chassis straightening. anyone had it done?

[Mr GTS4]

as the title says, has anyone had it done and why ( what happened to the car for you to get it done? ). just wanting to know how to go about it and how much?

[ylwgtr2]

heres the way we do it.....we put the car on a caroliner bench....this animal is a handy peice of equipment Ill tell you....position the vehicle over the bench select the appropriate sill clamps and clamp them as per caroliner data sheet.....then we slide the measuring system under neath and bring the under body pointers to the spec....using the opposite end to the damage as the "0"point we work toward the damaged section using the spec sheet the closer we get to the damage we will see the measurments go out and the story begins to be told....we then bring in the heavy artillary....a dozer hooks to the side of the bench and we use an assortment of clamps to latch onto the body and give it a tag until it lands within spec....which they tell us there is a tolerance of 3mm....but i like to get them to where the sheet says....we then replace bits like radiator supports/chassis rails/coil supports ect....i done the one in the pic about 6 mnths ago

[Duncan]

what he just said.

we just finished straightening the targa car last week.....chasis straightened then new front and rear subframes, all new front panels from a half cut, then off we go

and this is why:

www.hgeconsulting.com.au/targa04.wmv

[Mr GTS4]

ouch!!! well thanks for that.. well i just have a little problem with suspension height on the front left, after hitting a gutter. does anyone have the measurements for a R32 gts4? would it be the same as the GTR?

[ylwgtr2]

it would be the same as GTR....

[Duncan]

:werd: we used a 1/2 cut gts4 for parts for the repairs, subframe etc bolt straight in, I think only the guards are different

[Mr GTS4]

anyone has the specs then?

[ylwgtr2]

i have them.,....but no scanner