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Old 04-20-2018 | 06:28 PM
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The 4x4s supporting the chassis tell's you this is going to be a quality job.
When I was a young man I took a few uni-body repair and alignment courses. I didn't make a career out of it- just had some fun and satisfied my curiosity. I clearly recall being taught to level the chassis using wooden blocks in instances where the preferred attachment points were not accessible or damaged. The idea was to stabilize the "patient" on the frame machine, which this car is obviously sitting on in the photo. Of course when the clip was welded into place and we were ready to install the jig fixtures and align the "frame" we would take the supporting wood out and attach the vehicle with the proper clamps. How do you do it?

In general to the haters: Are y'all this rude to people in person? This suspicious? It must be exhausting.
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Ive seen people resto mod cars worse than this on Velocity channel and make bank. Put some stickers on it and lets see some pictures mang!
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When I was a young man I took a few uni-body repair and alignment courses. I didn't make a career out of it- just had some fun and satisfied my curiosity. I clearly recall being taught to level the chassis using wooden blocks in instances where the preferred attachment points were not accessible or damaged. The idea was to stabilize the "patient" on the frame machine, which this car is obviously sitting on in the photo. Of course when the clip was welded into place and we were ready to install the jig fixtures and align the "frame" we would take the supporting wood out and attach the vehicle with the proper clamps. How do you do it?

In general to the haters: Are y'all this rude to people in person? This suspicious? It must be exhausting.
Thank you. Finally someone normal. I didn’t feel like clarifying the wood blocks because therm people don’t get it. Nothing can be done lol. And yes I think everyone is this rude in person. (Or maybe their mad) who knows? Anyway haters gonna hate. Am i right?
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Ive seen people resto mod cars worse than this on Velocity channel and make bank. Put some stickers on it and lets see some pictures mang!

picutres coming soon. Just wanna wash it and detail it!
Old 04-20-2018 | 08:10 PM
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picutres coming soon. Just wanna wash it and detail it!
Bunch of OCD haters here, and as a Car guy I’m pissed that they sit back and criticize on a cool project.

Looking forward to see more of your build.
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Bunch of OCD haters here, and as a Car guy I’m pissed that they sit back and criticize on a cool project.

Looking forward to see more of your build.
100% agree with you. I don’t wanna reply to those haters. No neee. You know? And then they get mad when I don’t reply. And they try telling me that i don’t habe class. HAHA
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When I was a young man I took a few uni-body repair and alignment courses. I didn't make a career out of it- just had some fun and satisfied my curiosity. I clearly recall being taught to level the chassis using wooden blocks in instances where the preferred attachment points were not accessible or damaged. The idea was to stabilize the "patient" on the frame machine, which this car is obviously sitting on in the photo. Of course when the clip was welded into place and we were ready to install the jig fixtures and align the "frame" we would take the supporting wood out and attach the vehicle with the proper clamps. How do you do it?

In general to the haters: Are y'all this rude to people in person? This suspicious? It must be exhausting.
Look, I'll be happy to eat my words if the OP wants to post details of the complete job, including pics on the frame jig, and load/strain measurements in spec. It takes a pretty sophisticated shop to work on 991 frames due to the materials. It can be done (as long as no frame-pulling is required), but it isn't easy or cheap - and the only shops that are Porsche certified to do the work are listed here: https://www.porschecollisioncenter.com. Have a look at this thread:

https://rennlist.com/forums/991/7603...r-job-huh.html

That's how you document a frame repair. So how about it? I think we're all interested to see how it was done in detail.

However, I stand by my assertion that if a top-tier PACC couldn't (or wouldn't) do the job, you shouldn't go near it.
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Originally Posted by 911-TOUR
Look, I'll be happy to eat my words if the OP wants to post details of the complete job, including pics on the frame jig, and load/strain measurements in spec. It takes a pretty sophisticated shop to work on 991 frames due to the materials. It can be done (as long as no frame-pulling is required), but it isn't easy or cheap - and the only shops that are Porsche certified to do the work are listed here: https://www.porschecollisioncenter.com. Have a look at this thread:

https://rennlist.com/forums/991/7603...r-job-huh.html

That's how you document a frame repair. So how about it? I think we're all interested to see how it was done in detail.

However, I stand by my assertion that if a top-tier PACC couldn't (or wouldn't) do the job, you shouldn't go near it.
Holy crap.....30k repair bill for what looked like a minor rear bumper hit.....
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alright boys. Here is the car. Detailed and fully fixed. Before you stark asking about the GT3 bumper, I needed a front bumper anyway and I couldn’t pass on this look. OEM aero kit in rear. Tires are 305 rear with 15mm spacers and 255 front with 7 mm spacers.
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Got to admit is looks great. Love the new bumper.

How does it drive?
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alright boys. Here is the car. Detailed and fully fixed. Before you stark asking about the GT3 bumper, I needed a front bumper anyway and I couldn’t pass on this look. OEM aero kit in rear. Tires are 305 rear with 15mm spacers and 255 front with 7 mm spacers.[/QUOTE]

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Who cares about the looks... The real question is.. Does it drive good?
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Originally Posted by Romann_28
alright boys. Here is the car. Detailed and fully fixed. Before you stark asking about the GT3 bumper, I needed a front bumper anyway and I couldn’t pass on this look. OEM aero kit in rear. Tires are 305 rear with 15mm spacers and 255 front with 7 mm spacers.
It looks great! ... any issues driving it?
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Got to admit is looks great. Love the new bumper.

How does it drive?
thank you! Drives great! Love it.
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It looks great! ... any issues driving it?

No issues at all. Alignment came out perfect.


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