have some on the car i bought and im about to start putting it back together....i wanna leave them on there but the guy before me said the car fell of the jackstands onto another set of stands or something and hit the sfc, pushed(bent) it up about half inch and creased it on the passenger side...what do i do about it? its causeing the body gaps to be slightly off
daniel

 

no help? though injuneer might chime in...mayb anybody else?

 

If it hit hard enough to bend the SFC and change the body gaps, you really need to take it to a good body shop that can repair frame damage...

 

no i dont believe it has frame damage its just the sfc is bent and its welded to the body so its flexing the body...should i repair this on the car via some prybar? torch+prybar or gring for hours to remove it and reweld it back on?

 

I'd remove them and replace them. you'll never know if you get them back to being straight or not.

 

It doesn't matter what's bent... whether its the subframe, the unibody or just temporary distortion from the bent SFC's. You have a few choices:

1-Remove them and see if the body returns to "normal" clearances/gaps

2-Bend the SFC back to straight and see if the body returns to "normal"

3-Cut them off, have a body shop check the body alignment, straighten the SFC"s and put them back on.

#3 is the only sure way of knowing if the body it OK. The first two are "chancey".

 

well hers some pics guys...guess i should remove it and try to straighten it..i went back and relooked over the body gaps they seem to be pretty straight, the top is a little bigger...but i also remembered theres no motor or tranny in the car, so i believ the gaps are fine