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So it was went, kinda lost it, front left mounted the kerb at around 40kms..

Now the front left wheel sits arounc 1cm further or so back, had a look under the car and nothing apears to be bent, but somthing is as the wheel sits back. I made a template of the right lower control arm to compare to the left and it seems fine. So what could be bent that dosnt look it? could the sway bar be pushing it all back?

any ideas?

just so you know whats there, the front is basicly the same as a s13/14/15 silvia

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swap castor rod from other side, see if that fixes it, if so replace castor rod & get a wheel alignment probably a good idea also...

I came off a ripple strip sideways and bent front left upper control arm, we measured camber and +1.5 degrees before i replaced it!.......

swap castor rod from other side, see if that fixes it, if so replace castor rod & get a wheel alignment probably a good idea also...

I came off a ripple strip sideways and bent front left upper control arm, we measured camber and +1.5 degrees before i replaced it!.......

hah! good idea! ill definetly do that today, thanks mate!

your going to have to get it on a hoist or jax it up.. take the wheel off..

it could be a number of things.. castor rod, upper control arm or lower control arm.. i did the same thing with mine.. the front wheel was completely f*cked.. the back was a little off.. it was the lower control arm on the back that i had to replace.. just make sure nothing is leaking

My wife ran up a gutter in a similar way in my GTIR and bent the lower control arm. I just took it to my local Fulcrum shop and they diagnosed it for free. They didnt charge me 'cause they knew i'd be back at a later date with the control arm to pay them to put it in and wheel align it.

I'd say just duck down to a suspension shop and get them to check it.

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