I would suggest pulling the fender and putting the car on a frame rack -- likely the body is distorted. Probably can be pulled out with no problem, but you won't be able to do it by hand. The A pillar is bent in at the bottom, without straightening you will never be able to get a door to hang well enough to open and close. Ditto for the upper strut mount, likely both the strut and the mount area are bent.
Not enough damage to total the car, perhaps, but it's more than a fender and door repair. The lower control arm is not bent -- I don't think the ones on my wrecked 300D were either, with a MUCH bigger hit. The steering knuckle is probably OK too, but on mine the strut was badly bent up where it bolts to the steering knuckle. Whole mess was shoved over a foot, too, but that is not the case on yours. Peter -----Original Message----- >From: "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> >Sent: Apr 19, 2011 10:27 PM >To: mercedes Mailing List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >Subject: [MBZ] Its not as bad as I thought > >I can fix this myself, all it appears to need is a fender, door, >some trim, and a little suspension work on the drivers side. Door >is bowed at the top because it is crunched in the middle and the >hinges are bent. Did not get into the structure of the car at all >nearest I can tell. So, I guess I can put it back on the road >even if it turns out the white walmart trash has no insurance. > >http://www.okiebenz.com/pics/e430%20wreck/ > >-- >Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK > 99 E430, 99 E320, 95 E300, 94 S500, 92 500SEL, 92 300SD, > 92 300E 4Matic, 91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, > 85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D, >http://www.okiebenz.com > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
