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Supra KING · 03-06-2005, 12:00 PM

hey, i just have a question about my car i know like everyone in here hates me now, but from now on im not going to reply to anybodies threads and i'm going to stay out of everyones busy because i dont know much about Supra's obviously because i'm asking questions about them. So if anyone would reply to any of my questions that would be cool. I'm not going to be an ass or get cocky with anyone i just want some other peoples opinion because i'm trying to get my car fixed asap. So my question is if anyone knows any websites or anything that can help me out with re-aligning my front end the quarter panels are all shifted to the right and i want to straighten everything out an try fixing it on my own before paying masses amount of money on taking it to a body shop. If anyone knows how to re-align or knows if its all bracketry or any way to fix it i would appreciate it greatly. Thank you for hearing me out if you read this at all and sorry for everything in the past. Take care. Thanks

***bgrieger*** · 03-06-2005, 04:15 PM

Nobody hates you. You appear to be a noob to cars in general, and you have noob questions and knowledge of your Supra. We were all there at some time in our lives. Don't throw out wrong answers to questions you don't understand and you won't generally have a problem with people jumping on you. If you do get pounced on for asking a normal question, either I agree that the search button was in order, or the one who beats on you gets notified by me that it was a little out of line. Really simple to me...

Ask and you shall get answers. Respond rashly and you will not. A little advice though, proper sentance structure goes a long way to getting assistance. Use a word processor and turn off the bold...really hard to read that...

Now, if your quarters both lean to the right you probably have a little problem that will require a frame bender to get straight. You will note that you probably have a gap between the drivers door and the fender, and almost none on the passenger side. This is because someone got hit in the front left and did not/could not fix it properly. A frame bender is the only tool that has a chance of straightening that out right, and a body shop is one of the few places with the tool. You might want to get an estimate. At least they can tell you how bad the tweak is, and whether it's repairable.

If it's not the frame, you could try to loosen off all the fenders and bumpers and realign them, but there really isn't much adjustment available. They rely on a straight frame to keep them in alignment. If it is the hood that doesn't look right, it's probably the only thing misaligned. Loosen the bolts on the hinges, shift it a little and close. Repeat until it's centred again. Don't slam it either while adjusting it...close nice and easy in case it gets too close to a fender or the headlight covers etc. Don't want to take the paint off.

Bob

***Ne0z31*** · 03-06-2005, 05:12 PM

not easy to say without pics man..

Supra KING · 03-07-2005, 05:49 PM

Alright, thanks a lot for the advice bgrieger. I was thinking about my car the other day and I'm just going to take it an get it fixed right and looking normal again. After you said that I realized it is the quarter panels that are off alignment. The hood is fine just the nose cone and panels are knocked off center by about 2 cm. Do you think that would be a hard fix being off that much? I dont know if it will be much money to fix, I hope not. Thanks for the help.

***bgrieger*** · 03-07-2005, 08:47 PM

That's a fair tweak to fix. Have it looked at. I personally wou;dn't hold out hope of under $500, but I'm not an expert on collision repair