estimate cost...

hippojumqer · May 19th, 2010, 01:41 AM

Ok so my car was in a rear end collision and the rear axle is offset by probably an inch or so. Apparently my frame is bent and i was just curious the cost of straightening it out again... i understand that i have almost no information on it but i was just curious if anyone knew how much this would cost or if it was possible to even straighten it out again without moving everything around on the bottom end for the worse. thanks

0949er · May 19th, 2010, 01:50 AM

how bad is the frame bent? doesn't a bent frame usually = total loss?

Shaun03GT · May 19th, 2010, 02:06 AM

Yea usually when the frame is bent its considered totaled. Which sucks, but it makes sence.

Post pics if you can to give us a better idea

hardhitter · May 19th, 2010, 02:14 AM

dude it's only an inch just hit it with a sledgehammer

hippojumqer · May 19th, 2010, 02:27 AM

ill put pics up tomorrow if i have enough time... i have never car faxed it, which i totally should have before i bought it. nothing feels wrong with it, it drives very nice and definitely performs normal it just is one of those little things that nobody notices and it bugs the hell out of you just because you want it to be perfect

hardhitter · May 19th, 2010, 02:36 AM

looks like someone should stop jumping hippos with their car

65eatsrice · May 19th, 2010, 03:02 AM

its only a total loss if the insurance company pays it off. If you dont go through your insurance it shouldnt be. I have seen some pretty bad smash ups pulled out before and depending on who you take it to0 the cost will very. Friend had the rear of a taurus pulled out and bumper painted and the inside of the trunk streightened for $800

hippojumqer · May 19th, 2010, 03:03 AM

haha well idk what to say about that its just too damn fun

Dolbs4082 · May 19th, 2010, 08:39 AM

so your body looks fine, but your rear axel is offset is what your trying to say?

if so i beleive thats some what "normal" on these cars. i've heard alot of people saying that their rear end is offset. but i dont know?

dcook_14 · May 19th, 2010, 09:29 AM

Take it to body shops that do free estimates

M.P. Cobra Fan · May 19th, 2010, 09:39 AM

We don't have frames, so your frame is not bent. It could be that your control arms bent or tweaked. Now if the control arms are good, then your torque boxes could be twist out of shape. Or the body is tweeked. Without pics it is way to hard to tell you what to expect

stevo306stang · May 19th, 2010, 10:04 AM

you can take it to a shop that does body work and the have a laser that they put under ur car and it measures all the deminsions of ur car and compares them to the originall factory specs and if ur frame or anything else is best they will bend it back out and or weld a new peice of frame on to make it perfect. i think the cost for that is somewhere between 500-2000$ depending on how bad ur car is and if you can drive it then it probly wont be that much.

Its just unsafe to drive because if you get in a wreck the frame is allready weak and wont protect u as good as it would if it wasnt bent.

Dolbs4082 · May 19th, 2010, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by M.P. Cobra Fan

We don't have frames, so your frame is not bent. It could be that your control arms bent or tweaked. Now if the control arms are good, then your torque boxes could be twist out of shape. Or the body is tweeked. Without pics it is way to hard to tell you what to expect

+1, whats all this "frame" talk with our cars. we've got subframe connectors (atleast some of us do) but no frame. we've got the front clip, and then we've got the control arms and all that.

I've heard of several people "tweaking" their control arms a little bit *one was by sliding sideways and clipping the curb* chances are, if the body still looks good, there wasnt a "rear end" it was something small, that tweaked it.

dcook_14 · May 19th, 2010, 11:11 AM

I have a frame, spark plug wires, and a carbruetor

Dolbs4082 · May 19th, 2010, 11:19 AM

o ya? well i've got a distributor! haha

dcook_14 · May 19th, 2010, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by Dolbs4082

o ya? well i've got a distributor! haha

How do you think my spark plug wires work

ReverendDexter · May 19th, 2010, 12:02 PM

To get a good idea of what's going on here, you're going to need to take it to a frame alignment shop, or at least to a body shop that advertises doing frame straightening.

hippojumqer · May 19th, 2010, 03:43 PM

i have some pics i could put up comparing the tires to the wheel wells on both sides (how far they stick out/in) but when i try to upload the pictures it says "upload failed" i made them to size and everything that it said so idk...

dcook_14 · May 19th, 2010, 04:36 PM

Get a photobucket account, upload the pictures, copy the [ IMG]blahblahblah[/ IMG] code, paste it into a post, and it'll pop up

hippojumqer · May 19th, 2010, 05:00 PM

so i just got back from this auto body shop that's in my local area and got a free estimate. he looked it over and he said that if the body was shifted over the seems would be different on one side of the car than the other and they arent any different... so i guess now the question is if i really want to take it there and have them scan it with the computer to compare to the factory specs. the only problem is if i do that and they do find that something is shifted, i will have to get everything moved AGAIN, like the exhaust and arms etc.. correct? -sorry, i really dont know much about car mechanics, i just know what stuff does and numbers and such

May 19th, 2010, 01:41 AM	#1
hippojumqer Regular 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Appleton, WI Posts: 81 iTrader: 0 reviews	estimate cost... Ok so my car was in a rear end collision and the rear axle is offset by probably an inch or so. Apparently my frame is bent and i was just curious the cost of straightening it out again... i understand that i have almost no information on it but i was just curious if anyone knew how much this would cost or if it was possible to even straighten it out again without moving everything around on the bottom end for the worse. thanks

May 19th, 2010, 01:50 AM	#2
0949er MM Fanatic 2004 Mustang GT 12.85 @ 114 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Charlotte Posts: 3,224 iTrader: 0 reviews	how bad is the frame bent? doesn't a bent frame usually = total loss? __________________ MODS: Vortech V1 T-Trim @ 7.5 PSI (tuned down) Comp Cam Stage 2's + more 432 rwhp / 396 rwtq 02/27/2011 NEW VIDEOS! It takes ~$60 a rwhp (over stock) for a 99-04 Mustang GT. Do the Math C2H5OH on the horizon

May 19th, 2010, 02:06 AM	#3
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May 19th, 2010, 02:14 AM	#4
hardhitter MM Fanatic 1999 Mustang GT Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 3,623 iTrader: 1 reviews	dude it's only an inch just hit it with a sledgehammer __________________ Vortech V2 Si

May 19th, 2010, 02:36 AM	#6
hardhitter MM Fanatic 1999 Mustang GT Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 3,623 iTrader: 1 reviews	looks like someone should stop jumping hippos with their car __________________ Vortech V2 Si

May 19th, 2010, 02:27 AM	#5
hippojumqer Regular 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Appleton, WI Posts: 81 iTrader: 0 reviews	ill put pics up tomorrow if i have enough time... i have never car faxed it, which i totally should have before i bought it. nothing feels wrong with it, it drives very nice and definitely performs normal it just is one of those little things that nobody notices and it bugs the hell out of you just because you want it to be perfect

May 19th, 2010, 03:02 AM	#7
65eatsrice Enthusiast 1965 GT Coupe Join Date: May 2010 Location: california Posts: 610 iTrader: 0 reviews	its only a total loss if the insurance company pays it off. If you dont go through your insurance it shouldnt be. I have seen some pretty bad smash ups pulled out before and depending on who you take it to0 the cost will very. Friend had the rear of a taurus pulled out and bumper painted and the inside of the trunk streightened for $800 __________________

May 19th, 2010, 03:03 AM	#8
hippojumqer Regular 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Appleton, WI Posts: 81 iTrader: 0 reviews	haha well idk what to say about that its just too damn fun

May 19th, 2010, 08:39 AM	#9
Dolbs4082 I Blumpkin Entirely Way Too Much 2005 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: kansas Posts: 5,958 iTrader: 0 reviews	so your body looks fine, but your rear axel is offset is what your trying to say? if so i beleive thats some what "normal" on these cars. i've heard alot of people saying that their rear end is offset. but i dont know? __________________ MM + Cleavage member #22

May 19th, 2010, 09:29 AM	#10
dcook_14 Banned 2004 Mustang GT 12.35@114.08 w/ 1.88 60' Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Waterloo, IA Posts: 7,015 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 7 reviews	Take it to body shops that do free estimates __________________ Do the Right Thing, Cook. ~Zip.

May 19th, 2010, 09:39 AM	#11
M.P. Cobra Fan It's in the details Mod! 01 Cobra Vert Nov 09/10 ROTM! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ft Stewart/Naples/Hampton/Tampa Posts: 11,013 iTrader: 1 reviews	We don't have frames, so your frame is not bent. It could be that your control arms bent or tweaked. Now if the control arms are good, then your torque boxes could be twist out of shape. Or the body is tweeked. Without pics it is way to hard to tell you what to expect __________________ Pinup in signature by loish.net Modded Mustangs Cobra Club#007 Military Crew E5 VOTED MM's BEST SIGNATURE 2010. THANKS STANGGTR07

May 19th, 2010, 10:04 AM	#12
stevo306stang Regular 2000 Spring Edition GT 14.0 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 183 iTrader: -1 reviews	you can take it to a shop that does body work and the have a laser that they put under ur car and it measures all the deminsions of ur car and compares them to the originall factory specs and if ur frame or anything else is best they will bend it back out and or weld a new peice of frame on to make it perfect. i think the cost for that is somewhere between 500-2000$ depending on how bad ur car is and if you can drive it then it probly wont be that much. Its just unsafe to drive because if you get in a wreck the frame is allready weak and wont protect u as good as it would if it wasnt bent. __________________ Spring Edition

May 19th, 2010, 11:11 AM	#14
dcook_14 Banned 2004 Mustang GT 12.35@114.08 w/ 1.88 60' Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Waterloo, IA Posts: 7,015 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 7 reviews	I have a frame, spark plug wires, and a carbruetor __________________ Do the Right Thing, Cook. ~Zip.

May 19th, 2010, 11:19 AM	#15
Dolbs4082 I Blumpkin Entirely Way Too Much 2005 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: kansas Posts: 5,958 iTrader: 0 reviews	o ya? well i've got a distributor! haha __________________ MM + Cleavage member #22

May 19th, 2010, 12:02 PM	#17
ReverendDexter Priest of the Car Gods Clapped-out '90 GT 'vert ~5.5 seconds off TTOD :( Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rohnert Park, CA Posts: 13,808 iTrader: 0 reviews	To get a good idea of what's going on here, you're going to need to take it to a frame alignment shop, or at least to a body shop that advertises doing frame straightening. __________________ O o /¯/______________________ \|BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!! \_\

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May 19th, 2010, 03:43 PM	#18
hippojumqer Regular 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Appleton, WI Posts: 81 iTrader: 0 reviews	i have some pics i could put up comparing the tires to the wheel wells on both sides (how far they stick out/in) but when i try to upload the pictures it says "upload failed" i made them to size and everything that it said so idk...

May 19th, 2010, 04:36 PM	#19
dcook_14 Banned 2004 Mustang GT 12.35@114.08 w/ 1.88 60' Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Waterloo, IA Posts: 7,015 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 7 reviews	Get a photobucket account, upload the pictures, copy the [ IMG]blahblahblah[/ IMG] code, paste it into a post, and it'll pop up __________________ Do the Right Thing, Cook. ~Zip.

May 19th, 2010, 05:00 PM	#20
hippojumqer Regular 2002 Mustang GT Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Appleton, WI Posts: 81 iTrader: 0 reviews	so i just got back from this auto body shop that's in my local area and got a free estimate. he looked it over and he said that if the body was shifted over the seems would be different on one side of the car than the other and they arent any different... so i guess now the question is if i really want to take it there and have them scan it with the computer to compare to the factory specs. the only problem is if i do that and they do find that something is shifted, i will have to get everything moved AGAIN, like the exhaust and arms etc.. correct? -sorry, i really dont know much about car mechanics, i just know what stuff does and numbers and such

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