Oh that’s a good first step. ill take it off today and get a closer look.

 

I think getting some quotes from bodyshops is a good starting point. Get them to put as much detail in there as you can get them to - it will at least help you understand all the parts that need replacing.
Then as mentioned above - just start digging into it. Remove the bumper and have a closer look. The rear trunk is out of wack - may need new hinges, etc etc etc... I see this as an enormous job for an amateur and still very expensive... but if you have a lot of time and patience and a clean dry area to do work then it may be an interesting project. I'd suggest perhaps getting help with some of the more difficult items.

 

I used my garage and tools. Then hauled it to a body shop on a trailer and let them do all the structural and body repairs. Borrowed an engine hoist since I have not purchased one yet due mainly to not needing one often and it taking up space I was going to do it with jack stands but a friend had some quick jacks he had just bought and let me use them. But I have pulled transmissions and motors using jack stands plenty of times as well. My father is a mechanic though so I grew up learning from him and have been building my own tool collection for almost 20 years and do all my own mechanical work, so that made it easier for me. If I lived closer to him I would have just used his shop and lift Next house for me will have a shop big enough for a lift!

I am guessing from the looks of it that the frame may not be damaged. Hopefully if so, it is just the rear subframe. I have seen some S2k's that took some nasty hits and were still totally repairable. A guy I know from local track nights put one of his S2k's into a wall at high speed on a track. Figured it was totaled (Front end hit, spun into wall, so took out most of the body panels). He stripped it down to salvage parts for his other car and then measured the frame to find out it was only out about 1/4" to 1/2". Was able to get it repaired and is building it back into a track car. So it is always hard to tell just by looking.

 

Youll be surprised at what can be done by a pro. When i say banged out, they can also pull via suction and welds in the worst case. Find a shop and a PDR guy and make it clear you want them to not use filler. See if they feel confident doing it. Look up the shop reviews.

 

What region of the country is kota_o from? He should find the appropriate sub-forum in his region and post there for body shop suggestions.

 

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In the worst case you need a panel.

 

He does need a new quarter panel. Anything beyond PDR (which I would not even talk to a shop wanting to PDR that) is going to cost as much as replacing the panel most of the time. Granted, this is a quarter panel, not a fender, so it requires removal of spot welds, redoing those welds, etc to replace, so the threshold of fix vs replace is higher there. I am guessing it can cost upwards of $2k to replace and repaint the quarter panel depending on labor rates in the area you live. These days, 2k is about 20 hours in a lot of cities and with the work to remove and replace it and paint it I can see it easily being that much. There is other stuff to repair as well, but some of that has to be removed when doing the quarter panel so some of that labor will be shared between those jobs.

But more importantly, choose a GOOD shop near you (not the cheapest) and let them look at it closely as others have mentioned. No way to know if there is damage to the rear crash beam or structural stuff under that until they get into it. They also will want to inspect very well for sings of rust on the rocker panel, since it makes no sense to fix the QP and not that. The QP lies under the rocker panel so both will be touched either way.

 

Or
https://www.steelpanels.co.uk/category/honda/s2000/

 

Looks like you found your answer. 100% worth fixing!

 

There but for the grace of god go I. Within the first month of ownership I came very close to doing the exact same thing to my car. It had very old out of date tires. It was raining hard. Stupidly, I had cruise control on. The car hydroplaned the rear end let loose. By pure luck I managed to avoid hitting anything. But, it was a rear scare and I learned a lesson. Never use cruise in the rain with old hard tires.