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Need some help
Hey guys I am in need of a bit of help. I was wondering if anyone could post a pic of the front of the grill with the hood open. I got into a fender bender :eek: and I am trying to figure out what all is bent. Any pics will be greatly appreciated!!
I got hit in the front passenger corner of the car, so my front bumper is messed up as is my passenger turn signal (in the bumper). My hood also sustained some damage, what I am not sure about is if my fender got bent in towards the center of the car and also if some of my bracing/frame-like pieces got torqued.
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wylee
Year? Sedan? Hatch?
x2 on that 1
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Its an 04 Hatch LS and yeah that picture helps some, I am pretty sure my radiator support frame got bent....great.....
I am heading to a body shop later to get an estimate, I might just have them straighten the frame and then swap the body panels myself.
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Also can the Aveo5 (like 2009ish) bumper, hood, fenders fit on an 04 Hatch frame?
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Ah Daox I see your problem in that picture. It's just missing a battery, you should be able to get it up in a jiffy! :)
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hes also missing the gerbils that jump up and down on the pistons. or is that kia?
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Haha wish I could like the last post! Rabbit, did you get my PM(s)? I know you said you have had some crazy hours at work lately
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So um, I'm going to jack my thread back and see if anyone has put an 09+ hatchback front end on a 1st gen hatch?
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You can, car has the same frame.
Daox, that is not how you change the air filter...
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+1 on the air filter change!
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I was pretty sure the frame was the same but I noticed that the radiator supports are different. My rad support is bent so I was gonna replace it anyways should I replace it with one from an 09+??
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So I compared two side by side the other day and I don't think you can just swap them, I don't think the headlights bolt in properly or have enough room. The radiator supports are different and the newer one attaches closer to the firewall.
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Of course the headlights wil not work, but if you got everything off the 2nd gen, you should be fine
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I know you need everything off the 2nd gen to even think it will work (as I stated in my previous posts in this thread). However compare these two pictures and look at where the headlights bolt onto the radiator support. The shape of the top of the rad support is different and I don't think the 2nd gen headlights would bolt to the 1st gen frame.
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