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I have two that had front end hits, one much worse than the other, required a new hood.
I'd say if you aren't too excited about making it look great that you can fix most if not all of it yourself.
the hood on the side rail you should be able to squeeze it towards the middle and get it to align in the rail. if the alignment pins are not bent you are fat, just work on the hooks that bring the hood down, do a little at a time, the more you work metal without a rest the easier it is to BREAK it so go slow.
The front bumper, if the bumper was ok, just moved over to the side, you can use a large pipe wrench or large cresent wrench and put on the bumper mount from the front and then pull left or right until the rail is straight. do the other and use the bumper as a guide for the distance between them. if you want you can get a large drive and small sledge and hammer the sheet metal at the base of the rail back into place. got a friend with a welder? have him run a bead on those place and you put some rustoleum (sp?) paint on them, do it three time or so, finish with some gloss white.
if there is a junk yard around, the headlights are the same from 1987 to 1993 Plut the 1994 convertible (bet you don't find one of those however).
You should be able to put them in, perhaps a grill too, can't tell. while there look at all of the other bolts that hold things together that you've worked on on your car. get some spares or replaces.
If you do all of this send me and email and I'll give you measurements on how to adjust your headlights. I have the tool but I'll take the time to do some measurements of a car that is correctly setup and send to you.
keep us posted on how you do.
soneway-
, Wed, 4 Jan 2006 18:57:41
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