Was headed to work today, changed a cd, and literally rolled into a Jeep Commander. The damn thing had a hitch on the back. No damage to their truck, but cracked my "chrome" grill piece, couple of minor scratches, and a golf ball size dent just on the front lip of the hood. Should I get a bra cover and just cover it, or claim it on my insurance. My deductible is very low, and have never made a claim. Just guessing it may be spendy if they have to spray paint the dent on the hood, and blend it in. Any ideas how to fix this? I will post pics tomorrow or Tuesday so you all can put a picture with this explanation. I am just not sure if there are any new grills that I could replace the plastic "chrome" piece with or what. Appreciate any and all ideas or opinions.

 

http://media.automotive.com/izmo/pix...4sa/grille.jpg

Could not figure out how to get a damn pic of the front grill on here until I take one myself, but copy and paste this web site and this is the "chrome" piece that cracked in half. The dent is just at the top left corner of the chrome piece, but on the hood. The color is Aqua, so not too noticeable. The scratches are actually on the front bumper just in the middle of the 2 black honeycomb grill inserts.

 

post some pictures... was it anything like mine? damage wise? link is in my signature

 

Damn!!!!!!!! Nothing that bad. Did they fix that or total your Lancer?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=140279130065



try that out they have good feedback, im thinking about getting one soon, other lancer owners have bought them for hte 08-09 as you can see in their feedback.


apparently the seller doenst have them listed anymore.

 

they fixed it

 

You guys thought that that one was bad check this one out... Accidentally ran a stop sign in the rain and connected with a work van... Almost cried that night...

 

damn that sucks, best of luck to you

 

There are a bunch of parts all over ebay like the link above. Keep checking there and I am sure that a front grill will turn up as people are wanting to switch from the chrome to the black or CF that RRM offers.

 

If the area isin't scratched badly and you just have a dent try PDR. It is paintless dent removal, they stretch the metal back to it's original shape. There are some restrictions when it can be done and when not but worth a shot. Much cheaper than body work usually around 80 to 90$ per panel.