Is this frame damage Fixable? w/ pics
#1
Is this frame damage Fixable? w/ pics
During the flooding here in Memphis TN, i was driving on I240 and hydroplaned, did a 180 and was hit (facing oncoming trafic) by a chevy work van. Im going to take it to a shop, i was just wondering if you guys think that its fixable? Should i part it out or fix?
![](http://i51.tinypic.com/e197wh.jpg)
![](http://i56.tinypic.com/ic20dt.jpg)
This is the only damage done to the car.
Damage done:
Fender
Bumper
Bumper Rienforcement
Lower Control Arm
Shock/Strut
Headlight (HID)
Headlight Frame
Bent Rim
![](http://i51.tinypic.com/e197wh.jpg)
![](http://i56.tinypic.com/ic20dt.jpg)
This is the only damage done to the car.
Damage done:
Fender
Bumper
Bumper Rienforcement
Lower Control Arm
Shock/Strut
Headlight (HID)
Headlight Frame
Bent Rim
#2
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Anything is fixable, I just think that a car that has had any frame damage repaired will never be the same again. It might depend on how mild or how extreme the damage is though.
#4
^ Get quotes and go from there. You may find its not worth it to you to get it fixed and start over with another 8 or give you an excuse to get another car you were wanting. Whatever you decide to do start with that its impossible to tell how much a wreck is gonna cost you by pictures.
#12
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I guess it just depends on the severity of the damage to the car. They have a list so they must have got it checked out somewhere already I guess. Whats shown in the pictures might not be bad enough to make it never the same again, but it would always bother me.
#13
I drive at Red Line.
iTrader: (1)
You can get it fixed sure. But do note that with that much damage your car will never ride perfect again. Even after you fix her up you will chase suspension bugs. Things are not in the same place, even the millimeters they are off now is a big deal. Once you start adding up where the metal is micro fractured, bent, and no longer perfectly straight you start to be inches off the original calibration. You will chase suspension bugs for the rest of the cars life, and it will never feel the same again. I would personally part with her as a driver and pick up a new one, rather than spend months trying to exact my tuning back in to place.
#17
Front Valance
Get it checked out and if you think you are gonna scrap it I would like to buy something off of it if the peice isnt too damaged? I would like to get the front valance from you I will pay for shipping and the peice so just let me know please!!!!!!!
#18
#19
Huge hole is huge
*piece. I before E except after C (and some randomly stupid occurrences).
#20
![CA](https://www.rx8club.com/images/icons/ca.jpg)
I got into a very similar accident and the car didn't drive straight afterwards. Just took it to an alignment shop and they straightened it right out. That was about 5 months ago and no problems yet. Cosmetic costs though...
![Banghead](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/banghead.gif)
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