Anyone here experienced with frame repair? I recently purchased a hatch from a kid who had ran into a curb and pushed in the driver front of the frame. I guess he covered it open with a new bumper Anyhow, I was wondering if it was possible for me to pull out the frame and straighten it myself or do I have to take it to a body shop?

If I do take it to a body shop, how much would it cost me? I just wanna hear an estimate since I have never done this before. Here are some pictures I took with my POS camera phone:

 

Wo!
You need to take it to a body shop and have them bend it back to factory specs. My subframe was bent in the rear because I hit a curb. It cost $400 to fix. Now my car is alignable!

Expect to pay between $300-1500 depending on where you go.

Good luck!

 

cant really tell by the pics but is that the frame or jus the rad support?

 

Come to think of it.. It's more of the radiator support/front/lower section.

 

We do frame repair at my shop. It costs about $100 to put your car on our rack and tell you how bad the damage is. After that the price can go up rather quickly. Depending on if you need replacement parts. Usually we will make a pull on the damaged parts before they are taken off that way it gets the rest of the car straight. Then we will weld up new or used parts where the damaged parts were.


Mike!

 

Most body shops will give you free estimates...I'd start off there.

 

The estimates free but an exact and detailed printout will cost ya.

Mike!

 

I went to a couple of the shops this morning. First one said like 500 bones to try and get'er done. They said I'm better off finding another car since a full repair cost would TOTAL the car.

The last Shop I like.. 5 hours to work it only paying 240 bones Now I'm gonna head to a shop I know and see what kind of deal I can pull out with.

 

Where was most of the damage done?

 

ack. I'd part the **** out of that thing and sell it for scraps to make my money back.

I'd never feel safe driving a car I know had a bent frame at one point or another. Good luck though.

 

The damage IMHO ain't all that bad. I just want my hood to close right and my bumper to line up.

 

Honda's are fairly easy to pull back into place. Not like other cars out there. If you trust the cheaper shop go for it.

Mike!

 

Somewhat simple to do, but frame repair isnt cheap. Honda will charge a lot, so go to a decent body shop, should be like no more that 500$ from what I can see.

 

I'll see how good of a job they do next week