So you say that the bottom plate as to bent?!
I have replaced the old suspension with some new "modern" ones. So I don't have that pressure on the bottom plate anymore, which means that the plate is dead strait. I guess that makes the differences...
Have Tamiya really made the design so the chassis had to bent in order for the body to fit? That means that the body itself is under a lot of stress!!!
I think the only option is to make a new front body pole that bends backwards.
/Thomas