Major repairs to the front end of a 2011 Model Patrol

[hutchy84]

Hey guys just thought you might be interested in this one

My pops front end of his nissan patrol got hit by a bus and cause his insurance run out and didnt put it back on again i have to fix it.

First of all a ford falcon hit the front left hand side and spun him around where a trans perth bus collected the car and did all the damage.

1. we removed the bumper followed by the guards which allowed us to see the extent of the damage.

2. On the front of the chasis they have sacrificial comonents that are to take most of the impact. The chasis was bent and pushed over to the divers side of the car.

3. We had to straighten the chassis a fair bit so to do this we got a fairly decent ( Glut ) and pu between the chassis and a tree so that the car wouldnt move on us then we then got a 2 tonne comalong and pulled the chassis straight which took a little bit to get there ( A little friendly persuasion ).

4. We then had to pull the divers side inner guard out as this had been crushed in. we did that by just welding a couple sections of angle line there and using the tree again to pull the section back out.

5. We moved the car to where it is now going to stay untill the repairs are finished as we have had to take everything out radiator, all the oil coolers and airconditioner condensor. Also we removed the sacrificial sections from the chassis for the new ones.

6. we removed the radiator support panel by locating all the spot welds and drilling everyone of them out wit a ( Spot weld drill bit ) NOTE - when drilling these sometimes you miss a little bit of weld so i just got a screwdriver and a hammer and broke the rest of the weld remaining. there are also spot welds underneath aswell. Also when drilling be careful as you only want to go through the first skin.

7. I removed all of the bolts holding the radiator support panel in underneath then removed the whole panel, That is as far as i have gotten so far.

8. After the removal of the radiator support panel we have noticed the the chassis has to go to the left more. Agh such a Piss off but anyways we will have to fix it a little more before the installation of the new radiator support panel.