Hey guys, I live in California and recently it was flooding a bit. I was driving along the highway at night in my 14 is350 and hit a decently deep patch of water that I couldn't see. It really felt like it slammed the underside of the front pretty hard. When I arrived, I noticed the the driver side underbody front panel looks like it's coming off a bit. Does anyone have any insight into this? How important is it to fix it, what risks do I run not fixing it, and if I were to fix it, should I go to a dealer or an independent shop, and around how much am I looking at to get it fixed?

I'd really appreciate some more information about this. I tried looking it up online and either I wasn't looking up the right stuff, or no one else has posted about this.

Passenger side (seems undamaged):

driver's side:

 

I'd leave it or see if they can zip tie it during your next service

 

You can try pushing it up and sliding it underneath the front of the bumper or tell a tech to adjust it.. it's not serious but I'd be annoyed too (happened to me a few times).