Front Bumper Advice~Please -Fender Bender

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It seems to happen in slow motion. I'm sitting behind someone about 20-25 feet waiting my turn to badge myself into my work entrance and all of a sudden I see reverse lights and a car backing up and picking up speed. I lay on the horn for what seems like eternity and here it comes, then BOOM. She sits there up in my sh** with the reverse lights still on gassing it still for all I know. Finally she puts it in drive and crawls ahead rolling right towards another Mustang heading for his rear bumper but stops just shy. :BangHead:
I get out of my car raging, walk over to the car and tap on the window telling who I first thought was a guy- "Get out, roll the window down, What the hell you doin!??" She said she panicked and feared for her life because of some guy who had approached her moments before I arrived. She lost her mind and didn't comprehend anything going on around her. Not even my horn blowing, HID headlights shining in her mirrors gave her a clue I was there. Anyway, the whole entire story evolves 5 people total and is nothing short of a report detailing a mental ward revolt with cars. INSANE, I tell you. This happened early this morning. I have an appointment tomorrow at a collision body shop tomorrow at 11:30AM.
What should I expect to have replaced other than the bumper cover, bumper foam, and possible chin spoiler and grille maybe?? The collision barely left a mark on each side of the license plate. No cracks or dents. The billet grille bottom edge is protruding out about an inch. Just a couple of scuff marks and I would imagine the foam has an indentation too. Thanks for any advice.
P.S.- The whole thing was caught on video and looked and sounded worse. I just want whats coming to me rightfully.
 

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A light tap and scuff mark on my neighbors new edge was about $300. Scuff was deep enough the bumper needed to be sanded down pretty far.

That was at a shady shop, we were quoted 700.
 
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Thanks. I thought about that same exact option. I spent alot of time yesterday looking at all the bumper options and nothing stood out except that one from ABC Exclusive but not without some side skirts so I made arrangements to just have what I got replaced. Looking through some catalogs I did notice that you can put a metal bumper or a foam bumper on to the inside frame. Wasn't to sure about other options when front bumper is compromised.
 
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Thanks, no damage to the headlights. The little Honda bumper was low and she was downhill from me.
 
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Header panel is being replaced with front bumper. Should have the car back Wed. at the latest. The bumper had 200k miles of road rash on it so a fresh look was over due anyway. Should be a fresh looking piece up front. Thanks-
 

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