Car Accident - Can this be self repaired?

Yeah you can do anything you want to buddy It's your car I would say it looks like a lot of that is bolt on when you get the bolt on stuff off see what's bent stuff that doesn't bolt on that's bent generally these cars are pretty well built You can straighten them out right in the driveway may not look like brand new but hey you can buy a whole rolling chassis and move all your parts to the thing for $500 on up of course I know the idea here is to not spend anything and have your car back but you know those days are over for me kind of that's why I drive these old cars because I can get as many as I want for almost whatever I want to pay everybody should be able to when cars are this age.

 

The biggest challenge is where the front metal bumper is bolted into place on the passenger side. If you can use a come along or winch to ensure those bolt holes line up with used replacement bumper the rest of the job should be fairly easy with just bending stuff back by hand and modifying failed fastener points to work again. I wouldn't spend much time or money on it till you're sure that those bumper bolts are taken care of.

 

What if "Murphy's Law", your $500 estimate turns into $1500?

If the damage is isolated to the frame horns, sure it could be DIY fixed.
But, a come-along and a tree, well that's unique

I'd write your first step is to remove the parts on the front end to clearly see the impact damage.
That should answer the radiator shifting question and offer repair plan insights.

Good luck

 

A come along and TWO trees because tires might not hold the car in place if you have to bend it a lot.

In auto body shops they have anchors in the concrete floor that you attach the chains to.

 

I'd definitely wait till they get back to you; what sort of coverage do you have?

 

The damage is peculiar. It looks like the OP's car was hammered straight in from the side right on the end of the bumper, but without touching the passenger side wheel, fender or headlight.

It looks to me like the entire front bumper is shifted 6" to 12" towards the driver's side, and the two parts of the body to which it is bolted (frame horns?) are both bent 45 (?) degrees or so towards the driver's side. I looked in the repair manual and Toyota doesn't use the term "frame horn", and I couldn't find the appropriate section describing it. However, on EM-88 there is a diagram showing that component which looks like maybe it is bolted onto something rather than welded on. So if that is the case, and the thing it is bolted to is not also bent, which is a pretty big if, then perhaps both sides can just be unbolted from the car and parts from a junkyard bolted back on instead. I have no idea what squishy bits may have been damaged, but there is supposed to be a big white plastic thing sort of behind/under the passenger side headlight, and I don't see it. Resonator?

Some pictures from underneath, looking up at the structural components would help. That said, I suspect that there is too much front end damage to justify trying to repair this. The car is likely "J shaped" now, with the big offsets we can see, but smaller ones farther back. Perhaps a body shop would give you an analysis of the damage for not too much money?

 

The side of the other car did this? Does that other car now have an enormous gash at bumper height running down the entire side?

 

Maybe? They can at least tell you what else, if anything, is bent. It may be that the place where the frame horn bolts on needs to be repaired - the metal may have been deformed by the same force that bent the horns 45 degrees.

 

I'd take the $3,600, keep the battery then look for a tidy 2009 Prius with a bad battery but otherwise in good condition.

 

This may not be to your liking but if the wheels all track properly and no fluids are dripping out put some sort of off road truck front bumper on and some prius bits on the sides. Lift it and go for a more rugged look.
If you want to go back to stock take the 3200 and that should be more than enough to get it back together in some sort of fashion