Frame damage

[GTDannyGT]

I was getting my engine rebuild completed and went to put new exhaust on and long story short the hangers do not even come close to the mounting holes. Looked a little more and saw a crimp in the frame! I bought this car about 3 years ago and knew some thing in the rear wasn’t right but just thought the bumper needed replacing, anyways I immediately got to work taking bumper apart and let’s just say bondo EVERYWHERE. Gonna toss that bumper but the frame is pretty messed up on the passenger side and the bondo is cracking which would explain my water leak. I’m gonna comment the pictures because it won’t let me add to post but do you think this is fixable?

 

[GTDannyGT]

 

[GriffX]

Maybe....

 

[whitmanink]

you would be surprised what you can do,,
i got a wrecked gt from copart,, front frame rail was bent down,,
i replaced the driver side door and fender,, heated up and bent the frame rail straight again.
bondo the dents i couldnt pull,,
and next week if it stays above 70deg at night i can finally paint her..

point is,, its repairable,
it wont be %100 ,, and yes the frame isnt gonna stand up to another crash , but ill take that chance .. you were driving it all along like that so whats the difference if you repair it and make it close to right?

 

[Dino Dino Bambino]

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I've seen much worse damage than that repaired to look almost like new. Nothing that a BFH couldn't fix and since it's an area that's designed to crumple in the event of a collision, there's no major loss of structural integrity to be concerned about.

 

[GTDannyGT]

you would be surprised what you can do,,
i got a wrecked gt from copart,, front frame rail was bent down,,
i replaced the driver side door and fender,, heated up and bent the frame rail straight again.
bondo the dents i couldnt pull,,
and next week if it stays above 70deg at night i can finally paint her..

point is,, its repairable,
it wont be %100 ,, and yes the frame isnt gonna stand up to another crash , but ill take that chance .. you were driving it all along like that so whats the difference if you repair it and make it close to right

That’s true I just don’t know where to even start and the rear bumper was held on by screws that were hidden under bondo so I’m thinking there’s probably major fitment issues.

 

[GTDannyGT]

I've seen much worse damage than that repaired to look almost like new. Nothing that a BFH couldn't fix and since it's an area that's designed to crumple in the event of a collision, there's no major loss of structural integrity to be concerned about.

Well that’s a good way of looking at it. Still not sure how I’m gonna get the exhaust on cause that’s not something I can pull at home. I’ll have to take it to frame shop and see what they say after I get my car tuned cause as of right now I’m running no rear bumper

 

[Autokyrios]

Take it to a collision shop and let them have a look. They might say they can throw it on their frame table and sort it out. You wouldn't need any paint or anything done, so would be fairly cheap. If they come up with some heinous price or other reason, then at least you know.

 

[GTDannyGT]

Take it to a collision shop and let them have a look. They might say they can throw it on their frame table and sort it out. You wouldn't need any paint or anything done, so would be fairly cheap. If they come up with some heinous price or other reason, then at least you know.

That’s true thanks for the tip