anyone ever done it?

i thought about getting some heavy duty metal l brackets and welding them into a frame on the floor from the front floor jack points extending few inches past the front corners of the car as a base. and using pulleys and brackets attached to it for pulling

 

Two cumalongs and two large trees worked several years ago on a ek with front end damage.

 

I tried a winch but it kept pullin the whole car even with blocks under wheels.
Frame needs to go about 1/4 inch to thw right. Core support is not damaged.

 

Yeah I had that problem when I attached a rope to pull a back bumper support out of my hatch. It would just pull the whole car. You have to anchor it which can be tricky as to not cause damage to the opposite side.

 

Thats what i was thinking is to make a solid frame on the floor and to secure it to thw front floorjack points that way i haveva good base to pull from so i can use hydraulic puller

 

a frame shop usually charges about $100 an hour and they can probably fix something like that pretty damn quick. Not to mention the factory dimension points will be put back to stock

 

200 is the best i found. i would rather spend that money making one for my garage then pay every time i need to pull a frame. and plus frame shop will only do a bare minimum

 

I dont know what you mean by bare min... In my shop we do 100hr and get cars within 3mm of OEM specs on uni body and 5mm on frame vehicals (OEM spec). I can usaaly get it within 2mm or less, so vehicals leave better then when they left the factory.


To the OP, I would look at the cheaper frame racks on Autobodytoolmart.com that use the engine lift platform. You can get most things out of unibody platforms, but wouldnt do much on framed vehicals.

 

well most of the shops here want at least 200 to do it.
its not core support its the frame
it got hit from pass corner and pass side corner pushed in and driver side corner pushed out
so i have no gap on pass side fender and like a half inch gap on driver side fender

 

core support i can straighten with just a honda scissor jack they are pretty thin metal

 

if the car runs and you can get the angle to need hook a good tow strap around a tree and the other end to the car. drive the car in the direction to pull it out the frame. have done that with a car that was rear ended. start slow and increase speed as you feel more comfortable.

this is a bit reckless of a method but it sounds like you might be in to that kind of stuff.

Levi

 

Use old seat belts. Attach them to the bent car with a nut bolt and huge washers. Or weld on a tab. Then anchor the car to a tree, attach the other end to another car and drive away. It will pull out body panel damage but it will not work to properly align a frame.
BE AWARE THAT A SEAT BELT BREAKING WILL FLY AND SLAP THE TOW CAR. SO USE A CRAPPY TOW CAR.

 

cars dont drive sideways.

my frame needs to go to the right

 

if you can get your hands on a porta power and have a tree or a solid structure, you can fix the damage

Will try to explain it the best I can for you to understand.

You want to move the driver side (inwards) towards the passenger side. Correct? If so, you will place the car sideways with the driver side damage area close to the tree. Find a way to secure the car to the tree (chains, heavy duty ropes, etc.) Don't use any of the driver side are to secure it since that's the are you are trying to move.

Place the porta power in between the tree and the driver side and pump the hydraulic jack until you move the damage area back to were you want it.

 

yea i could lol

i think a concrete block with chain hookup would work better

how many tonns does it take to move the frame?

because a toyota truck with a tow hitch and blocks under my wheels didnt do ****. just pulled the car around the parking lot