BENT FRAME

MARIA · Post by **MARIA** » 12 Aug 2004, 10:26

VOLVO S40 2000

HAS ANYONE HAD TO REPAIR OR REPLACE A BENT FRAME? IF SO, ESTIMATE COST. THANKS

Stormin Norman · Post by **Stormin Norman** » 12 Aug 2004, 13:58

Not enough info, bent how bad and where?

Better would be to talk to a good body shop that re-builds crash cars, as they will routinely have to pull the cars they are working on.

MARIA · Post by **MARIA** » 13 Aug 2004, 14:54

the bent is supposedly not too bad. Somewhere in Left front side. Is it true that once a frame is bent and straightened, the car will never be same?

Tsquared · Post by **Tsquared** » 13 Aug 2004, 18:05

IF you have a very talented repair shop, they can repair the metal to mfg specs.

I was rear ended in my F150 - driver side rail straitened, passenger side rail replaced, $14K repair bill picked up by the trucking company and it drives as good as the day I took dilivery. It has 5 shades of metalic blue 3 years later but it is mechanically sound.