Glad you're OK, and the other "guy" is OK too.

Thanks, it was like a 5mph collision. I'm just sad for the car more than anything.

Silver lining is no one got hurt.....and you get the CF hood that you wanted.

A few suggestions OP, and this is assuming you are at fault and going out of pocket and not through your insurance or whatever.

For the hood, go CF hood or occassionally an OEM hood is sold here for a magnetic black.

For the bumper, to do a budget squeeze, I'd do the Ings+1 Nismo style bumper for now until either someone sells their Nismo MB bumper or until you accumulate the proper budget to get brand new OEM one.

Or, find a really good shop that can fix and repaint both your bumper and hood without getting ripped off.

At least you have no suspension or frame damage. Wait till you total a car or end up in a hospital, that's a bad day.

New hood, new bumper. Done.

Hmmm, having just gone through repairs to both front and rear bumpers on my '09 with less damage to them than the OP's I'd say that even though the damage isn't very bad, the repair cost isn't going to be cheap. There's probably $1,000 - $1,200 in repairs to the bumper and another $800 - $1,000 on the hood (assuming the hood just needs to be hammered out and repainted).

OP: You might as well use your insurance policy; they'll cover everything (minus your deductible, of course). Also check and see if you have rental car coverage while your car is in the shop.

:iagree: and [{Z-hugs}] to console you and your broken Z.

Don't go through your insurance. You rear ending someone will kill your rates.

A fender bender is the worst day of your life and you want to die? Come on, man. It sucks but it's a car and it's repairable cosmetic damage. Have a drink and be thankful it wasn't worse.

I just had a somewhat similar wreck and my quoted price was over $3,000. Of course, I had to have a healight replaced which was a huge chunk of the cost.

Just as an FYI, not trying to start crap but you do know when you are getting on the freeway YOU have to yield to the traffic, I hate when people are getting on the freeway and think that I should yield to them. I do out of kindness but anyone that paid attention in Drivers Ed know these simple rules.

I have a magnetic black hood, should you decide to stay OEM.

But if police report is filed, the insurance company will know anyways. So might as well just get insurance involved.

As for OP, if you want to replace the bumper and hood, do with the OEM ones. Aftermarket ones will decrease your car value and potential buyers dramatically if you ever plan to sell your car. But the nismo front bumper plus hood replacement won't be cheap. So get your insurance involved.

Yes. Generally, if the police were called, the accident report becomes part of the OP's DMV record even if no citation was issued and the insurance company will discover it next time they do a DMV check...either at the 6 month or 1 year renewal depending on their protocol. The insurance company is going to list it as a chargeable accident no matter what. Might as well file the claim. The insurance rate damage is already done.