Total loss

What year and how many miles on it?

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ouch, sorry!
but with all that, i would fix it

 

only thing left is the brake actuator

 

i agree, take it to a body shop for an estimate. at least you'll learn how much damage there is

 

Looks DIY-able to me... Hardest part is going to be hammering/bending straight the parts of the frame that the fender, headlight and radiator bolt to.

And of course all this is assuming impact happened up top and nothing down below was bent. If your picture is not showing an impact at the bottom of it and there's a significant impact to the frame where front left wheel mounts then it's likely totaled.

 

Total loss settlement but no detail posted of what the settlement is. I’ll vote for that, even though there’s no info provided to be informed what is!!’

 

Insurance details?

 

That's a lightweight easy fix right there The part you're talking about bent isn't really the core support That's the part that runs right to the side of the headlight The actual core support which holds the locking mechanism for the hood is removable it unbolts that whole piece comes right off The pieces that flank that or near the headlights do not come off usually you can beat those and pull those back into shape with the headlight out which is broken so if it's going to be out anyway so that should be a real simple easy fix I did this on a generation 2 where that curved part of the sheet metal that bolts up to the end of the core support was mangled to pieces with a pair of pliers hand tongs and a hammer I beat that bad boy almost back to factory specs Hood closes all of it works no problem and my core support on the generation 2 was bent so I took the center part of that with the hood lock and the center support piece that goes from the bottom to the top off of another car sitting right next to it that I own and put that on the broken car fix the mangled piece same side as your car actually and it's been on the road ever since can't even tell it The generation 3 should be easier to twist and beat that piece back into shape because it's much thinner than the generation 2 same piece much thinner You can almost bend it all by hand. And the rest of that is all lightweight junk you can find off I just turned away a car for $500 a generation 3 2014 that I could have fixed I just have no interest in generation 3 fixing I'd rather have another $700 generation too with leather interior like I just bought but that's of course it's total lost by the insurance company that feeds the salvage industry and so on and so forth I'd have that car back on the road tomorrow or the next day easily but personally I don't want any more generation threes I've lost interest in this whole series of this model It's just not worth my time.

 

As long as damage is only up top the mounting spots for headlight and fender are easy to bend back with hand tools...

 

No when you have a damaged car like this yeah you can buy Rock Auto parts parts all kinds of aftermarket body parts will fit and are relatively close no hole adjustments and what have you generally. I'm not sure about the paint use whatever you like I mean I would imagine you want to try to match the paint code of the car that's on your door panel TRCR something like that it's marked so then when you get that straight you can order spray cans or whatever it is you're going to do get a pint something

 

It takes a while. You'll get better results if you work on it a little bit at a time and slowly bend all the parts back into place. Bending one area back perfectly before you work on the other areas is way more problematic. You could also go to a wrecker and saw off some of those chunks and replace the most badly damage areas via welding or maybe in some cases bolting.