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Hey guys, just wondering if anyone has done something similar and has some advice on how much work this will be to fix.

Hit a curb at around 30kmph, hitting the front right first. Blew both front tyres which I replaced. However there are a few bigger issues from this incident:

  • Front right wheel has moved back by ~1/2inch or more (see pic)
  • Steering wheel slightly off center (to the left) whilst driving in a straight line

Here are some pics to show you what I mean:

wheel1.jpg

I took have the wheel to have a closer look - not knowing what I was really looking at, it seems some parts have been moved back slightly - see pics:

wheel2g.jpg

wheel3.jpg

Anyone done something like this before? Is this gonna cost me an arm and a leg?

Any insight will be appreciated. :)

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I put the back of my Silvia into a gutter once. It basically just bent control arms. I shopped around for second hand parts, rebushed them and it wasn't too expensive. I would advise you to jack your car up, take the wheels off and just have a close-up inspection at what could be bent. Also check where they join the chassis, that there are no tears in the metal.

If you're not confident or can't see anything bent, take it to a pro.

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I did some thing similar a few months back, still fixing things.

I pretty much put it sideways, a bit faster than yourself, ~50kms. Sideways into the gutter and over (rather small gutter in bundoora)

so far...

(All right hand side, the side that went into the gutter)

Front & Rear rack and pinion

Front lower control arm

Front baring/hub/knuckle

Rear lower control arm

Rear upper control arm

Rear baring/hub/knuckle

Both rims (were buckled but not shattered)

And there's still more to come, getting it checked by Centerline in thomastown next week hopefully. I'm thinking front left baring if farked as well.

Hope that helps, they're the things you'll need to look at. Just remember, just because it doesn't look bent, doesn't mean it's not, a few mm makes all the difference. And shop around for parts where you can, can make well of $1000 difference where you buy the parts.

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When I first bought my car the rear had the same issue .. just the lower control ARM cost between 40 to 80 bux and you can just unbolt the old 1 and bolt straight back on with no need to move suspension or anything els.. you will have to jack your car up a fair bit and have a real good look at the joins mine had a massive crack through the weld and whatever u do DON'T DRIVE it coz it can only cause more damage and its not worth it... :)

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  • 2 weeks later...

Had new suspension installed last week on my r33 but just wasnt right when i picked up the car, trying to pull me off the road with every bump & puddle. Took it to my tyre man to see if wheel allignment would fix it, found that my left control arm was bent like a boomerang and that the car shouldnt be driven, oops

Would you agree that the guy who put the suspension in last week should have noticed this?

Have not hit any gutters or anything in the week since i picked the car up, & my tyre man said it wasnt like that last time he had the car which wasnt too long ago, does this sound suspicious to anyone?

Not sure how much the control arm is costing me on monday.

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  • 1 month later...

Hey guys,

Had the car at tyre and suspension shop and had to get a pair of Kazama castor rods installed (apparently it was bent) plus wheel alignment etc.

The front right has come back to the center slightly but still not 100% and rubs slightly turning right corners as before (but not as bad).

Forked out 300 for the castor rods, gonna take it somewhere else to see whats up.

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