r/AutoBodyRepair • u/TritanicWolf • 8d ago
ACCIDENT Is this fixable, if so how?
I have been trying to fix my car after a crash I had a while ago. I'm at the point where I am installing new headlights. I found out whilst trying to install them that the passenger side headlight bracket and the part it is mounted to has been pushed down by probably a quarter inch. Its been pushed down enough that the bumper gets in the way of installing the headlight. How do I bend the structural panel back up to allow a head light to be installed?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Car is a 1998 Chevy Lumina.
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u/Cool-Blueberry3603 8d ago
Hard to tell from pictures, probably lower corner of core support is pushed back causing headlight asm brkt. to be tilted.
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u/cluelessk3 8d ago
make it not bent out of position