frame damage!

[1gG-SEX]

This is a picture of the frame damage on my car is this bad? The guy before me was drunk and hit a parked car after he fell asleep at the wheel its on the drivers side of the car..

 

[mitch26753]

This is a picture of the frame damage on my car is this bad? The guy before me was drunk and hit a parked car after he fell asleep at the wheel its on the drivers side of the car..

well thats not good, by no means. But it really shouldn't effect anything. i would take the car to a alignment shop and have the supsension checked out. by the way our cars are uni-body, there is not frame.

 

[bmoha2]

What a weird place to get damage. Lucky you didn't hit the driveshaft. Do you have a seat that is twisted up crooked now?

 

[kittay]

It almost looks like someone tried jacking it up right there.. if you look at the marks.

 

[1gG-SEX]

Well when he hit the car it turned the wheel and pushed the front driver wheel into the car..that pad that is next to the clutch i had to pound out cus it wasnt letting me push the clutch all the way to the floor..but the car drives fine but if you look at it from behind it drives like the ass end is crooked.. the seat in the car is fine.. it looks like the backend is a little to the left when driving..but its to nice of a car to junk i think here are pics.

 

[94_eclipse]

It shouldnt hurt anything. But it wouldnt hurt to take it to a frame and alignment shop and see what they think. With a little bit of elbo greese and a pry-bar and a hammer you should be able to bend it back.

 

[bmoha2]

Car looks nice, sucks about the damage. You gotta see how it handles. If it pulls or the rear end drifts it's bent. It's pretty likely that it's bent. it's hard to punch a bend into the middle for the car without it pulling at the out ends. How much it got pulled is the question...

 

[zero97tsi]

It almost looks like someone tried jacking it up right there.. if you look at the marks.

QFT. That looks remarkably simalar to jack damage. When I first saw the pic, before I read the post I assumed thats what the post was about (having caused damage to the subframe by jacking it up there).

 

[GORBS88]

QFT. That looks remarkably simalar to jack damage. When I first saw the pic, before I read the post I assumed thats what the post was about (having caused damage to the subframe by jacking it up there).

A jack won't cause that much damage.

Take it to the alignment shop and check the thrust angle, that will tell you if the car is straight and if it is tracking true.

 

[1gG-SEX]

Thanks for the help idk when i will have the car runnin i need to get the ecu fixed before i car get it to a shop...when i do i will post again and let everybody know

 

[Rex2342]

Are you sure thats even from him hitting the curb? Almost every DSM I've seen has that because people try to jack them up using that.

 

[asexton6969]

I would love to see you jack your car up and create that damage. Im sorry but alot of shops lift cars up by the uni frame/frame/etc. That looks more like some dropped the car on the jack....but to any extent. You need to take that to a frame shop. Im sure its gonna need to be ganked. If that car is as nice as it looks. It seems worth it. Save a DSM, don't junk it....

BTW yes it can hurt things. Your Thrust Angle could be severely off. SAI, Included Angle, practically everything. It needs to go to the frame shop.

 

[knochgoon24]

It think it looks like jack damage too. I have a bend on my sub-frame just like that. I did it before i knew that it wasn't too strong of a spot. The jack wasn't properly centered on the rail and crushed half of it. When I repositioned the jack and tried again, i crushed the other half. It wasn't nearly as bad as that, but it has the imprints. It looks exactly like the top of the stock sissor jack included to change a flat.

 

[divinaand_1]

I have that on my 1g too cause i lowered the jack and i forgot i put a couple of bricks there. It doenst really affect anything. mine affectd my seats, they got harder to slide forward and back but i just gt a rubber mallet and hammered it back out and its all good.

 

[Mikael SS]

A jack won't cause that much damage.

Take it to the alignment shop and check the thrust angle, that will tell you if the car is straight and if it is tracking true.

yes it will

 

[c4uldr0n]

My car has damage like that from being jacked up from the previous owner. The alignment is still true, but it doesn't hurt to check.

-c4

 

[hostile kid]

That looks like jack damage. Mine has some and it looks just like that.. I think they tried to jack it up there after the accident.

 

[tommy260]

I have a similar bend on the bottom of my 1g and I took it to an alignment shot, got it realinged and was told if it still felt off it would need to be twisted back into place. Besides the car pulling slightly to the left it drives fine.

 

[crazy_skier]

you should post pics of the rest of the damage

 

[1gG-SEX]

ill post more pics 2marro of the rest of the car..it isnt bad lookin at car its just a screwed up and twisted finder...they had to replace the front wheel front strut and spring and the axle as well as the front brakes on the driver side..the i took a hammer and ponded the pad out next to the clutch so i could push the clutch all the way down to the floor..its to dark now to take pictures of the car..

 

[1gG-SEX]

The only thing that bothers me with the car is the backend...when you drive behind the car the backend is not lined up from the front it goes down the road crooked, but it drives perfect it doesnt pull or anything..

 

[voodoogsx]

ill post more pics 2marro of the rest of the car..it isnt bad lookin at car its just a screwed up and twisted finder...they had to replace the front wheel front strut and spring and the axle as well as the front brakes on the driver side..the i took a hammer and ponded the pad out next to the clutch so i could push the clutch all the way down to the floor..its to dark now to take pictures of the car..

I've seen far worse under a car. It still drives strait and no alignment issues...I don't know how the person did it or how it's managed to track strait.... I'll find the pics when I get home...

 

[1gG-SEX]

Well it makes me feel better after posting pics i thought it was the worst thing in the world at first ...i would really like to see the pics if you could post them thanks alot..i just dont know what would cause the back end to ride crooked like that..

 

[Mr Peepers]

Friend's 2g has the same damage, from a jack.

 

[ricktb]

Could someone point me to a thread about the best jacking points.. I currently use either lower control arm pivots (where they attach to the frame) in front, and just the center frame rail for the back (both tires in the air at once) of course I use jack stands to support while working.

I started jacking in one spot and it started to crush so I backed off asap