Alright, Almost Fixed my bad bad accident...what to do now?

[kmart64]

Okay, I posted yesterday talkin about how I hit a curb. well now I found out that just my fender, radiator, and body is a little bent...we have everything needed to fix it. However, the frame where the radiator support goes is sitting a little to far in (because of the front end collision mainly on the bottom) and its slanted in a way that the whole radiator won't go in without the drivers side popping up a bit. What can I do to resolve this problem? How do I bend this metal back or do I have to go to a body shop. THanks for the input

[kmart64]

help?

[bruno8747]

Just hit it out with a hammer, The metal around the radiator is soft and will bend easily. Just remove the radiator and push it back out and then put back the radiator and check for fitment.

[kmart64]

man it is hard...i tried to use a scissor jack to wedge in between that and the part where u jack up the car (black part) and it almost broke the jack because there was so much stress...to give u an idea the drivers side radiator support hole was like half an inch from the black part referred earlier. Does this help what I'm describing. Thanks

[NAiL05]

Apply some heat to it so it will make it easier to bend. Id take a BFH soem head and try to get it as close to the shape it was.

[kmart64]

what is a BFH?

[kmart64]

how do i bend it too??? like with what tools

[Dinner_Time]

what is a BFH?

It means "Big F-ing Hammer" the bigger the hammer, the easier it will be able to bend back in shape lol. Goodluck!

[Leung]

wouldn't a block of wood and a rubber mallet be better in this case? i mean you don't want to use a 30 pound sledge hammer because that's just plain over kill and you wouldn't have any room to swing.

[tunerman]

wouldn't a block of wood and a rubber mallet be better in this case? i mean you don't want to use a 30 pound sledge hammer because that's just plain over kill and you wouldn't have any room to swing.

yea, that's what i'd use. it's much safer.

[kmart64]

how would u swing it to even get momentum when the radiator support is on the bottom...do u put it up on jack stands? how are u going to pop it out?

[Leung]

that's kinda why i suggested using the wooden block to absorb some of the impact from the mallet or if you only have a ball pein hammer. you've got the radiator out already so plenty of room for at least that.

i was just kidding on the sledge.

[NAiL05]

Lol I didnt meant get one of those 30lb sledges haha a decently big hammer will work...IMO a rubber mallet wont do much on frame damage but the wood in between is a decent idea dunno how it would work. If you just need to hit it in I would just try applying heat drill a holl put in a hook deal and use a slide hammer to bump it back into shape...Dunno how well that would work but its gonna take a while if its the frame.

[kmart64]

i was hearing that I should hook it up and then use another truck to pull it out...would this work lol?

[NAiL05]

lol...nooo haha you might mess something else up or you will actually and it will just drag the car wont really pull it out. Maybe a little but its not gonna be much.