This was posted over 18 years ago; my opinions, thoughts, attitude, and writing style may have evolved since then, and this post might have been different if it were to be posted today.
well, that dent isn’t going to come out any time soon, at least not with my bare hands and sitting in front of the car it won’t. it’s too tough to get a good grip on the plastic and unbend it from that position. it also looks like a little bit of the other trim around it got all bent and busted out of position.
no sign of any raccoon other than a few hairs sticking out of that plastic trim, heh.