1990 Honda Radiator Support Repair

[pkfm]

I was thinking I could drill out the spot welds and install a new radiator support, but I'm concerned about frame alignment. Some have suggested that I measure the door to front fender gaps. Is that essentially measuring the length of the fender. the drive side fender is bowed out a bit. Some have also suggested measuring distances from ball joints to a spot on the car. Would the end of the door work or would I need to use a point on the under carriage for reference? Does this look salvageable. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.

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[PottedMeat]

it actually doesn't look that bad. you're replacing everything in front of the engine and the fenders. it's going to be a lot of labor. parts are dirt cheap on ebay.

in the service manual for the car there should be a 'body dimensions' section with diagrams detailing the distances between critical points on the body. these are usually distances in mm between multiple bolt holes. you take a tracking gauge ( basically a rigid piece of steel/aluminum with adjustable pointers on the ends ) and bend until you get as close as possible.


edit: you're looking for diagrams like this:

(some random camry one off google)

 

[pkfm]

Yeah it doesn't seem too bad to me, I'm just looking for confirmation and some tips before I start this. I don't want to get too far into a teardown before I realize the car was in better shape for adjustments before I took it apart. I think this is the diagram I need. So the tracking gauge is for measurement/reference.

https://imgur.com/a/K2h7BIJ

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