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[Webby the Bear]

I'm not sure about this. That indentation in the top of the panel looks to me as if someone may have left a big socket or something there and slammed the bonnet closed on top of it. That may have caused the bonnet to misalign as well.

The dent that's dead in the centre of the 'slam panel'?

Yup, I'm fairly confident I've done that before 

[05omegav6]

Expect behind the bumper to look like this...result of low speed shunt...



After being buried in the back of a lorry at unknown speed

[Webby the Bear]

ETA, poor Miggy's 

However that perfectly shows what's probably happened!!!

Assuming mine looks like that I'm thinking that with a new metal piece up front, the washer bottle will also come back in to alignment as well as (hopefully) the N/S headlight assembly?

 

[05omegav6]

ETA, poor Miggy's 

However that perfectly shows what's probably happened!!!

Assuming mine looks like that I'm thinking that with a new metal piece up front, the washer bottle will also come back in to alignment as well as (hopefully) the N/S headlight assembly?

 

Might be able to persuade the slam panel to come forward slightly to meet the headlight. NS wing can be tweaked to bring it forward a touch. The washer bottle sits inside the back of the crashbar, bar is obviously toast as the washer bottle fixings have come out

Most of the slam panel damage in the second pic was as a direct result of the bonnet folding up rather than the impact...



Yours has no obvious creasing where the slam panel meets the wing, so nothing to really worry about there

[Webby the Bear]

Thanks ETA - you're a star 

I was just about to pop out to the car but it's pissing down!!!! 

[Andy B]

....
Wider gap between fender and hood on drivers' side: .....

And smaller gap between fender and hood on passenger side:
 ....

Remind me Steve ...... which side of the Atlantic do we live!       

[omega3000]

....
Wider gap between fender and hood on drivers' side: .....

And smaller gap between fender and hood on passenger side:
 ....

Remind me Steve ...... which side of the Atlantic do we live!       

He dont know , too busy in trunk sorting tools 

[martin42]

Hood and fender, has the uk been transported to the usa over night and nobody told us 

[MR MISTER]

Webby is,ermm....large enough to be an American 

[martin42]

Lmao,watching to much of that american shit on youtube 

[Andy B]

Lmao,watching to much of that american shit on youtube 

nail hit head .......     

[biggriffin]

mr webby might want to look at this thread when i scratched mine,and how we fixed it
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=111739.15

[henryd]

Lmao,watching to much of that american shit on youtube 

nail hit head .......     

I thought the same when reading the first post lol

[Webby the Bear]

Thanks for all the replies folks.

BG, thanks for that. Luckily it's nowhere near that bad. I'm hopeful that it's just the channel at the front that's bent and I'll get a good look at that over Christmas...assuming the weather gets better 

That was a fantastic way to straighten that slam panel  Would that not affect it's strength in the unfortunate incident of another collision though?

Andy.... yes, apologies for the Americanisms.... I watch far too much Eric the Car Guy  Last one I watched he was replacing pads and rotors discs 

[05omegav6]

Thanks for all the replies folks.

BG, thanks for that. Luckily it's nowhere near that bad. I'm hopeful that it's just the channel at the front that's bent and I'll get a good look at that over Christmas...assuming the weather gets better 

That was a fantastic way to straighten that slam panel  Would that not affect it's strength in the unfortunate incident of another collision though?

Andy.... yes, apologies for the Americanisms.... I watch far too much Eric the Car Guy  Last one I watched he was replacing pads and rotors discs 

Fatigue should be something you cover at college... but basically, if you bend and straighten any material enough times it will fracture. Gentle tweaking is ok as it is relatively low stress. Repeated crashes not recommended, but if you bend it that badly, then you should really replace the affected panel. As said the bonnet is actually the thing that folds up... it uses the slam panel as a brake to dampen the energy of the impact.

The crash bar is a pretty solid lump, so deals with the bulk of the energy in an impact (provided what you hit is low enough of course)