# Need to borrow or rent a welding unit and a grinder **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [April 25, 2008, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-borrow-or-rent-a-welding-unit-and-a-grinder/114970 "2008-04-25T06:11:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Oni-Kyan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oni-kyan/32/5503_2.png) [@Oni-Kyan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oni-Kyan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-borrow-or-rent-a-welding-unit-and-a-grinder/114970/6 "2008-04-29T20:33:02Z")
> [@FS: Stock 05 wrx rims w/ Re92's](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-stock-05-wrx-rims-w-re92s/16657/6): > > is that inside the wheel well? where the strut tower and frame meet? if so, its an easy fix. take the strut and springs out. get a ratchet strap, wrap it thru the hole at the top of the strut tower, around and down around the bottom of the frame and ratchet it until they come back together. squat down in front of ur car to see the towers are both the same height. then remove all the black crap and check all the seams, reweld them if neccessary. then get heavyer gauge sheet metal than u’d do body work with, should be thin enough to work with but thick enuf to hold ur wheel well together. like the thickness of a stopsign maybe? lol. cut it to size. weld it all in. spray it down with that anti rust crap and some rock guard and ur good to go. dirt cheap if ur doin it urself. and it will be a million times stronger than it ever was. eyeball it to see if your car is now staight your nuts never mind every other axis it can twist on but as long as you have your eyeball level on you should make sure the ground is perfectly level too but dont worry you can do that by eye too just squat lower no wonder modified car are getting pulled for mto if you realy want to get it fixed because you have a hard on for the car take it to a body guy who has a frame staightener and let him do it right but for the price like everyone else with half a brain said you now have a great parts car because it should be cheaper to get a new chassis/car how ever if the frame rail is not part of the prob and has not been affected by the prob carry on but maybe have your eyes checked first to make sure they are plumb. have you experiance welding or will this be your first time? and yes my spelling/grammer sucks i seem to have nothing better to do then post in your thread etc etc. I mean no real insult to the original poster but dont think he should take the third post as the correct answere even if you decide the frame rail has not been bent twisted or cracked Mael --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-borrow-or-rent-a-welding-unit-and-a-grinder/114970)._