My Warpspeed Sub Frame Connectors arrived the other day so I plan on getting them installed soon. I was looking under my car and noticed one of my frame rails was crushed pretty badly about one foot away from the rear end. The crushed portion ends up under the rear seat floor area and if you pull out the floor mat you can see it is pushed up slightly. I assume the car was jacked up improperly at some point.

It looks like the rear attachment point for the SFC's is all the way at the rear of the frame rail so the crushed area may not affect the install. But should I get this fixed anyway? How should I fix it? Could I bang it back down from the inside? Will the mufler shop that does the install be able to do something or would I have to take it some place else?

 

Isn't your car considered totaled if a frame rail is damaged?

 

This is interesting too, I also have one on mine. I wonder if theres a cheap and easy way to "pull" it out.

 

hmm this isn't the rail that runs from the jackpoints on the stock jacks are they? pics would help.

 

Talk to a body shop. They might able to pull it back out.

 

Sorry for the crap pics, it's cold out (as you can see in the pics) and dark. At least the flash on my digital cam kicks ***. The front of the car is to the right and that is the resonator on my aftermarket b pipe behind the frame rail. If it does not have to be pulled out to install the SFCs should I pull it out? Could it be causing any problems?

 

A couple more pics of the crushed area, note my mad photoshop skilzz yo. Also a pic of my SFCs.

 

Well..if they pads do not have to weld to the exact area, then I wouldn't worry about it. If it does, then you might have a problem.

 

I did a test fit with the SFCs and they do not have to weld to the crushed area, so unless there is a good reason to fix it I am going to leave it.