Hey everyone, lost the rear end last night and hit a curb. Damaged hub, wheel, rotor but already ordered parts for those. There's damage to the side skirt/rocker panel. Do you think this is repairable? Current car doesn't move so I can't bring to a body shop. Once I get the parts to make it moveable I will probably bring to a shop but was wondering if anybody here knows bodywork.

S2K damage

 

cut it out and weld in another

 

Yes, it's repairable and as valleyboy noted it can be cut out and pieces from another chassis welded in, but one basic about bodywork of this type-don't do it yourself or have a friend with a welder attempt it. The deal is that the existing twisted/stretched/bent metal needs to be pulled out to be close to being in the original position before it is cut away to make room for the replacement pieces to be welded in. that takes a frame machine and a printout of chassis dimensions to be measured against. That helps bring the adjacent metal into position to limit how much material needs to be replaced. If that isn't done either much more metal has to be cut away and replaced and/or the new pieces won't fit correctly and or the chassis can end up bent. Sorta the same thing on the front suspension pickup points, if they didn't move, no problem, if they got tweaked you can maybe sorta have it aligned after bolting on new suspension pieces, but you might end up with a shorter wheelbase on one side and weird handling and or run out of suspension adjustment for proper alignment.

 

Thanks for the tips guys.

 

I would prob find a good body shop and see if they will replace the rocker but try to save the bottom of the quarter-panel. List price for the rocker panel is under $200 new- but expect at least 15-30 body and paint labor hours to fix it