[w202-95]

Crushed the front of my W202 C220.
The right hand side of the bumper was pushed in, smashed the right hand headlight, crumpled the bonnet and set off the air bag and seatbelt tensioners.

Have fixed the air bags and seatbelts so it is drivable.

However removed the front bumper today to reveal that the front frame on the right hand side has been damaged.
Looks like it can be repaired by cutting off the bent section at the joins and welding on a better section from a doner Merc.

Just wanted to get some ideas and opinions on what can be done which would be appreciated.
Thanks Bazza

As you can see the bumper was pushed in a good 50mm

 

[wichipong]

glad you're safe...

here in the US once the airbags deploy and/or the frame gets damaged it is considered as a salvage title vehicle...

you could get an automotive puller and see as to how far you could pull your frame/body to its original spec.... if not the idea on the doner vehicle is ok... but strength is an issue....

 

[Benznoob26]

look for a community college or vocational school. someone side swiped one of my cars while it was on the street, and rather then claim it on insurance i paid like $200 for them to fix it. sometimes you have to be persistent, they ignored my emails until i went in while he had a class. and the kids wanted to work on a 190e instead of a mazda

 

[w202-95]

Having an outcome like your 190E would be awesome, but then i would be afraid to drive it in case the paint job got damaged.
I'm going to fix up the w202, sell it and then try to find a manual w201 190E 2.6L. But they are hard to find, especially in manual.
Don't want another auto. Its the reason why my car was damaged in the first place. Put it in D instead of R and then slid down a slope in front of me. Tried to break but the wheels couldn't get traction as it had just stopped raining. Hit a wall at about 20kph and set the dam air bags off. In the end it was my fault for not taking 1 second to check the position of the shifter
Lesson learned

 

[georgebuhr]

That part can be easily replaced with a spot weld drill, grinder and a mig welder. It is not part of the main frame rails, looks like just a support. Take that pic to a salvage yard and ask if they have one first, otherwise just get one from Benz. Just make sure you weld it back in properly and on the old marks and you'll be good to go. Drill through the outer panel only, chisel off the panel(without damaging the underpanel), grind the welds down flat, spray some weld through primer over the bare metal, drill holes in new panel(but not in exact spot, never weld over an old spot weld), weld on panel, coat with some sort of corrosion protection. Keys to making it look good are making sure the panel underneath is flat and straight, mark location of old panel so you can put new one in exact spot, use weld through primer or you will have problems later, but when welding, make sure you are clamped together very tightly(no gaps), clean weld through primer off after it is clamped in place inside the holes you will be welding, and make some practice welds before you do the real thing to test welder settings. Alot of people try to weld at too low a temp or too high and the weld either doesnt stick or burns through, so this is important.

If all this goes well, the rest should not be a big deal. From the pics it doesnt look like it was hit that hard.