Wrecked my prius.

bummer!

i would only trust question 1 to @lech auto air conditionin

all the best!

 

Probably fair to call that a minor accident. But only because of how serious other accident's can be.
But that still seems like a lot of damage done.
I kind of file "minor accident" as being when you get out and look and you have a single dent or a couple of dents. That looks like quite a lot more.
Also, I take it, this is almost exclusively a DIY non-insurance coverage repair?

I'm not expert enough to offer specific advice.
My only concern is making sure the vehicle you repair, is safe when you are done.
I had to have a back bumper with FAR FAR less damage done repaired and I was told there is a compressible Styrofoam like material that absorbs impact, but once compressed it has to be replaced.
Also, my limited experience with impacts and accidents is there is the visible damage, and then the possible unseen damage. Frame damage?
Even if I was doing this recovery myself, I think I'd want a professional opinion as to the extent of the damage. Especially if the frame was possibly compromised.
Might be totally cosmetic. But I'd want to be sure that was the case.

 

as for the a/c you already seal and plunged the end of the lines so you are good there. It will not be sitting exposed to the atmospheric for the next few weeks.
Your new condenser will come with a new DRIER DESICCANT sock (bag). You will pay a few more $$$ for a Denso condenser but i Highly recommend it.
If you can kindly ask the shop preforming the A/C recharge to at least leave it on the vacuum for at least a hour. Some plow right through it in 15 min save time make more money.
if money to buy the ND-11 oil is not a option. Then a alliterative

it will be better then what has been open to the moist air sitting in the shop for months or years. It is not that garbage sold in a plastic bottle at the auto parts store. Moisture actually go through plastic. The auto parts store POE and PAG has been sitting for years.

40ml. oil added for the new condenser
gusstament for oil loss from puncture and rapid loss of refrigerant in liquid state from condenser ( 20ml )
total = 60ml.

give the rest to the shop. it had been open and will be bad soon. The shops will use it any way.

no need to flush you a/c system. you sealed it.

 

thank you lech, you're the best!

 

I would put them in, as they most likely are air flow control to make sure cool air is directed correctly to the radiator, and hot air is not recirculated when sitting idle.

If you're not in a big rush, I could probably pull them off my 2007 parts car and send them to you. As far as I know, they should be undamaged. Were yours broken from the wreck or when removing them?

Well, I just went and looked at the car since I had already removed the front bumper cover. It looks like getting to the back of those tabs to release them would require removal of everything between the engine and bumper. I really don't have time available for that much disassembly. If it were me? I would explore cleaning the surfaces really well and using a tube of good construction adhesive or silicon adhesive. And maybe some self tapping screws.

 

Yes definitely replace them if money is a little bit of tight issue and aesthetics is not that important a little JB Weld hot glue and Enginuity goes a long ways.

It’s better to have two cracked ugly looking air dams replaced on both sides of your condenser than nothing at all.

 

Sry about that. Been up to my eyeballs lately. My parts car is Canadian, eh. No one in this world would want any metallic items from this car. It's middle name is Rusty. It's one reason I decided to make it a parts car instead of fixing and selling it. Front bumper cover, foglights and grill are long gone.