How do you fix this?

[Vertnut]

I wasn't trying to tackle this one by myself.

I was seeing if it was fixable, and being that you and 5 other people say it is. Then I'll go that route.

What I don't understand is why people are saying it's done RIP.. When it's not. WTF?

No offense here, but it doesn't appear to be a "mint" example to most of us, hence the advice to find a really clean 4 cyl and swap everything out. It's probable that the car will not track or be able to be aligned properly, and will be an expensive fix, IF done correctly.

[Grape]

body shops can order fender apron tin work, if they are still available it's no problem. Yes you will have to be very versed in car set up and geometry to do it, if i were to do it, the car would be blocked to ride hieght with both front springs out so i can set control arm and spindle heights, drop plumbob from center of hole of the good side and mesure the dif forward to the lower ball joint........cake to get the caster/camber dead nuts.

edit, there is no way in hell that lower A is straight, and the K is in the same place it was before the hit, lotsa stuff to get corrected before you cut the top off that tower

[91CoupeMike]

It can be fixed no prob, but you will need to know what you are doing.. Will need to tear that side down, inspect everything to check for bent a arms, tie rod ends, etc check everything carefully!!! bang it back as flat as possible, cut a piece of 3/16 plate and weld it in from the bottom side. then cut holes where the factory had them for the strut to bolt back up.. Definately gonna need cc plates to get the alignment back.. I would highly recommed taking it to someone that knows what they are doing as it sounds like you don't..

I wasn't trying to tackle this one by myself.

I was seeing if it was fixable, and being that you and 5 other people say it is. Then I'll go that route.

What I don't understand is why people are saying it's done RIP.. When it's not. WTF?

[Blackpony]

Get a driver mod with your next Kia Rio...FTW.

fixed

[HUNCH]

Get a driver mod with your next Mustang...FTW.

[Blackpony]

It can be fixed no prob, but you will need to know what you are doing.. Will need to tear that side down, inspect everything to check for bent a arms, tie rod ends, etc check everything carefully!!! bang it back as flat as possible, cut a piece of 3/16 plate and weld it in from the bottom side. then cut holes where the factory had them for the strut to bolt back up.. Definately gonna need cc plates to get the alignment back.. I would highly recommed taking it to someone that knows what they are doing as it sounds like you don't..

[91CoupeMike]

easy to fix if you have a strut tower cut out of another car........

In 93 when the R models came out, most people that raced them and won, cut the tops of the shock towers off and slid them back to get some caster, while supposedly remaining "stock" lol

I have donor car with a perfect strut tower. Can you order them new?

As long as it doesn't cost more then 3500 to fix, I'll fix it.

[Grape]

easy to fix if you have a strut tower cut out of another car........

In 93 when the R models came out, most people that raced them and won, cut the tops of the shock towers off and slid them back to get some caster, while supposedly remaining "stock" lol

[80coupe]

Wow!

[Damnittsteve]

Rip

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Guess you have never done either of those then.... I though so.

Speeding - Yep, not often though

Sliding a car - never off the track

Speeding and sliding - never off the track

[dville_gt]

fender mender....


j/k

upon second thought, i'd take it to inner fender mender

[ELVIS]

The car is worth more to me then you, so understand that.

understand this, you screwed up your car. i wouldnt bother fixing that, it will never be correct. there are a lot of people here who have forgot more about mustangs than you or i even know.

1. listen to them

2. learn from this mistake

3. quit driving like an asshole

4. dont rag out your next mustang

god bless.

[Txstang1]

Tore up from the floor up !!

I gotta hand it to ya, when you fuck shit up, you FUCK SHIT UP !! I'd look for a roller !!!

[Trick Pony]

Both.

You probably aren't going to listen but I'm going to say this anyways because I crashed a couple Mustangs when I was your age getting sideways everywhere.
One thing you will need to learn if you are going to drive Mustangs is that the stock 4-link rear suspension design is pure shit. Using angled upper rear control arms with rubber bushings causes a lot of bind in the suspension and is a poor way to control lateral location of the axle. This makes the handling very unpredictable and causes crazy snap oversteer that can be unrecoverable.
Just imagine if you actually had a car with some horsepower. If you do fix this one or get another one, take care of the suspension first and learn some discretion in your driving.