bought the car less than a year ago, and relized that my car was in a front end accident b4, the radiator support had been replaced but it look like a ghetto job, i dont know if it was welds or not but it looks like it was put on by chauk gun....

i did some research and found out that aftermarket supports bend if u try to jack the car at the radiator support.... but no1 is currently selling a oem one... so i might just need to buy another aftermarket 1 since i was in a fender bender and bent it some more...

i've saw threads about how to take off a radiator support, drilling at the tack welds.. but putting it back on, i need a welder which i dont have, and cant afford 300 to pay some1 to do it for me...

will jb weld work? i know it may not be safe but if u did or knew any who had tried using jb weld to mount a radiator support, let me know if it worked.. lol

 

are you serious?

 

This is NOT the place to cut corners. Your radiator support has a lot do do with the structural integrity of the whole front end of the car. If you are trying to go the cheap route, here's what I'd do:

Drill the radiator support out yourself.
Grind any excess spot weld off so you have a flat surface to weld to.
Fit the new radiator support to the car.
Once you have it all fitting nice, put a couple sheet metal screws through the support into the bumper horn on each side.
Either use some small clamps or one sheet metal screw on each side of the upper tie bar to hold it to the side aprons.
Find someone that is a competent welder (body shop or certified welder) and have them weld the support on. Once they get it tacked up on the frame horn, put a pair of vise grips on the upper tie bar points and remove the sheet metal screw. Have them fill the screw holes with a spot weld. Fill all of the screw holes you made with a spot weld.

Even if they charge you a very high hourly rate, you shouldn't have to pay more than $50-60 as doing 14-16 spot welds will only take 5-10 minutes.

Ryan

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RyanA &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This is NOT the place to cut corners. Your radiator support has a lot do do with the structural integrity of the whole front end of the car. If you are trying to go the cheap route, here's what I'd do:

Drill the radiator support out yourself.
Grind any excess spot weld off so you have a flat surface to weld to.
Fit the new radiator support to the car.
Once you have it all fitting nice, put a couple sheet metal screws through the support into the bumper horn on each side.
Either use some small clamps or one sheet metal screw on each side of the upper tie bar to hold it to the side aprons.
Find someone that is a competent welder (body shop or certified welder) and have them weld the support on. Once they get it tacked up on the frame horn, put a pair of vise grips on the upper tie bar points and remove the sheet metal screw. Have them fill the screw holes with a spot weld. Fill all of the screw holes you made with a spot weld.

Even if they charge you a very high hourly rate, you shouldn't have to pay more than $50-60 as doing 14-16 spot welds will only take 5-10 minutes.

Ryan</TD></TR></TABLE>
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wow.. simply wow.. go to a body shop and get them to weld it one as long as the frame isnt bent they should charge u too much to hit it with a few welds.. and this way u know its going to be lined up too...

and what tool gave u the idea that u can jb weld ur front end..

 

i was just curious.. i've gotten estimates to replace the support just labor for $300+

 

If JB weld is not right... would nuts and bold be a substitute rather than spot welding it?

 

I agree, JB is not appropriate. Can nuts and bolts work?

 

Heck no! That is a super bad move!!

Get it welded properly.