Thank you

 

Well what I found out when getting and alignment is that they cut the whole front end off of the car. The frame is all welded where they welded the current front frame on.

 

there you go, I would live with it and drive her till she dies. lol

 

check and see how the bumper cover is fastened under the side area that are down and see if you can put spacers in the raise it in the low spots. only thing I can think that may be some help. dont know how its mounted so shot in the dark for me. looks like if a guy bent the hood it would then be low up against the fenders.

 

Were they able to get it into the 4 wheel alignment in specs? Is this a clean title car, clean car fax? If so it may be worth fixing right but it will be costly to have it done at a body shop. Sure sounds like a non-pro did the work. I would be worried about what other short cuts they made. I assume this was not a dealer you bought it from. If it is a dealer there could be legal options.

Having the sub frame welded to the body can be problematic. The Sub frame is suppose to be mount on isolation rubber/polyurethan. This is to reduce vibration from the road and the engine. Also there are services that do require the removal of the sub frame to complete. Example: fix a leaking oil pan. Most techs will want nothing to do with cutting out a sub frame or welding it back in.

Maybe you should write this off as a learning experience. It sounds like you are not an experienced car guy your best bet might be to sell the car and move on. Next time find a mechanic that has nothing to do with the sale and get him to check the car out for you. Just saying you want the car checked could end their attempt to sell you the car, but the fact they will not let you do it speaks volumes.

When my daughter was shopping for a cheap car I asked to go with her. She wanted to do it by her self but let me tag along. A guy was selling a Cobalt. it looked in great condition under 100K miles. He was a younger guy, all smiles talking about how much he loved the car. I slide under the car to take a look, there was a 16" section of the frame rail just gone, rust. I got back up and saw the inspection sticker ran out at the end of the month. He could not look me in the eyes. He knew. All I said was be carful driving that home the whole rear could fall out of it.

 

If it tears up tires I got worked over. The front end alignment was successful. We did test drive it but at low speeds. I was misled though. But the car looks like a new car. The interior dash had to be replaced because the airbags had to go off. Ots a salvage title. If if does not tear up tires its a good car I think. I'm not sure yet how the frame lays out or if they welded the subframe or the frame. It only has 48,000 miles. It drives nice but I'm still feeling it out. I have slight sputters sometimes at a stand still idling. Not while on the gas. The tires were torn up but the alignment was bad. Its like new inside. Outside it looks like new for condition. It was not driven in the winter.

 

Tearing up tires should be predictable based alignment. I used to always give a print out or some documentation if a car could not be brough back to factory specs. The factory specs are pretty wide, the car does not need to be "perfect" If it is only out a little it would not be a major issue.

Here in PA we have advance inspection shops that are approved to ok a retitle of a salvage car. I always heard it was tuff to get a car through. You had to have before and after photos and photos of the major repairs being done. Like the car sitting on a frame machine. Once you had that the car would be inspected BUT my recent history tells me there are work arounds.

I bought a FWD winter unit to avoid 100 miles a day in a gas gussiling truck. It is a Pontiac 2007 G6 GT. 2 door had top. It is a fun little car to drive. I talked the guy down to $1,900 and it only has 105,000 miles on it. Even if I get one year out of it and scrap it I am good. This car was just retitled. The only issue the car showed was a error with the power top and the air big which I was told just came on. I was told it was a light hit in the back it was only totaled because of the top. So far I have found: according to the scanner ever airbag has been triggered, The steering column has been collapsed causing some issues with the key and the telescoping option does not work. ( you should never drive a car with a collapsed steering column.) Both lower control arm were cracked. The aluminum motor mount was cracked and failed shortly after I bought it. I will never admit it to my wife but this retitled car would not be worth fixing if I had to pay someone to fix it. Replacing the steering column alone would cost a couple of grand in my area. The only thing I have have not fixed at this point is the air bag. My scan