Accident! Any suggestions!?

[97lunar.eclipse]

Hey all,

Well, basically, I was dumb. Thats what it all comes down to. I was driving back from NC to my apt in Orlando, and it was late, and I had class the next day. It started to downpour, and me, not thinking slowed down from 90 to about 80. Yeah, def no where near enough. I started hydroplanning, and I almost regained control, but overcorrected too much and slammed into the median guardrail. I was extremely fortunate in that I was not hurt, I am very grateful. But my car was not so lucky. I slammed the passenger side pretty bad, toar up the front and rear quarterpanels bad enough that I will have to replace them, and have a nice long scratch down the door, and busted the gas cap. All this 6 months after my dad and I painted her DAMN! And that was just the cosmetic. It was steering extermely erraticaly and my suspostions of a bent upper control arm were reinforced by the 'experts at midas', along with their suggestion of a broken spindle. Great. Plus the frame is probably bent.
So thats just great. Anyone with any suggestions at all? Midas is quoting me almost $500 for parts and labor, which doesn't include any frame work or cosmetic, of course. Which seems rather pricey. I would like to do it myself, but I am a full time student away from my father's garage. Thanks for any help/support/opinions (other than that I was a dumbass, which I wholeheardtly agree with).

[Turbodog97]

Alright. number one don't speed like that!! lol sorry about what happened that really sucks. I'm still recovering when I was side-swiped by this jerk(still haven't replaced all the panels). All I can really suggest is try and find a local car shop, if you know any and if buying used parts here and there is too time consuming then using that shop you named is probably your best bet. Best of luck!