De-tweaking a unibody

[kappy]

well if u used andys house it wouldnt be to bad but i know when i bent the unibody of my old zj it took me about 2 weeks to do it but that was in my driveway with a portopower and it was practily perfect

[Ktmracer419]

may be interested in this.

tonight im gonna strip that corner of the jeep and see what i can find.

[customcreationsllc]

Something like this

http://www.powerblocktv.com/sites/vi...tid=6734744001

[justtorchit]

what kind of time?

if you find all the frame measurements its really easy and the time it takes as all about how bent it is... yours really isnt bad and would take less than a day of playing around.... kappy and I spent about a full day and turned a mangled frame back to perfect specs...

[customcreationsllc]

Something like this

http://www.powerblocktv.com/sites/vi...tid=6734744001

It's not the link i was trying to copy just click on the basic collision repair tab on the right.

[Ktmracer419]

sweet deal

i dont need perfect

i just want my alternator and fan to clear it, and make it so its not like "OH MY GOD HIS UNIBODY IS TWISTED"

[Ktmracer419]

if you find all the frame measurements its really easy and the time it takes as all about how bent it is... yours really isnt bad and would take less than a day of playing around.... kappy and I spent about a full day and turned a mangled frame back to perfect specs...

so i just had the radiatah,header panel and shit off.

both rails are bent to the drivers side with the passenger side being bent a hair more.

i adjusted the hood so it will close, but now the passenger side fender is about 1/3" behind the hood and the hood is 1/3" behind the drivers fender.

i played with a sledge, floor jack and a hi lift hoping i would get lucky, but i didnt get far.

soooo

what is your garage, time and sick tool worth?

[grundlepunch]

i just want my alternator and fan to clear it, and make it so its not like "OH MY GOD HIS UNIBODY IS TWISTED"

[Ktmracer419]

i bet your frame wouldnt have fared much better

[Ktmracer419]

well i took erverythang off the front end, notched the frame, plated it. bent my fan back to normal. no more clearance issues.

had to move the lower radiator crossmember over about an inch.

trimmed my header panel to clear the higher part of the crossmember. adjusted my hood so ti will close on its own

and if it wasnt for the crossmember being crooked its hard to tell the body is fuked up.

i don't wanna cage and put money into a falling apart body, but this will buy me time and give me something to wheel as i build up a (hopefully) indestructable vehicle

[DrThunder]

ktmracer III, coming soon

[grundlepunch]

as i build up a (hopefully) indestructable vehicle

elaborate please

[Ktmracer419]

elaborate please

it may or may not have a frame

[Bigbike]

it may or may not have a frame

Comanche?

[Ktmracer419]

Comanche?

that has half a frame so it's possible