Frame Damage on Spyder...

[97gst_spyder]

My spyder had been in a wreck way before my bought it. The driver side is way out of alignment.

Here's a list of the damage (pics later).

-Driver headlight snaped in two.
-Driver fender has a huge dent right behind the headlight; also it was replaced once before too (blue paint under the red)
-Driver door gaps are incorrect, and un-correctable.
-Driver front wheel bearing was shot.
-Driver wheel does not sit in the middle of the fender.

I have attempted to re-align the driver fender with no real luck, it will not push forward enough. But even though its pushed back, it lines up with A-piller. Also, the drive door has no gap between it and the body, the side with the latch. But, the front side with the hinges has a correct looking gap between it and the fender.

The biggest question is where to measure everything (side to side) to tell if its just a bad fender, etc or a bent frame?

I'm at work now, I'll have pics tonight.

Chris

 

[djtrickstick]

personally a car with frame damage is not worth fixing as it will never be the same and value is depreciated alot, now that my 2 cents are out the way, i dont know if you are aware but there is a machine that will basically pull frame to straigten it out, as far as measuring basically you gotta play it by eye just bend here hammer here, just take your time and do little by little till it looks nice. gl hope you can fix it