After hitting a curb, I bent my frame a tad. Its totally drivable and stuff, but it pulls a little to the right. I fixed the alignment to help it some, but it still pulls. It kind of lends to a wavy ride because I am always compensating.

Should I remove the power steering to make it less sensative to it wont wave so much? And would this slightly bent frame no longer be the candidiate for the turbo swap I am stockpiling parts for.

 

Teke it to a COMPETNT frame shop and have it pulled back into spec: Cost ~ $300 for a minor pull

 

I seriously doubt you actually bent your _frame_ from just hitting a gutter?!

Doesn't sound right to me...

But yeah banzaitoyota is on the money, take to a GOOD place to get the alignment checked again, if they can't get it in spec they should at least be able to tell you exactly whats wrong...
And i'll say it again, i seriously doubt you bent your frame from just hitting a gutter....

 

My 1990 300ZX was clipped by a semi on the highway in the rear 1/4 panel @ 85MPH, spun and hit the wall on EVERY corner. The frame was still strait on it. I sold it on E-bay.

 

I wacked a tree at about 30km/h and bent my frame a bit... so it depends on your luck I guess..

 

If the frame was already bent and straightened from a previous accident, its possible that he bent it again when hitting the curb

 

What part of the "frame" is bent, exactly? Have you looked underneath the car to see? You may have bent your sway bar, steering linkage or something else that's not the "frame" and easily replaced.

Even if you bent the subrame under the car, you may be able to find one from a junkyard for cheap - and it's not as difficult as you might think to replace it. As long as it didn't "tear" the unibody where it mounts (unlikely) it's a bolt-in affair.

-joey

 

I don't know if you guy have Les Schwabs in your area, but I took it to them and the first thing he said as I was picking it up was: "Did you hit a curb? Your frame is a little bent." I was going about 40 when I hit it dead on on the right front tire. I think it is probably that from feeling as the car pulls.

I don't think it was bent before, just this time. I have a great collosion shop that could take a look at it and let me know what's wrong. (This is something I don't want to do myself).

Thanks for all your input.

EDIT: About the junkyard thing, I was thinking about doing that if puch comes to shove.

 

hit a curb dead on doing 40? wow, was there a ramp effect? sounds dangerously fun.
what do you consider the frame on a unibody car? i don't know much about the structure of the vehicle, so its hard for me to picture it.

 

front subframe is what will be bent more likely....