture shows where the quarter panel is pushed in from the door so when I open the door to far it hits.
http://www.myprivateoasis.com/vettec5/cars/h3/h3panel2.jpg

Thanks.

[ChiHummer3]

Ouch!

[fourfourto]

Ouch !
Its time to get a rear camera,or glasses.

[lance-n]

thank god my wife's armada has the back up radar beeper things!

[Agriv8r]

Ouch !
Its time to get a rear camera,or glasses.

:jump:

[wpage]

The fender is all plastic and is held in by push on connectors. The connectors are plastic but sit in metal on the body of the vehicle...
I found out when I slid into a oak tree and lost my fender. You could probably handle it. However to get it right your going to need some help from a shop. Matching the gaps is a art best left to the pros:beerchug:

[zx1100]

I'll try pulling on it without taking it off and see if I can live with it for now. I'll be stopping by the body shop with my buddy when he has them look at his car and I'll see what they will want to do it for me. I hope it doesn't cost too much for his car, an S500 :eek:

I should of had a back-up camera by now but just got busy the past few months that I can't do anything with any of my cars :crying:

[Big Dad]

That doesn't look too bad, but that doesn't necessarily equate to being cheap. Keep us in the loop.

[tower]

From the looks of the "warp" ths may not work,but you could try a paintless dent repair service. They are always much cheaper than body shops. Good luck!

[blindzebra]

at least your truck didnt role into a tree all by intself while you were watching aye. Trust me. That chit sucks

[subunix]

almost backed into a pole the other day, it would suck