tl;dr version
he dropped his car off there months ago
workshop reversed it into something.
post made with damage
skip to now
gets car back. worse than when he dropped it off
subi - put in radiator, leads, airbox, afm, acc belts - and cbf doing much else untill i get a few days to myself
sprinter - prepped and painted replacement guard
$30 a can and can says minimum 300g of paint, more expensive than the premade stuff at repco/supercheap but the sprinter is an odd toyota dark bluey grey. and less hassle than sourcing a compressor and sorting thinners out