Is there any ';car smart'; people who has some advice?

A couple months ago I got into an accident. Not a bad one. The most of the damage is on my front bumper, driver side.





The steel beam in front of the radiator has now bent in. It is less than an inch from touching my radiator. Yes, it was a close one.





Anyway, I do not want to put out hundreds of dollars for it to be fixed.





I want to take the bumper off and rig it back onto my car.





I was thinking getting a power drill, something to fasten the bumper back on with, and some kind of lubricant or spray that will prevent any rusting.





Any suggestions on anything at all with this project of mine?





Certain products?


Certain things I should look out for or do?


Is there anything, I myself, can do about the steel beam?





Thanks.





Oh, it's a 1997 Honda Civic, 4 door.Is there any ';car smart'; people who has some advice?
The telephone pole and chain idea works just fine, but be VERY careful. I've successfully used this method many times, but the very FIRST time I tried it, I backed up too fast %26amp; screwed the whole thing up much worse than if I had left it alone. It's easy to do. Just try small tugs, at least at first, and you'll be OK. Also, if you can get a piece of wood behind it, like a 1'; x 2';; it'll help prevent the chain from kinking the metal too much.Is there any ';car smart'; people who has some advice?
Don't take the bumper off. If you want to straighten the car, straighten it while it's still all together in one piece. If you take off the safety beam part of your bumper everything will go BOING, and you'll never get it back together properly again.





Generally we straighten everything first, THEN replace any parts that are too crinkled.
you can fix it the cheap way or go to the junk yard and get the stuff you need. the cheap way is take the bumper off and take a sledge hammer to it and take the radiator support off and straighten it out or like i said get the parts from the junk yard.
If it were mine, I'd find a telephone pole to put a chain around.


Hook it to the front bumper and drive backward to yank the bumper back out.