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Body question on our new v6
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 9:27 am
by nathan
bought the car from a really nice lady so i doubt we got ripped off or anything but i noticed something to do with the frame.
one frame rail on the drivers side is 100 % straight.
frame rail tilts upward towards the end on the passenger side but
the floor is slightly raised too.. ( wondering if this is factory on your cars too? )
figured you all owned these cars you could be the best help comparing yours to mine lol.
thanks guys !
Re: Body question on our new v6
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 9:28 am
by nathan
on my other car both frame rails look different but i just wanted to be sure..
Re: Body question on our new v6
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 10:16 am
by solo_ryder
Don't be worried, I've seen this before and its because of 1 thing:
Jackstands or jacks used from the side
People put jackstand or a floor jack on the frame for periods of time and eventually it starts flatteniing out the frame slightly. They should be putting the stands on something more supportive like the a-arm area or where the spot welds are under the door even.
Re: Body question on our new v6
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 10:24 am
by nathan
can this fail inspection in the future?
ok , and the next question is the floor slightly raised on the passenger side of all these cars?
Re: Body question on our new v6
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 12:16 pm
by solo_ryder
I couldn't tell u about the inspection.
As for the raised floorboard, again that could be from a jack or some other thing pushing from the bottom, its not especially strong. I wouldn't get to worried. My forst mx had the same issue under the drivers side frame rail and the ds floor pan, it was raised
Re: Body question on our new v6
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 3:45 pm
by Evo_Spec
i have this problem too, both my driver and passenger floor are raised by about an inch
Re: Body question on our new v6
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 10:02 pm
by vansolrick
My floors aren't raised but I've put a jack on the rails for a short period of time because I needed an easy way to get to my Cat bolts and our jack isn't quite a big one. For the most part, doing that shouldn't raise your floor so it seems like someone put a jack somewhere clean on the unibody floor pan.
Re: Body question on our new v6
Posted: August 25th, 2009, 10:10 pm
by nathan
ok , i just wanted to know if any of your passengers floors are sort of ..up slightly .. curved in a way and if your frame rail was inclined a little.
we gotta MVI the car , and it needs a bunch of small stuff , i want to have it all done drive it in and pass , everything else is solid on the car but i wasnt sure about the frame deal. didnt want them to tell me to chuck the car lol