In a bit of road rage, a woman slammed on her brakes which caused me to rear end her. My car basically went underneath her, however I'm wondering how far gone my car actually is. I believe all I really need is a bumper, hood, headlights, radiator, and support. Although, I don't know much about body work, so if anyone would be kind enough to enlighten me, that'd be great.

 

I had front end damage and didn't mess up my hood and front crossmember frame and it cost two grand. Based on that I'm going to estimate your damage at about five to six grand by the time you replace and paint all those panels. If it still drives straight I think its salvageable. If the two big longitudinal side rails are bent farther back it will mess with your wheels/alignment, that's when it's done for.

BTW, if it really was a brake check, you can go after her. Brake checking is illegal. People have gone to jail for doing it and killing someone....not that the tailgaiter is any better.

 

Yeah, honestly, though, it runs fine. I drove it home, which was a forty minute drive and the crash happened two days ago, it still runs. Also, the alignment is fine. Drives straight and everything. The radiator is leaking, but its an easy fix. Today, I did an initial hammering out to my hood. Its straight now, but isnt quite flush, so tomorrow im going in to critique it. Im literally just going to take off my bumper and try to hammer some other things, see where it goes. But I bought my civic for two grand, blue bool value was three grand, so putting upwards to five grand into it seems insane. I figure I will see what I can do, if it doesnt work, oh well, its still messed up anyways.

And, I wasnt even tailgaiting! Literally, LITERALLY all I did was flash my lights, honk, and flip her off for almost hitting my car. She said I ran a stop sign, I didnt. I stopped completely. She also lied to the cop saying I was threatening her. I weigh ninety six lbs and am only four eleven. Im sorry, I just cant threaten someone. My brakes suck. I have had to replace my brake line and pads, however, my brakes are so so so so rusted that theyre okay? But not completely all right. So when she just suddenly slammed to a halt, I didnt expect it. Her car didnt have a scratch on it.

Blergh

 

Went under an SUV, or hit a tow hitch? Looks like damage which I had done to a previous 98 Green Civic years ago for the same reason.

If an insurance company got a hold of it, it would be totaled. The biggest bitch will be to get a radiator support in there and straight. Once that is done everything else should fall in line. I suggest to inspect you hood latch as well, since that could be damaged. You do not want your hood flying up onto the windshield.

 

Ouch. If there's a Certifit close to where you are, you can get some parts for cheap. Paint will be the most expensive part. Core support will be the hardest part. If you're careful, you might be able to pull that out and straighten it a little.

 

That is rather major damage, but like the others said, salvageble if the frame is not bent. Replace those rusted brake rotors before you drive again.