Front implact bar and plate
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Front implact bar and plate
Anyone ever have any luck straightening out one of these? My thought is to try prior to cutting off and making one out of flat plate that I have on hand..... Any recommendations are welcome. I will gladly learn from the experiences of others
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Mine is bent up from the bottom, when the PO obviously towed it incorrectly.
Its being heated and bent back into place now prior to being blasted and PC'd
I thought mine was bad until I saw yours. Sorry
Its being heated and bent back into place now prior to being blasted and PC'd
I thought mine was bad until I saw yours. Sorry
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In the long run it would benefit you to remove/straighten/re-install the original braces ( a previous owner used flat plate and angle iron to fabricate/strenghten "new" braces for my car....although the "new" pieces are thicker/stronger, the repair looks "cheap").
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I added insult to injury...
To make matters worse, I Was on the way to have my steering looked at when I suffered a brake failure and wound up doing a slow speed rear ending of my own truck..... Luckily my wife and truck came out relatively unscathed, but that fiberglass and plastic front end folded liked a cheap tent in high winds.
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Still, I am gonna take it off and see what comes to mind when I have it sitting on the shop floor. Started this hoping someone had pearls I could learn from.
Right now I'm thinking heat and hammer, fine tune with vice/press. Look at it and decide if it's good enough to run with or throw it away and cough up the cash for a new one.
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Last edited by Easy Mike; Feb 9, 2014 at 11:10 AM.