08-04-2015, 09:47 AM
After further investigation and removing a couple of the panels from the very front of the car I think I can straighten the leg with a reasonable hammer and a piece of wood. Most of the damage is definitely around cross-member and the panels that it is spot welded too. I have managed to source 80% of these panels for a very good price and they are genuine but am unable to get a cross-member, once I have removed it from the car it looks like I can straighten it. The only thing that concerns me is going from the two panels I have removed so far the metal seems really soft and possibly brittle and it may not be up to much straightening as it will probably make it weak, I guess it was designed this way so it absorbs most of an impact (which it did). If it breaks I will find a scrap yard for a donor!