my cousin messed up my rear driverside wheel, breaking the rotor and severly bending the rear crossbeam a couple months ago now and i havent been driven it for months now which is really getting to me now i need to drive my own car again soon. my question is, is there any other honda rear crossbeams that will fit my 92 prelude? i went to a junkyard yesterday with my friends but no preludes of any year there. i know they are very hard to find in junkyards from my experiences but i am supposed to be going to a place called junkyard heaven i think in san diego friday or saturday. i want to know now so i know what to look for when i go if i cant find any preludes there again. what special tools do i need to take it off and replace it, and how much whould they go for in a junkyard? i know a brand new one from auto zone is about $300, but i dont have the money for a new one right now.

Here are some pics:

 

Holy crap, dude, I think the unibody itself is bent. The place where the subframe mounts it pushed way up and over...

Screw Autozone, try ebay or keep looking at junkyards.

You need a ball-joint popper and some basic tools. It's not that hard. Get an alignment when you're done with it....well if you can salvage that frame damage.

 

dude that look like alot more damage then just the subframe. the toe control arm is gone as well as the lca you pretty much need a new subframe ande drivers side rear suspension. shock doesnt look like its doing too well either

 

Damn that sucks. Might as well find a front end wrecked prelude for cheap and swap rear end parts. Or sell ur lude.

Damn what a dumbass to do that.. TOKYO DRIFT FTL

 

BUMP!!!!
i probably wont get a lot of hits or responses for help here but here goes....
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my friend said that were gonna have to try our best to flaten out the part of the frame by heating it to soften if up a bit and welding the base where the bolts screw in. it might not be the same again but its worth it. i also found that i need new bearings as well. can anybody take a picture of their crossbeam so i can see what an undamaged one looks like please!!!! i would greatly appreciate it and it would help a lot. any thoughts or any other ways to approach fixing this? i know for damn sure i cannot just give up and sell my baby!

 

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I had these pics already if they help...







You might take it to a body shop and get some opinions from them...

 

thanks so much man i appreciate it man. is there anyway u can get pics of the frame as well? thanks man.

 

You mean the frame without the subframe (crossbeam) on it? I won't be able to take it off now...or probably anytime soon

 

thats ok thanks anyways i really appreciate it.

 

steps to fixing this problem:

1)kick your cousin in the *****

2)repeat step 1

3)buy a new lude.

seriously, unless you have someone with some extremely good welding skills and a set of very precise machinery to make sure the thing is straight just like stock, you're screwed on that thing dude. sorry to say it.

 

&lt; I'm his other cousin. I'll help you out with steps 1 and 2 Lol.

 

no, step 3 is to make his cousin pay for his new lude, or at least a sizable chunk of it

 

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I had these pics already if they help...







You might take it to a body shop and get some opinions from them...

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hey hawke is this your setup? what arms are those?

btw how is your swaybar holding up. i keep reading your how to for the progress bar over and over because i will do it to mine soon. nice write up!

 

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hey hawke is this your setup? what arms are those?

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Yeah, that's my beater. Here's what those arms are: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1940209

Swaybar = doing well

 

thanks a lot for the replies everyone. any more would be great with suggestions and what not. ill do my best to get it nice and flat and as secure as possible so i WILL get my lude back on the road!!!