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I purchased an 86 when I was in Japan, and had it sent over here. I got it for dirt cheep cause the frame was bent, Luckly I got a job working at a body shop when I got back to the states and earlier this week we pulled the frame back straight.


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Some old before pictures








Here are some pictures!


First step is to bolt the car to the frame machine.


The amount of pressure put on the frame of the car is ridiculous. We were pulling and we actually pulled one of the claps off the pinch welds!


First pull was on the drivers side!


Needed to add some heat to help the frame get back to where it was!


After some heat and hammering we got it straight.


The passenger side need to be pulled over. So we put some tension pulling it foward.


And after pulling it somewhat forward we started pulling it to the right.


“Pose for a picture”


After we pulled it over, we measured and it wasn’t squared. so we pulled it down, and got it just right!


Nice and straight!


Looks much better then when it started! Later I will be Replacing the upper rad support. and then start busting all the rust and painting the bare metal. Car should be back together in the next 2 weeks!
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Nice work man...I have never tried working the frame.

Nice work, man!
I need to get my car on the frame machine sometime in the future.
My front end panels are way off =(

whats with those goofy tension rod brackets?

LongGrain wrote:whats with those goofy tension rod brackets?

They look like cusco units. I have the same ones on my car

never seen those before, neat.

The are Cusco's.

I'll start a build thread later this week.

I saw your post over on celica-gts. I plan on doing the same to mine soon

Part II of my frame pulling! My goal for the day was to lay all the mud and get the engine bay painted so I can start putting everything back in and prep it for replacing the upper radiator support and the driver side headlight panel.


Started off by grinding all the rust and bare metal, then laid some body filler.


I forgot to take pictures after I finished mudding, I laid 2 layers of mud.


Then decided to do something about the rust on my door hinge! I know the only way to fix it is to cut and weld, my goal here was just to slow it down until I can frame I can use.


Adding some more mud!


The floor was a bit wrinkled cause of the crash. So I hammered some of it down, I primed it but forgot to take pictures. I will take some next time.


Almost forgot to the prep work to the lower rad support.


Primed the engine bay with an etching primer, its hard to see here, but we laid fresh seam sealer around engine bay, we waited for it get tacky before primed and painted it.


With etching primer you have the etch it after you lay it it. So we sanded it with 400 grit.


Also in the engine bay.


Time to lay some paint! Just used some rattle can.


Heres the paint around the door.


Finished painting around the engine bay


Rad support is painted too.


Will clean the overspray and radiator support early next week, late next week I pull apart the 4age and resealing everything and put it all back in.

Nice job, looks good.

Can you tell me the specs on your rear wheels and tires? size width and back spacing and what size tires they are?
Thanks

195/50/15 Toyo Proxes R1R - having a brain fart on the offset.

Cool, thanks man, I appreciate the quick response.
How wide are those wheels?
Thanks

Dude can u do this to my car

I cannot but most body shops can. Just expect to pay a couple grand.

Out of curiosity, how much does straightening a frame cost usually cost?

It really Depends on how bad it's hit. Also if you strip everything off the car it will save you hundreds in labor. For my car it probably would have costed 2500 to 3500. Ballpark.