How Front Frame Rail Look?
Originally Posted by ls2 bait
for what its worth ur well over 10 k imo. this is what 10500 looks like before they even take it apart and find what else is wrong with it.
that straight up cost you 10k
someone made out with that
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If your gona fix it up fine but dont payt somebody to do it. Id suggest putting in a 10pt cage and tieing in a tubular front off that. Will it be time consuming and a pain in the ***, yes. Will it be way cheaper in the end, hell yea. The guys are right it will never be truly right again so cut it up and build a drag car. You dont neet airbags anyway.
Originally Posted by ls2 bait
for what its worth ur well over 10 k imo. this is what 10500 looks like before they even take it apart and find what else is wrong with it.
and I'm not just pullin that outta my ***... I used to buy wrecks from Copart and have em repaired professionally.
~Brian
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but my car ran through a gaurd rail last saturday and basically took out the drivers side head light area, what do I need to watch for and check? I plan to pull it in the garage and strip all the broken crap off tommorow. Only thing structural I see that's bent is the beam that runs across behind the bumper cover where the foam attaches is tweaked some.
I hope I can get this thing back together, nothing structural seems tooooo messed up, just alot of body work and ldriver side lights, i'm gonna need to find a junkyard with a parts car for sure, hopefully black... and i'm not even worried about the hood right now, just wanna get it together enough to hit the road again.
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Originally Posted by bad6as
THIS IS $4,000 WORTH
you got *** raped if that was $4k...unless there was frame damage...
bumper=$500 MAX on ebay
fender=$150
fixing the hood=$500 MAX I would think...
painting everything and matching it right...i fixed this...
for a little over $1800. paint was only $350 since I knew a guy, parts direct from GM Dealership(entire front clip, 2 fenders, bumper, absorber, full headlight assembly since it was cracked in half basically, underside pieces)and I did all my labor...
btw RrCoX22 I PMed you...
Originally Posted by Tainted
jesus yall can be pussies over a wreck sometimes. those fixes yall put up ESPECIALLY the bumper one is a mega easy fix!!
If your refering to my bumper fix, I really hope your right! lol
you guys think im over $5k to fix? 
obviously the rails have to be bent back or cut, both side fender frames need to be bent straight, then welding of side panels, bumber bracket and front crossbrace
obviously the rails have to be bent back or cut, both side fender frames need to be bent straight, then welding of side panels, bumber bracket and front crossbrace
Originally Posted by RrCoX22
you guys think im over $5k to fix?
obviously the rails have to be bent back or cut, both side fender frames need to be bent straight, then welding of side panels, bumber bracket and front crossbrace
obviously the rails have to be bent back or cut, both side fender frames need to be bent straight, then welding of side panels, bumber bracket and front crossbrace
Well, i've tore the front end down and as I feared, the driver side frame rail is tweaked, it's not bent out of alignment, but the impact bar mounting bracket is mangled and the whole end assembly is pushed back in about 2 inchs, think of a mountain dew can being crushed end to end, like that. Would it be possible for the end to be cut off and a new end welded on?
Other than that, now that I have most of the crap off nothing else seems to outta wack, minor stuff like the washer fluid tank and hood release bracket are damaged but they are removed and in the parts pile. All it really seems is the rail end is jacked. The flanges on the end are so bent up I don't really know how to get the last bolt out for the impact bar!
Other than that, now that I have most of the crap off nothing else seems to outta wack, minor stuff like the washer fluid tank and hood release bracket are damaged but they are removed and in the parts pile. All it really seems is the rail end is jacked. The flanges on the end are so bent up I don't really know how to get the last bolt out for the impact bar!
Originally Posted by Ice Knight
Well, i've tore the front end down and as I feared, the driver side frame rail is tweaked, it's not bent out of alignment, but the impact bar mounting bracket is mangled and the whole end assembly is pushed back in about 2 inchs, think of a mountain dew can being crushed end to end, like that. Would it be possible for the end to be cut off and a new end welded on?
Other than that, now that I have most of the crap off nothing else seems to outta wack, minor stuff like the washer fluid tank and hood release bracket are damaged but they are removed and in the parts pile. All it really seems is the rail end is jacked. The flanges on the end are so bent up I don't really know how to get the last bolt out for the impact bar!
Other than that, now that I have most of the crap off nothing else seems to outta wack, minor stuff like the washer fluid tank and hood release bracket are damaged but they are removed and in the parts pile. All it really seems is the rail end is jacked. The flanges on the end are so bent up I don't really know how to get the last bolt out for the impact bar!
2 inches is nothing my trans am front came over almost 9 inches and it goes down the road str8 as any other car, doesnt wobble or pull either way and drives and rides awesome.
Ya, well i'll have money soon but it's already spent on an attorney and beater car, so it's gonna be a slow rebuild on the bird.
I'm just hoping this frame **** can be handled fairly low priced and without too much hassle, Ithink it's gonna need the end chopped about 8 inchs back and a new piece installed, it's just mangled to hell, but the length of the rail seems to be in alignment, it just took the blow dead on the end.
I'm gonna hope to just find another wrecked bird with a untouched front clip and get the rest of the parts and panels cheap.
I'm just hoping this frame **** can be handled fairly low priced and without too much hassle, Ithink it's gonna need the end chopped about 8 inchs back and a new piece installed, it's just mangled to hell, but the length of the rail seems to be in alignment, it just took the blow dead on the end.
I'm gonna hope to just find another wrecked bird with a untouched front clip and get the rest of the parts and panels cheap.
