Need Body/Frame Help!

[Joshson126]

hey guys hows it going since school just got out i can finally work on my car! i bought a 1993 s13 240sx about 3 weeks ago and the last owner had rear ended it so i thought i would fix it up but...i took off all of the broken panels off and i got to see the extent of the body damage and i need your guys help! can you tell me what i need to do to this broken front end. like do i need to cut it off and weld it back and if so where do i cut? or is the best path to take it to a shop and let them sort it out. and im on a limited budget like all students so please the most cost efficient as well. thanks guys!

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[Joshson126]

anyone? pls?

[r3v_v3ng3]

i would let a shop do it. they will need to put it on the frame rack and pull stuff. that way, they could make sure the frame are where they supposed to be. leave it to the professionals

[Hijacker]

If you have to ask how to fix something like that, you're not going to be able to do it.

[Joshson126]

i asked how i could do it not that i cant do it. and since youre probably one of the more experienced mechanics on this site you could teach me instead of demoralizing me.

[Vegascorbin]

You can learn a lot on NICO but how to do Body Work just isn't one of them. Your damage is quite extensive and should only be attempted by an experianced repair person.

Body Work and / or Frame Repair is more of an art. It requires knowing how metal will strech and such.

I don't think he ment to demoralize you but simply stated the fact that if you have the skills to do the job you would not need to ask the question and if you don't have the skills allready, a web forum is not the place to get them.

If the question was should I try to fix this or junk the car you may get a diferant response. You did not ask IF but HOW. Huge differance.

If you have a small dent you can find a book and learn from that but your damage is not for a rookie.

Don't be upset. NICO can and will help when it is posable. This time it is not.

[maik21]

You can learn a lot on NICO but how to do Body Work just isn't one of them. Your damage is quite extensive and should only be attempted by an experianced repair person.

Body Work and / or Frame Repair is more of an art. It requires knowing how metal will strech and such.

I don't think he ment to demoralize you but simply stated the fact that if you have the skills to do the job you would not need to ask the question and if you don't have the skills allready, a web forum is not the place to get them.

If the question was should I try to fix this or junk the car you may get a diferant response. You did not ask IF but HOW. Huge differance.

If you have a small dent you can find a book and learn from that but your damage is not for a rookie.

Don't be upset. NICO can and will help when it is posable. This time it is not.

+1 .. there are things that a profesional need to do... this is one of them. uf u cant a secure car, throw it to a profesional. u will feel safe when repair is done .

[darkspoon]

if you do plan to keep this and work on it, try to find a front clip, or a 240 with non-broken front pieces, cut them off, measure precisely and put it back together, if you can weld.

If you can't weld properly, don't do it. Nothing worse then driving down the road and your front end falling off

[Joshson126]

thanks guys Ill take it to a shop and see what goes on from there. once again thanks for being helpful and putting me into the right direction