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Ok so i lost traction went up a gutter on an angle so wasnt as bad as head on but i ripped out a no standing pole out of the ground (Soil) NOT CEMMENT.

Anyways i definatley bent my lower control arm BUT nothing else seems to look bent, I was told if i bent the lower control arm 98% means i have bent the alloy hub. I cannot seem to find any sign of it being bent. And i also have brought a freind who works with cars to have a look at it, he says its not bent. My other freind who works with GTR's and also has a R32 GTR didnt even have a thorrow look at it and just claimed that the alloy hub would also be bent and i should just change it for safety. Im really confused on what i should do. I dont want to throw money at something that isnt broken and also how do i know that the alloy hub that i buy from a wrecker has not been in an impact just like mine. Is there a way i can tell if its bent or not? Where should i go to make sure nothing else is bent? Because If it is bent its not visible at all.

I have not got a wheel alignment done yet because i do not want the people to adjust the settings around the bent parts, i would rather change it thats IF its bent.

What should i do?

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depends on how bad or hard you hit, i did something similar 3 weeks after i got mine bent lower control arm and snapped rear steering arm changed them not hub and 8 years later still no problems

well not sure how fast i was going i didnt really feel much impact but it was enough to bend the control arm. I think i just wasted money buying that hub F***K

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put it on a wheelaligner. if the hub is bent it will have abnormal negative or positive camber compaired to the other wheel. replace the control arm first but. i do alot of wheel alignments for smash repairers and this is the best way.

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Keep in mind that the GTR hub assy's are cast aluminum, and don't tend to bend, they fracture or get micro fractures. One way of checking is to use a dye penetrant to check for damage.

I'd rather change, and have changed hubs that have taken a big hit, than take a chance and have it let go doing 110km down the highway or around a corner etc and be up for thousands or write off the car.

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^^^ good point.

...especially since 18 year old aluminium will have become more brittle.

* For instance, there was a time when they made golf club shafts out of aluminium, until over 3 years, the shafts wouldn't flex like before.

* Aluminium masts on boats also need to flex a great deal as pressure builds in the mainsail. But over time, they become more brittle & snap.

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It wasnt such a big hit, nothing actually touched the Hub it self but because the bottom arm is connected thats what worries me, But the thing that makes me think that its fine is that where the bottom control arm is connected to the bottom part of the hub there is Le-way and a flexible joint, The bottom control arm did not bend past that bit where the joint cant flex.. And lets say i got a HUB from a wrecker whos to say that has never been hit?

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