Hey everybody, thanks for reading.

I was driving home from work during hurricane Sandy, and there was a bunch of fallen sticks in the roads. Apparently I ran over one of the sticks (it was maybe 12 inches long), and it reacted in such a way that demolished the corner of my front left wheel well.

I have no idea how this is physically possible; how a 12 inch 1.5in diameter stick could hit my wheel well at the perfect angle to do this damage.

But, now it's just a big hole that collects dirt and pine needles. The plastic is tough, and I can't bend it back by hand. Not because it's too tough, but because the side skirt prevents my hand from getting a good grip on it. I fear that I may need to take the entire side skirt off of my car.

Is this damage repairable, or is the entire wheel well toast? Will it need to be replaced entirely? Plastic is always tough to bend back into place perfectly.

Thanks!! Images below..

 

youre kidding right?

 

No, I'm not kidding. Is the answer that obvious? I must be missing it then. I'm not a mechanic by any means. I fix computers; that's it. Sorry if this is a stupid question.

 

get a flat head screw driver and just pry/pop the plastic back out?

 

Thanks! But, if you look closely, the side skirt is ABOVE the wheel well, and without having access to behind the bent piece of plastic (which would involve taking the skirt off), I'm not sure how I could get it lay flat again. If the plastic was above the skirt, this would be a piece of cake.

It's plastic, so if I bent it back into place somehow, it'd spring back to it's current position.

Sorry if I'm just being stupid!

 

Not sure if srs.

 

Ok, maybe I didn't explain it in a way that made sense. I tried. Thanks ayways.

 

you mean below? use an "L" shaped tool then.

 

that car is totaled.

 

I was thinking the same thing

 

Best way is to take the sideskirt off. That way you can get it right and also be able to clean out the entire mess in there