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Galen's Auto Body

Dodge Charger front-end collision repair

A white Dodge Charger with a crushed front bumper, grille, headlights and hood, repaired at Galen's Auto Body in Columbia, MO.

White Dodge Charger with a crushed front bumper and grille and damaged headlights
Before: the front bumper, grille and headlights.
Close-up of the white Dodge Charger's damaged front bumper, headlight and hood
Before: the bumper and hood up close.
The same white Dodge Charger after the repair, with a new front end
After: the front end restored.
Vehicle
Dodge Charger
Service
Collision repair
Customer from
Columbia
Completed
March 2026
Time in the shop
9 business days
Insurance
Insurance claim

This Charger came in after a front-end collision that pushed the bumper cover, grille and both headlights back toward the radiator. From the curb it looked like a bumper job. Our bumper-to-bumper assessment found more underneath.

What we found

  • A split bumper cover and a broken grille
  • Both headlight assemblies cracked at their mounts
  • A buckled hood and a bent hood latch support
  • A radiator support pushed back out of position

What we did

We wrote up every damaged part before any work started and sent the estimate to the insurance company, then worked with the adjuster on the parts the car needed: new factory headlights, grille and hood rather than aftermarket ones. The radiator support was pulled back to its factory measurements so the new panels would line up, and the gaps around the hood and fenders were checked before paint.

The result

The new panels were painted and blended into the fenders so the white matches across the whole front end. The Charger went home looking the way it did before the accident, with headlights that aim where they should.

“Galen kept me posted the whole way through, and you'd never know the front end had been hit.”

Vehicle owner

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