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here is what happened, a desscription of the pics, and questions on what to do next at the end

 

Was on the wasy home, saw something insteresting off to the side(a dog going after another), and looked back and WOAH!!! that MPV IS CLOSE!!! I hit it between 6-10 MPH. THANK GOD, the man nor his kids, were hurt, he said he didn't fell much of any jolt. (probablydue to his trailer hitch, and the wonderful crash design of the E30) Most of the damage was due to its trailer hitch, but it will need a new rear bumper cover. They are getting an estimate tomorrow, and luckly, the guy is willing to settle it w/o the insurance, as I offered out of pocket. We decided to tell the cops not to come out, so no ticket either.

 

1st pic:

as you can see, somehow the hood was bent down, I think. not sure how, since the hood didn't touch the car. The grille was bent in tho, so I took it out.

benthood.jpg

 

 

2nd pic:

there goes the rare 1987 spoiler mounts..... should I have a few new one's fabricated, or get some kind of body kit? the bumper shock are blow, and the bumper, where the front plate screws on, its slightly bent.

brokenmounts.jpg

 

3rd pic:

overall damage: the bumper stick out more now, so I guess the Bumper shocks are blown

frontdamage.jpg

 

4th Pic:

The spoiler did a number on the oil cooler

coolersmash.jpg

 

5th:

the uderbody plastic is rubbing my tie rod.....could that meean my frame is bent? or is that due to my out of place bumper & spoiler.

passcntrlarm.jpg

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\ it appears that the Aux. fan has been pushed enought into the frotn cooler(trans???) so that it wont spin. although both the cooler and the fan might be salvageable.....

 

In order to open the hood, I had to bust out the drivers side high beam(it was already cracked and broken) in order to reach the cable, which I had to yanbk on with pliers. The screwdriver/hood release trick for e30's didn't work.

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