Wanted to post a follow-up. After deductible, the estimate was about $6,500. Insurance valued the car higher than NADA retail, so they won't be totaling and will pay for repairs directly instead. Estimate included a new oem fender, fender skirt, the faux louver piece, oem headlight, oem foglight, both sidemarkers, new door shell, two new wheels, and new rear bumper; plus blending on hood and quarter panel. Their answer to the front wheel alignment issue is that it just needs an alignment. I'm guessing more will be found up there, so we'll see on that. If I get it back without any suspension work, I'll go ahead and take it somewhere for an inspection and likely replace some parts. I compared the upper control arms and I'm pretty sure the driver's side was slightly bent.


One of their network shops is a dealer that used to sell Mercedes around the SLK time period this is based on, so I chose them in the hopes that if they need any special Mercedes tools, they've still got them lying in a drawer.