2016 Dodge Charger Framework

Front end repair on 2016 Dodge Charger
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[@shawnmc10]

What's the average price for this type of work? Looking to have mine repaired similar damage.

[@thomcasey2005]

Have you tried flipping the pads vertical? They should flip up and give you an extra 3-5 inches.

[@gbattilanaf]

x2

[@dapend3915]

What was your repair bill on this Dodge?

[@clemmccall2527]

how much for a job like this

[@MrJoebiz24]

"It's just a base model, nothin' fancy." (Not to me). I drive a P.O.S., lol. That nothin' fancy is very nice. Great job Nick, as always, thanks for posting.

[@andrewhigdon8346]

Dude you need a Rail Saver. It’s like the little duck bill expanding tool that comes with lots of Porta Power kits, but it’s designed to fit indeed most modern boxed frame rails, is about 24” long I think, and would slip inside that rail, expand, and theoretically straighten out those bends. Most often some spacers would be required to shove in there to take up slack before spreading the bar. But I’ll speak from experience on my daughter’s Dodge Magnum, same frame. That ultra strength steel is actually ULTRA HIGH STRENGTH. I’ve pounded on dozens of old 60’s and 70’s cars, and while strong, they can be manipulated with crow bars, come-alongside, bottle jacks, and the like. I had a similar wrinkle on the Magnum’s frame rail from a side impact, with barely noticeable bending. After straightening, I wanted to flatten out the wrinkles, so I went to town with a hand sledge. Got too close to the brand new strut, coil, etc, so I used a 3’ ling tire spoon, hit the handle end of that with a hand sledge, and put the spoon end on the edges of the creases. Two hours, over a thousand very, very hard hits, and it made almost no difference. It take TONS of force to bend that steel. A few hundred pounds won’t fix that. Ask me how I know. Wish I had the rail saver before hand. It could have saved me many hours and my hands wouldn’t be shell shocked. A lot of MAP gas torch heat helped, but that is not suggested, without a quick quench and additional stress hardening with a dead blow hammer. Otherwise that steel is seriously compromised. But in my opinion, compromised from what? Ultra high strength steel, to very, very high strength steel? I bent three different C clamps, which became more of shallow “W”, made that tire spoon handle look like the mushroomed head on a tent spike, and bowed the wall in my garage with my porta power ram, even after bolting a 4x4 across five studs horizontally. Procedure says that any tears in the steel require replacement, and that if you need to measure to see if a crease has any 90 degree wrinkles, that’s close enough and it needs to be replaced. Shallow wrinkles are correctable.

[@chupposity]

Appreciate the details and explaining your approach.

[@reneruiz4852]

has un video en spañol..

[@freshdc]

Please don't use that background music again, at 6:00 shit sucks, other than that keep it up love ur videos

[@soupboyenterprise5798]

You did a wonderful job nick not one flaw awesome job bud I can’t wait to bring you one on mines

[@zippo3300]

how much did it cost to get it all done????? i have one need to redo

[@carlosroman8794]

Hello their i need some help with my dodge charger

[@kickit59]

Nick excellent job on the Charger! I am planning to rebuild a 2015 or newer GT Mustang if you weren't so far away I would definitely have you do the frame work! Thanks for the excellent content & video. Looking forward to the next video!

[@ambroselake9156]

i bet the owner is watching too.

[@GabyBobocea]

Nick god daaam man buy a Air Jack I have one and I Love it... only $260

[@salvadorgonzalez989]

What’s the cost for job like this?

[@Faatagi33]

How much did that repair cost

[@ambroselake9156]

i agree sometimes you have to improvise.

[@robertswartzwelder8810]

I love your videos but the new music is putting me to sleep. I can tell you put a lot of work into these videos, keep them coming! Really enjoy watching!

[@BulliKid]

Was this car considered salvage title when it gets frame damage?

[@markholian3506]

Top work Nick, great to see the subs rising. 👍🏻

[@Jesus-zk3ze]

Nice work! I have a charger 2015 and i am having the issue of the spindle nut hitting the tire on 22 with 265/35 and my tie rods are bent pushed towards the engine i have seen Chargers with the same exact set up as mine that don’t rub do you believe that bent tie rods should be enough issue or is there other parts that could cause this problem…?

[@nickrose7592]

Great Work Nick. Those air jacks are the exact same that came on our Hunter Alignment lift 10 years ago. They work great to this day. The tops of the pads fold out as you should know, and get 3 to 5 inches of height. We also use 4X4 pieces of wood for height as well. From what I see you should have 4 pieces of 4X4 blocks cut 10 inches long and that should lift most any car.

[@hjo9733]

Great job ,have a 2016 charger srt with damaged frame rails , need new front plates on frame rails , they look the same on the v6 or v8 ,thanks for posting no info here to do the job

[@tonyh1293]

Nick, From time to time I see you drill out the spot welds. Recommendations for bits? Have used the HF spot weld drill bits, seem to be very inefficient of course. I need to get faster at this step. Thanks, Love your work.

[@RODZILLA65]

Nice work Nick. Why didn't you use the frame rail sections form the donor car? I believe someone commented below, just cut you some 4x4s and take up the space between the jacks and the car before you try to lift it.

[@nsalcedo22]

Hey Nick, it'd be great if you did one of those videos showing cars from salvage (Copart), and give us an idea what they may need and how many hrs approximately of work.

[@pupbiking]

you do a good job of explaining whats wrong and how you repair it..good info if a guy runs into the same issues. and good music soothing as you chain her up!!

[@Cornellious]

With those jacks, coming from a tyre background, you need to get some decent solid rubber blocks to help adjust the height. The ones my old wheel alignment machine use to be screw adjustable up and down.

[@kevat310]

I had said a while ago on one of Alex's vids that you should have your own channel. Glad to see you now do!! Keep up the good work!

[@alanbartlett9523]

Great work Nick, question? Why don't you use a lazer leveller?

[@ico0113]

Great work nick just wanted to mention I had work on jacks like that in the pass they might be low on fluid because I know the go higher and also if I’m not mistaking I believe the end of the jack arms they can be position up so it can reach for taller vehicles your new frame machine is a beast congrats brother keep up the good work 👍

[@jeffalessi]

Chassis Liner has new style unibody tie down bases that you can drive over so you don't have to remove them each time you move the vehicle off and on the frame machine. Call Chassis Liner and see if they have a retrofit for your machine and ask them to send you a pdf setup manual at the same time.

[@thomasgemzala3296]

Love to watch you work, to old, just put 4x6 on the lift that should give you what you need ,the seals are gone on the hydraulics

[@dapend3915]

Is normal in the industry to cut and weld frame rails when repairing the rails?

[@jeffalessi]

The air jacks should be hinged and flip up to provide extra lift height.

[@paulmayou370]

Great work as always Nick also be nice for a video how you bacame into doing frame work cheers and keep up the great work

[@andrewsmith-zi7db]

Hi great videos you can extra blocks we use them at work when it will not lift up high inuf great content really interesting to watch

[@22koga]

they are just low on hydrolic fluid and also invest in a rail saver to fix the dents in the frame rails

[@cylon9505]

Awesome Nick! really liked the before after about those gaps!

[@insane1899]

Nice work I wish I could se the welding part of it I really liked watching that as well

[@ocintataable]

10:35 safety glasses? Your eyes are worth nothing?

[@HP.Customs]

That front caliper paint is just wow,lol.

[@milesmullings]

Do u remember how much u charged for the frame work?

[@humbertojuhasz1475]

This was very easy and fast, good job

[@ROCKYDORRIER]

Thanks for another good video!

[@dalejessop5466]

Just curious, when you take a car like this to get inspected for registration, do they have restrictions on where the rails can be cut and welded? Nice job on the Charger.

[@RebuildWithNick]

No they don't, as long as you don't leave it bare metal

[@Pendaws]

Great attention to detail. :)

[@wycks-5095]

get some spacers on the jacks

[@gsheverything_2716]

👍👊

[@tracycolorado]

keep up the good work . boss is the bomb letting you film while u work

[@RebuildWithNick]

There is no boss lol

[@matthewsorensen2147]

Nice job Nick

[@mikewendymccain1150]

Hell of a job!!!

[@rickb8808]

Good job !!

[@ohioyodertoter6827]

xcellent

[@mw6886]

Ahhhhhh! The music is killing me this episode! Love it! Keep up the good work!

[@RebuildWithNick]

So the music is bad or good?

[@mw6886]

I realize that comment is quite confusing now that I read it. 😀. Beginning and end music was normal but whatever that fairy tale music in the middle was caught me completely off guard.

[@umargmail9820]

Do have more light for the inner job (brightness). Other than that things were pretty good. Like the charger adjustment.