What do you mean the FRAME ISN'T SQUARE ?!?!?

Serious frustration has ensued.  I thought I had licked the issue with the front driver's side impact on the front subframe rail.  I pie cut the member and straightened it with the welder and some applied pressure.

But - in the end not only was the rail pressed towards the passenger side of the car, it was also pressed towards the rear of the car.

This became very apparent when I tried to mock in the front K member for the TCI Mustang coil-over kit and noticed I could not get the thing square in the frame rails.

Seen above you can see it sitting between the rails... all fine and good.  But on that driver's side, I needed to pull it forward to get it square, which only pulled it out of square on the passenger's side.

I put in a call to TCI to ask about how tolerant one could be with the cross member being out of square.  I was told 3/8ths was about as far as one could go... and go figure, I sat right at 3/8's of an inch out of whack. 

 

 

After some heavy thought, I decided I would take it to a shop to have the frame pulled back into specs.  I measured every which way and could tell quickly that the back half the car was 100% true... but the driver's side ahead of the rear seat needed work.

 

I had to get the car tied down to the auto body dolly so I could safely transport it. (oh and cut the sub-frame connectors loose so the rear and front were no longer tied together)

 

 

And off to the body shop!  With a little help from Deacon in the blue coat.

 

 

 

This site was a bit surreal... Following my car down 1st street.

 

I didn't take any immediate pictures after I got the car back.  What I can say is that the car did get pulled and it did allow me to square my cross member up.

What I'll also say is that I paid a LOT more for the work that I had expected.  Double what I expected.  Needless to say, after having other work done in the same shop (on our van) I am less than confident in me taking the Mustang (or any other car for that matter) back that direction.

But - the work needed to be done and its done.  And I'm working with a squared up car.