How to fix the side of the car

Asked by Jennifer Jun 30, 2020 at 08:31 PM about the 2017 Toyota Camry SE

Question type: General

So the other day some lady hit me and she pushed
the side of my car in but it’s not a dent and I wanna
know how to fix it I put a picture where is circle is
where it’s out a little can’t see it by there but if you
look at it front u would see it

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From here, that looks like your rear bumper and trunk corner. I will assume it is, but maybe someone else here can help you better than me??? There's a couple of ways to attack a mis aligned door ot trunk lid, some involve trial and error. The first way is to loosen the trunk hindges with a wrench and reposition the trunk lid to clear the corner while still being able to latch. The down and dirty way is just to open the trunk hatch and subtley push on it from the side to gain a few milimeters of clearance, which "may" work. Lastly, I would remove the rear bumper cover ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqd0BxUtJVo ) and get out a sledge hammer to help "persuade" things to go back into better alignment- it may only need a few hits in the right place so your trunk opens better. I hope this helps in some way.

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