Accident repair help needed

[meathead316]

Hi

A few weeks ago some idiot who was racing through (not round, but right accross....) a car park hit the front drivers side corner of my car, front bumper cracked, wing dented and cross member oushed back and a piece of it is protruding through thr wheel arch which rubs on the tyre on full lock.

Insurance company say its a write off but they will give me £2,400 and I get to keep the (driveable but a bit of an eyesore) car

So as I am quite handy I will repair it myself, but I want to keep as much of the money as I can so will be looking at getting a cheap front bumper and wing, where do you guys reccomend?

Also is black, black? or did BMW use various blacks? (ie how do i find out my exact black?)

The only part of the repair that has me worried is the corss member. I remove old bumper and wing by unbolting them, easy enough, but then how do I bend the cross member back? and how would I be sure its alligned properly? (im assuming just by offering up the new wing to the car and eyeballing it?)

Im hoping I can get it all done for less than £300

[Zulu95]

Suggest you post good, clear pics so everybody can see what you are looking at and make suggestions.
You are a better judge of used/breaker part prices in your area than the majority on the board who live this side of the big pond.
Should be a sticker on the driver's door (?) that gives you paint code so you could work from that.

[David.X5]

You can also find your paint color (its given by a color code) if you put your VIN number into BMW Model Archive · BMW VIN Decoder · bmwarchive.org Usually you can ask a breaker for the VIN of the donor car so you can confirm it is the exact same paint color code. Overall, BMW does have more than one black.

Just for examples
303 cosmosschwarz metallic
475 black sapphire metallic
668 Jet Black