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Damage repair advice from hitting a raccoon...

Old Jul 20, 2020 | 04:09 AM
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2010 Civic EX Sedan

On my way in to work tonight, I hit the most ridiculously huge raccoon I've ever seen, at a speed of around 50 MPH(55 zone, had zero time to brake, but was cresting a hill), and while the car drives fine and has no visible external damage, underneath is a slightly different story.

As I said the car still drives fine, and I had plenty of time at work(newspaper delivery) to feel it out, so there isn't any discernible mechanical damage(no indication of any fluid leaks), but I now have the following to fix:
1: Busted front air dam(don't know if this is the right term for the part - the piece underneath the front bumper cover that sticks down a couple inches).
2: Driver's side front inner fender pulled out(but seems to be intact)
3: Busted up air intake piping....I THINK.

#3 is the big issue. I'm not entirely sure it was the actual air intake piping or something else - I don't have sufficient working knowledge of the car and cannot find any images of the parts when I search for the terms I know. It was the stuff just ahead of the driver's side front tire, unsurprisingly. The box containing the engine air filter is still in place and undamaged as far as I can tell, and I think some of the parts mentioned in #1 were connected to it(can't recall from when I last changed the air filter).

I will post pics of the damaged pieces later(after I wake up in the afternoon) if the location referred to does not make the pieces in question sufficiently clear, but for now I need the following information that I'm struggling to find:

1: The proper term for the "air dam" so I can find a replacement.
2: The pins/rivets used to attach the inner fender
3: The right parts to replace the other parts I'm unsure of the identity of.

Thanks in advance for any and all help you can provide.
 
Old Jul 20, 2020 | 11:19 AM
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I have identified the damaged parts for issue #3 as the air intake resonator box. Not the worst thing to have fall out of the car, but I am well aware it does more than just muffle sound.
 
Old Jul 20, 2020 | 12:43 PM
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this piece?
 
Old Jul 20, 2020 | 12:49 PM
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not sure about the lip that hangs down believe your correct. a u pull it yard would be an easy place to try to get one cheap. the other piece probably just needs some clips replaced if its not broken. they can be easily sourced at a local auto parts store doesn't have to be the exact replacement clip just the right size. pull some clips out of the passenger side and go in the store with them.
 
Old Jul 20, 2020 | 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by drakon543
this piece?
I...think so? It's a little tough to tell with the damage - the box actually fell out about a mile down the road after the initial hit(and after I had recovered the inner fender and air damn piece). I hadn't noticed it was loose before, but it ended up getting dragged against the road for a couple hundred feet, so it's REALLY messed up. It does APPEAR to be that piece, though. I took pictures while going over the damage again earlier, and I'll attach them here.




Originally Posted by drakon543
not sure about the lip that hangs down believe your correct. a u pull it yard would be an easy place to try to get one cheap. the other piece probably just needs some clips replaced if its not broken. they can be easily sourced at a local auto parts store doesn't have to be the exact replacement clip just the right size. pull some clips out of the passenger side and go in the store with them.
The good news is that while I was going over the damage and taking the above photos I discovered part is NOT broken - I didn't realize it at the time(too dark to see clearly) but the air damn on this car is actually in three pieces, and it merely pulled off the left side piece. I just need the pins/rivets to put it back in.

So the parts pictures are all that's really an issue after all.
 

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Old Jul 20, 2020 | 05:04 PM
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i doubt your in pa but i dont even have the civic that air box resonator went on. i put a cold air on my 08 and never threw the old parts away. happened to remember i still had it when i read your post. there is a stamp on the box with the correct part number for that box
 
Old Jul 20, 2020 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by drakon543
i doubt your in pa but i dont even have the civic that air box resonator went on. i put a cold air on my 08 and never threw the old parts away. happened to remember i still had it when i read your post. there is a stamp on the box with the correct part number for that box
I found it - https://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com...r-chamber-1-8l

As is often the case, just had to find the right combination of terms. Though it did confuse me at first as one of the parts the came off didn't appear in the diagrams, but closer inspection reveals it's a piece of piping that goes INSIDE of the actual box. So I at the very LEAST can use this section to hook things back up and get the cooler air farther from the engine, even if not the noise reduction(which is so minimal I never noticed it while driving after the impact), and if I decide to replace the whole thing I can order it later. But this piping adds so much structure that I might actually be able to piece together the remnants of the existing box - if they hadn't fallen out and scraped on the pavement for a couple hundred feet I'm sure I'd be able to piece it together with relative ease. The scraped-in holes and the condition of the mounting points are the big question here.
 
Old Jul 21, 2020 | 02:13 AM
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some extra plastic from whatever and some jb weld putty will fix the cracks and hold the pieces together and some bigger washers could probably get you by if you wanted to save a couple bucks. i found it on ebay for 30 bucks using the pp-#### part number.
 
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