Maybe a stupid question but whatever. What grade steel should be strong enough for reinforcing the weld points on a replaced frame? At this point I'm getting my information from this http://www.aircraftspruce.com/...o.phppage and thats more for airplane applications so it doesn't translate into cars very well.

 

Anybody know about this?

 

what exactly are you trying to accomplish?

 

I'm taking the frame off the front of my integra and welding a new one on, the frame I currently have is pretty messed up from an accident. I need to buy something to brace the weld points and I don't know what grade steel I need to get for the job.

 

Integras dont have frames. What the hell are you talking about?

 

sounds like he's doing a cut/weld job on a major part of the unibody.

If you cant answer this question on your own than you're way over your head. you shouldnt have to reinforce "the frame" or the "weld points" if it was done properly.

Post a picture.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2point2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sounds like he's doing a cut/weld job on a major part of the unibody.

If you cant answer this question on your own than you're way over your head. you shouldnt have to reinforce "the frame" or the "weld points" if it was done properly.

Post a picture.</TD></TR></TABLE>

*shudders* goddamn I hope he's not doing that.

 

In for pics.

 

Sorry, I meant unibody. I've been calling around junkyards to try to find what I need and since im in the midwest nobody knows what a unibody is so I resorted to calling it a frame. If I were doing this alone then I would agree that im in over my head but I've got a group of experts helping me out so im not too worried. Just trying to get some wrinkles ironed out before the project gets started. Donor car arrives in 3-4 days.









And after removing the bumper...

 

def gonna need a core support + the corners of that unibody. this should be fixable. i replaced most of the front end on my hatch, ill post pics

 

i had it put on the rack and everything checked out. it cost about 600.00 to fix everything (brand new parts: head lights, bumper, core support, bumper support, filler piece). throw some new paint on and good as new.




I did all the work by my self (minus help tearing the old pieces off). including cutting out the core support and welding in a new one. i did all the work in my driveway, and i was 17 at the time (20 now). it was my only car and i could not afford to find a new one (plus it only had 118k on it and ran like a champ). i sold it a year later.

 

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I did all the work by my self (minus help tearing the old pieces off). including cutting out the core support and welding in a new one. i did all the work in my driveway, and i was 17 at the time (20 now). it was my only car and i could not afford to find a new one (plus it only had 118k on it and ran like a champ). i sold it a year later.</TD></TR></TABLE>

lil off topic but

thats good work right there i learned to appreciate body reconstruction by seeing before and after pics like that

 

I've got an entire integra coming to take the front unibody off of on thursday. Thats exactly what i plan on doing.

 

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i had it put on the rack and everything checked out. it cost about 600.00 to fix everything (brand new parts: head lights, bumper, core support, bumper support, filler piece). throw some new paint on and good as new.


I did all the work by my self (minus help tearing the old pieces off). including cutting out the core support and welding in a new one. i did all the work in my driveway, and i was 17 at the time (20 now). it was my only car and i could not afford to find a new one (plus it only had 118k on it and ran like a champ). i sold it a year later.</TD></TR></TABLE>

*high five* I did the EXACT same thing to my 87 Prelude Si when I was about 19

 

replace the front end like how you plan on doing it. And btw, aircraft design translates perfectly into car design, and 90% of good automotive engineering gets queues from aerospace.