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Chassis f**ked?

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 5:41 pm
by Boods
Hey guys,

Was fitting a lip, and my front right wheel is absolutely fucked, but like. the chassis is anyway. My left wheel has abour 3inch from the front of the bumper, an 3in of the back of the wing. However cut to the right side. it has about half an inch from the front bumper an about 3inch from the back.
the bumper is lined up, as the light's wont fit otherwise, an they're both lined up with the wings.

Is this just a bent chassis?

sorry about my terrible writing, I'm in such a piss right now.

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 7:27 pm
by Classiccarsrule85
check your lower control arm it would either be that or the crossmember since thats what controls the ins and outs length wise o the tire i had the same problem fixd with lower control arm mine was bent

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 8:32 pm
by teal_dx
a hard curb smack will do that to our cars. If the LCA is replaced and the problem is still there, shops can shim the subframe I have been told.
Or put it on a frame straightener.

PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2010 11:11 pm
by Boods
After calming down, it's just that my bumper doesn't sit straight, and droops down and backwards on that side - Will attach a picture in a second :)
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Note - That is taken from perfectly horizontally lol. Also my lights'n everyhting don't sit flush. reckon it's possible to fix myself? :)

[Also, I know my ride's stupidly high, see build thread for a piece of mind xD]

PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:54 am
by d-mon
Annoyingricer wrote:After calming down, it's just that my bumper doesn't sit straight, and droops down and backwards on that side - Will attach a picture in a second :)
Note - That is taken from perfectly horizontally lol. Also my lights'n everyhting don't sit flush. reckon it's possible to fix myself? :)

[Also, I know my ride's stupidly high, see build thread for a piece of mind xD]

wait, what?
you use inches?
i thought you brits were metric!
you want to be on level ground when you adjust your body parts (bumpers, fenders, lips, etc) as well as suspension.

PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2010 8:05 pm
by Boods
Us good brits use inches, as my family don't understand "about 30 cm" they need to be told "like 12 inches" instead haha.
and yeah, my problem is i normally work on a slope, you can see behind and left, the really steep hill.... Yeah, that's my road. haha.

I always have to drive down the road to do work lol.

But anyway! on topic - found the killer, the big sh-pow, the painful potty...
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that's after I've straightened the chassis bit as much as possible. I think I need a new one :| lol. anyone know what they're called?