I took goddamn 5 months to fix due to ridiculous shortage of car parts. We had to wait like 3 weeks for radiator fan cover and it was like this for literally all parts ever. Insurance provider didn't make it any simpler due to insane amount of formalism and paperwork. But it's finally back. Looks like new, feels like new, drives like new...
EDIT: Since people often ask me about scope of original damage I'm uploading more photos:
And WIP from new panels fitment:
ASO did stellar job with bodywork, I still got warranty and stuff and it would all be super cool and I'd probably the happiest man in the world right now but... meantime when BRZ was being fixed I made terrible mistake.
I bought dirt cheap track modded SPEC compliant Miata NB as temporary "replacement car".
And now BRZ feels like just another boring grocery getter :/
It's like waaaay too plush, clumsy, big and wobbly during cornering. It's terrible. I feel even more terrible when I realize that price difference between those two cars was 40k vs 5k. Now I feel like I've been fooled by everyone and captured in "new cars" flex race and missed what really matters. Ended up with loan for car I never actually needed and now I'm not even really happy with it.
I know it's not fair comparison because it's stock vs modded but is BRZ even capable of behaving similar to Miata? Or is it just too big and heavy car and I should just accept that it'll never drive even close to Miata? Difference in physical dimensions feels MASSIVE when you look at them side by side. And so is difference in how they drive. In Miata I feel like I'm about to get ejected from car when taking a corner... Where should I even start if I want to make it feel better and make this comparison more fair?... Giving up on BRZ feels wrong especially since at the end of the day it was sole reason why I got MX5 in the first place and it taught me a lot so far. But every time I'm entering BRZ after taking drive in that Miata I feel betrayal and regret :c
I don't care about speed, that Miata is not even half as fast as BRZ and burns 2L of oil a month. All I want is to make BRZ feel more stable and rigid. Currently it just doesn't to the job like it should. At all. It's loose as f*ck.
I'm having mental breakdown over difference between those cars...