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So I got my first car last year. It is a 1995 sunfire that I was very familiar with because it belonged to my best friend before I bought it. He did not want to sell it but to me it was ok. Well I wrecked it. He thinks I got rid of it. Its tucked away in the garage and I have been trying to fix it. Making progress right now but I can not get the front bumper to go where it needs to be. It was shifted over about 2 inches. Now its to that last 1/4 inch and wont move over. I have tryed chaining it to the brackets in the floor and wratcheting it with a tree. (yes I know that was some west virginia frame straightening) I have hit it with a medium sized sledge. How can I fix this thing without going to a body shop and putting it on a framerack and paying out the ass for it? if anyone has any suggestions... please let me know.
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If the front is pushed over your hood, head lamps, and radiator mounts are not going to line up either. You can ream your mounting holes all you want but you will just make a problem some where else. Best thing is to have it pulled if you can find someone to do it after you did the back yard repair to it.
If you just want to pull it back from the side find a car trailer with a good winch. set some ramps up to where you can pull the car on it sideways with the front on the trailer. Chain it to the back of the trailer and the back of the car to the front of the trailer to keep it from pulling around and use the winch to pull it.
Side pulls don't pull hard but you can get hurt doing supid things like this but it's your choice.
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Its not that it is pushed up. it is to the side about a 1/4 inch. so the tip of the bumber wont line up with the point in the hood. the hood ends up laying over the bumper on the right side a little because the gaps are not right because of it. if your not getting a clear idea of what i am talking about i can get a picture of it and post it up. thanks for the help
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I know what your talking about thats why I said a side pull. It's hell of thing to try to do with a car trailer getting the front of the car on it sideways. It will work as I have done it back in the day when I didn't have any money or tools.
I have a frame machine and have fixed enough sunfire and cavalier over the years to know there is going to more wrong with it than just the bumper. If all thats wrong is that it only needs pulled 1/4 inch from the side it's not going to be more than 2hrs labor at a shop. I don't see what the big deal is with it then if thats the case.
If you are just doing a cob job on it take a sawzall and cut the end off the bumper reinforcement so the cover will center.
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Cheap and dirty answer is to work out exactly where the rearmost bend is and cut it out, and weld in a replacement piece from a scrapper. This may or may not be legal where you live. It isn't here..
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