How much give from the side?

[neo6205]

My friend was backing a garage and didnt see my car behind him and hit the passeger rear between the wheel well and the start of the bumper. It's about a foot in diameter dent with some paint taken off. I'm bringing it to my Toyota dealer for an estimate for insurance but onto my question.

How much givedoes a car have laterally (from the side). Is it possible to mess up any rear alignment or suspension components from lateral force? Just making sure I find out down the road that something got messed up other than the body that insurance could have coverd.

[SolDoubt]

I think im in a similiar situation right now, except mine is on the driver side. Its in the rear panel right under where the gas door is and its dented in a little and paint is scuffed and cracked. Its like right before the bumper so my bumper is ok. I havent gotten a estimate on it yet though sorry. Im pretty sure the frame is ok though.

[Jai_Jai_Binks]

best bet is to get more than one estimate, pretty much toyota body shops are more pricer (cus of their affliation with dealerships), but its always good to get a few qoutes and work from there...

[neo6205]

His ma is an insurance agent so he has great insurance. I'm just going to the dealerships repair shop and getting a quote today after class. I'm also wondering about how they will take care of the paint that got taken off. Since it is not on a removable panel or anything do they do a whole new paint job or just fill it in?