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please someone help
Topic Started: Jun 17 2010, 10:01 PM (407 Views)
kitt23
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i am trying to do the knight rider conversion but i found out today my whole front nose is aligned bad. i live in bay shore,long island ... is there anyone that can help me try and realign my front nose because to get it done by a body shop is going to cost me over 3 grand. i would really appreciate it.
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3 grand. sounds like a lot. did you hit something?
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kitt23
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no, person i bought car from did crappy job changing the stock stuff
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L98_Z28
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Did I see you in South Ozone park last week, or two weeks ago? I was riding shotty in my Supra if it was you. If so, I think its a flaw with the casting of the bumper. It looked to be one of the lesser quality ones on the market.
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kitt23
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nope that wasnt me . but mine does look cheap. its not rlly the bumper its the bumper and the whole nose
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BlackMagic
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why don't you post a picture. It may be easier to see whats wrong and how it can be fixed.
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Spade
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ask charged.... he may know
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Pictures, I needs pictures.
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kitt23
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http://img193.imageshack.us/g/img01053.jpg/
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Spade
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open your hood.. take some from under the car...
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kitt23
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help at all?
Edited by kitt23, Jun 24 2010, 02:50 PM.
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Spade
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i dont thik so.... but im not the body guy... Alex... what ya think?
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charged355
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Can't tell shit from that lol, here is what u do, take a tape measure and pick a front bolt on the fender and a back bolt on the opposite fender, measure the distance and switch and measure the other side, it's a two person job, pretty much imagine a x in your engine bay with the bolts being the ends of the x, measure and they should be close within half inch due to anything the tape is leaning against.

I it's close the nose is square, it's the shitty bumper and look around for kinks and bends and signs of an accident
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there ya gooo easy as pie
and when ya get the measurements post them here and alex will tell ya what to do
Edited by Spade, Jun 24 2010, 05:26 PM.
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kitt23
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i dont know if i did it right but its both near 76inches
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How near?
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...just tell folks this was the actual car used for the jumping scenes and thats why the lines aren't perfect... :D ...coming along good though.
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YoungMoneyVII
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maybe the bolt holes on the bumpers shot and its just kinda saggin. This body shop guy used my nose to lift my car a lil once and it made it stretch off the body a lil which made me realize the thread holes on my bumper were stretched and broken but it still held on there fine just a lil low but unnoticable.
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kitt23
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it read 75 and 3/4 inches ad other side was 76 inches
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The nose is square.
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kitt23
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then could it be just my hood off line? and why is my knight rider bumper not flushed with my fender then. i am getting a new one
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cause non of them ever fit right as any person whose done a conversion
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kitt23
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really i thought it was cause the eprson i bought the car from had a crappy bumper
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its a fiberglass part buddy.... their is always fitment issues wih parts like that
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kitt23
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so i took it to my GF's old neighbor who has been building cars for over 20+ years. he says i have no frame damage and its the bumper thats horrible. he just said the only thing that needs to be sraightened is the hood which is easy fix.
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told ya.....
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