small dent on frame rails

[turbo11]

I have a single dent on on one of my rails looks to be from bottoming out, it has driven me crazy, ive aged 10 years and now have gray hair so can anyone tell me if i should just forget about it or what. The rail is straight and not bent up just has a indention about 2 inches long and not deep in the middle of the rail. My car is A s14

[5280VertDET]

Pics. But, likely you are fine.

[turbo11]

http:// http://rs1370.pbsrc.com/albums/ag256/srt4man1/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM01054_zpskrqfubsr.jpg~320x480

[turbo11]

http://s1370.photobucket.com/user/srt4man1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM01054_zpskrqfubsr.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

[turbo11]

http://s1370.photobucket.com/user/srt4man1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM01054_zpskrqfubsr.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

[turbo11]

Cant get it to upload

[turbo11]

http://s1370.photobucket.com/user/srt4man1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM01054_zpskrqfubsr.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

[LockOn!]

Yeah that's nothin. Just don't jack up on it, use the jack points.

[5280VertDET]

http://s1370.photobucket.com/user/srt4man1/media/Mobile%20Uploads/CAM01054_zpskrqfubsr.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

http://i.imgur.com/zOABnOT.jpg

You can probably get a collision shop to fix that. Doesn't look that bad to me. But I am not an engineer.
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[turbo11]

Anyone else have dents on their rail? I feel like im the only one with it.

[drumer_boy456]

what the hell is up with all these pointless threads.... fuuuck

[turbo11]

Its a thread about me having ocd and needing advice

[pacotaco345]

Look at where he's from.. that should explain it.

Btw your car is totaled, that frame is trash, your car may now spontaneously snap in half driving down the road.

[turbo11]

Lets keep this mature..

[LockOn!]

Eh, this isn't as bad as

"DUUUURRRR WHAT COLOUR SHOUD I PIANT MY ROCETBUNBUN"

At least its a question you don't hear as often. Still should belong in the "Small questions thread" though.

I've had cars with really clean rails, others with small creases like yours, and some with rails that looked basically collapsed from improper use of jack. I'd say unless they are bent sideways (collision), rusted through, or completely collapsed / separated where the unibody fits together you should be fine.

These things are old as fuck, you can't expect much.

Also if you really manage to fuck up, you can get these.

http://www.xcessivemanufacturing.com/onlinestore.html?cid=41&step=4&pid=172

[turbo11]

Eh, this isn't as bad as

"DUUUURRRR WHAT COLOUR SHOUD I PIANT MY ROCETBUNBUN"

At least its a question you don't hear as often. Still should belong in the "Small questions thread" though.

I've had cars with really clean rails, others with small creases like yours, and some with rails that looked basically collapsed from improper use of jack. I'd say unless they are bent sideways (collision), rusted through, or completely collapsed / separated where the unibody fits together you should be fine.

These things are old as fuck, you can't expect much.

Also if you really manage to fuck up, you can get these.

http://www.xcessivemanufacturing.com/onlinestore.html?cid=41&step=4&pid=172

Yea your right, i guess for what i have im lucky other than that small crease the rails are perfect and the cats rust free. For 190000 miles i guess im on the good side. I did some reading and this seems more common than i thought. My pinch welds are nice to so i guess i shouldent worry, it seems these are more floor pan stiffners than an actual frame since this is a unibody car.

[dsastr_clan]

i had a dent, i let go for a while, then it turned in to a hole. And it corroded and turned into a bigger hole :( i had to get frame rail covers.

[turbo11]

Im gonna have retouch up the undercoat in that spot

[pacotaco345]

Holy shit, since literally no one else here with a brain worth using is going to tell you, your frame is perfectly fine. People drive these cars half an inch off the ground and literally smash the framerails flat against the floorpan. Hell my car has a dent in the framerail bigger than that from running over a rock. These rails have almost nothing to do with the structural integrity of the unibody. Leave it the way it is, forget its there and you'll be fine. A door ding would be something you would worry about before that scratch.

[drumer_boy456]

Look at where he's from.. that should explain it.

Btw your car is totaled, that frame is trash, your car may now spontaneously snap in half driving down the road.


He's right you know....

[JBB]

thats the cleanest "frame rail" ive seen, dont worry about it

[JM216S14]

Google Porsche race car underbody. They don't have frame rails "becauseracecar" and I'm assuming your all about "becauseracecar"..


But if not an easy DIY fix would be slap a few illiest stickers on her

[red92ka]

I expected some carnage when I opened this. I am disappointed.

[Your240sucks]

Credit goes to florrrrida!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dizzariot]

This is fucking stupid. Yeah, that's all I wanted to add. I can't believe this is a fucking thread. Is your next one going to be : Help! My Clearcoat is Oxidizing! Is This Normal/Okay On 240s?!?!?

[burnsauto]

okay, a real answer.


Its fine. I'm a collision specialist and am platinum certified through I-CAR (think ASE but for body work). What you did by adding more corrosion protection is fine. If you take it to a bodyshop to have it fixed, it will actually most likely rust after a few years of driving (especially in a moist climate like yours). They would most likely use a stud gun to pull the dent out, removing any corrosion protection on the inside of the rail (burning it off when welding on a stud), and rust will begin. If its not rusting right now, just keep it as it and you will be fine.