checking subframes for squarness after an accident ?
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hi all i had a little shunt in my mini the other weekend , only clipped the passenger side headlight , but was enough to move the front wing over , pend the front panel and crack some filler on the drivers side , afterwards i pulled the dent out , and moved the steering rack so the car still steered straight ( i had to drive the car for a couple of days as it was my everyday car) ive now cut the front off to make it a bolt on steel front end etc etc , but am wondering whats going to be the best way to see if my subframe is still out , now ive cut the front off i sort of imagined it might go back , because the floor and tower mounts show no visable signs of movement it was only the front panels, any ideas how i can tell if its straight before i go making brace bars etc for a subframe that isnt in the right place

thanks
Ant

any help?

plus making simple measurements from fixed points on each side, ive just made some brace bars and use this method to check straightness

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Edited by Brett on 20th Apr, 2010.

Yes i moved to the darkside

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thanks brett :)