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Old 12-27-2005, 09:16 AM   #1
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Frame Is Bent: Fix or Part?

Well I got in a shitty accident a month ago and now that I've had some time to take apart my car I find that my frame is bent. The upper part where the fender mounts (no biggy, thin sheet metal) and the lower frame. Can I please get everyone's opinion on fixing this. The bend is in a spot where it doesn't seem like it would permanently affect alignment, it looks to me like it's fixable, but maybe it's just wishfull thinking, so that's why I am asking you guys.

Here's some pictures:


This is a top down view of the frame from the engine bay, it's close to the core support, that's why I think the frame is fixable: the damage is isolated there.


The core support ate most of the shit.


The rod got reallly bent, I haven't had a chance to take the boot off and see if something in the steering rack is broken.


Frame from the front.


Frame from the side.


The upper frame, core support and fender mounts, I'm not to worried about this, it's easy to bend back into place.

It looks like because of the bend in the frame right there that that's where alot of the shock was absorbed and the rest of the frame would be OK. The tie rod is also really bent but the rest of the suspension looks ok... I dunno, I'm still tearing it down but I'm just looking for advice. Thanks guys.

One more thing: The accident was relatively low speed, like around the 20's or so, the airbags did not deploy, just had to put that in.
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