My drivers side rail is bent in a similar way from a previous accident before I bought it. Doesn't seem to affect much other than the body line on the fender a bit. I also don't run a front swaybar, and haven't on any of my XJ's (I don't necassarily recommend it, but I've gotten used to it).

 

Yeah, I'd love to be able to fix my alignment issue just by removing the sway bars, but, I'd really hate to compromise my tarmac cornering performance. Everything I've read has said its a bad idea.