advice on bent uni body.

[J.Rizo]

so, long story short, i bent my frame. well, "frame".
i was just wondering if you guys have any advice on what i should do with the car.
i bought it for 1,600 but in total i've spent about two g's on it.

my options are get it rolling and sell it, and buy another e30.
part it out, and buy another e30.
or keep it.

i know its bent, buuuut i dont think its bent too severely, will i run into problem down the road if i keep it?
thanks guys!

[Cabriolet]

on my mtech2 vert the front was bent years ago. i found out after lowering it and that it was off by several degrees. even camber plats couldnt fix. it cost me 1700 to have it pulled and a week w/ out car. front right rail was 1" in and both towers were 3/4" back. @ that point i had 16k into my car so it was worth it. but with what you have into yours, part it.

[MR 325]

What happened to make you think it's bent?

[J.Rizo]

i got into an accident and everything got shoved in. (you should see my control arm, instead of a boomerang the ends are parallel almost).

but when i was installing my new subframe, it wasn't lining up with the rail, even with severe pulling and maneuvering. i just honed it out a little on both sides to get enough play and it fit. but now its not allowing me to not line up the motor mounts. me and my step dad tried for two days and its just not lining up.


cabriolet did you ever run into problems with it bent though? aside from the camber plates. did it drive funny or anything like that?

[MR 325]

You need to have it pulled and straightened.

[Cabriolet]

did you ever run into problems with it bent though? aside from the camber plates. did it drive funny or anything like that?

during AutoX it would over steer one way and under steer the other.
on the freeway it would pull

through out the chassis, early models are dime a dozen. it's gonna cost you 1000s to get it fixed.

[Vivek]

Yep find a clean shell and swap over anything that's worth anything to you, CL/PNP/Scrap what's left.

[einstein57]

shell time

[///digitalme]

pictures???

depends on the damage..i had mine straighted and pulled it took about a week to have it finished....and only cost me 300 to get it pulled and aligned and 200 to weld a new core support,
before





after

[einstein57]

I purchased a running 89 325is for $750. After partout you could cash out nicely.

Super Eta?

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/3417436756.html