My collision pictured above raised the front of the roof at least 1/2 inch, put some small ripples on driver’‘s side roof above B pillar and put a bend in the drivers rear quarter panel. Not to mention the whole front was about 1/2 inch tweaked towards driver side.
The interior was stripped and engine/ZF removed, and the chassis spent many weeks sitting on a frame machine
I was quite pleased and relieved upon taking the repaired car in for its first four wheel alignment, with the technicians having no issues dialing in all four corners, including 4-corner weight balancing.
The car will track hands-free at 80 mph or greater with the proper roadway
The glue in windshield sits amazingly well with no more than a 1/8 inch gap on all four sides
my point here is that it can be done
because I collided with a high four-wheel-drive Subaru, the impact really did not disturb the front end or suspension
The only “frame” metalwork required was the small primered section in the photo below
