Yesterday (4/7/02) I was involved in a minor accident (No one was hurt, it was a no-fault accident) and the front of my daily driver is torn up. I was wondering if it's hard to fix the damage on it. I posted quite a few pictures on my website. Here's all the pictures I've taken (http://72chevelle.8m.com/truck)
There's no sheetmetal damage, but the front bumper and bumper brackets are toast. Would it be ok if I just put another bumper and brackets on it, or should I just take it to a collision shop? Thanks in advance for answering an offtopic question

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That looks like something you can repair yourself. it's not too bad. I would buy brackets, bumper, headlamp assembly and possibly a hood (unless you can fix it) it will save you a boatload of cash..... Looking at that, you can expect 800 bucks or more at a collision shop. DIY and you'll get it for a few hundred or less... Good Luck... Glad everyone is OK.

I'd go for it. You'll save a bundle.
Are the fenders or hood pushed back? Ripples in them?

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Luckily, the fenders and hood came out OK. All that was damaged was the bumper, the brackets, and the core support needs to be hit with a hammer a few times to straighten out the hood latch (it still latches though)

I can't find a bumper from the boneyard, so I'll probably end up going through the local Mazda dealership, and it's going to run $350 roughly for the bare minimum of parts. I'm going to hold off on it a few days and see if I can find the parts somewhere. Thanks for your opinions, I was kind of leaning towards doing it myself too, but I wasn't sure.

Did you try www.brandywineparts.com (http://www.brandywineparts.com) they have a pretty wide network of parts places.

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