Crashed R34 Need Help

[Manuel Kasko]

Hey guys

Next door neighbour just crashed his 34 into a gutter.

The whole front left wheel has been pushed back.

I took a few photos and was wondering what you guys would suggest could be broken from the picture.

From what I can tell the only part f**ked is the bottom bar thing (control arm maybe?)

Not to good with the names of the parts

If anyone could help that would be great just so we can start sourcing some parts tonight.

[GTSBoy]

Lower arm is borked. Front crossmember is also likely to be bent or at least moved against it's bolts (which is pretty bad for them anyway). Front mount for caster arm could be stuffed.

[bluey33]

I dare say Lower control arm, castor rod and rack end will all be f**ked.

I would be replacing alll these anyway (cheap) and then get W/A to see how she comes up.

Check if bearing is now noisy too

[Manuel Kasko]

Thanks for the help guys I'll let you know how we go

[Manuel Kasko]

Just ordered the lower control arm for $110

Also got quoted $200 for the caster and full rack

Fingers crosses he didn't screw up anything else

[GTSBoy]

Caster arms are pretty strong, especially in tension. Have a close look at the bolt hole through the front end mounting point of that arm. If it is not a snug fit to the bolt (ie, been stretched) then you'll have trouble. Look also for stretching and distortion of the mount itself. Look for evidence of movement of things that shouldn't like the crossmember against the chassis rail. Compare from side to side, etc etc.

[Manuel Kasko]

I will check that out when I get home.

Havent yet purchased the caster arm.

I might take a few photos of each side and then put them on the computer to compaire

[Vera]

Did the car get looked at? similar thing happened to me, car went sideways up a gutter (was not me driving I swear)

the control arms look exactly the same. Also note that I had to replace wheel bearings and hubs

[Manuel Kasko]

Took a few more pictures today.

Obviously I will need the rack ends

Also the lower control arm

I circled both them but from the picture can anyone notice anything

Thanks

[GTSBoy]

I don't think the front of that car is going to be straight again. How do you bend an arm and a rack end back that far without pulling on the front mount for the caster rod, etc?

[Manuel Kasko]

So possibly a lost cause?

[GTSBoy]

No, just that it may be bent enough that just replacing bolt on bits won't fix it. I did a similar thing to mine many years ago. Slight understeer moment into a kerb, pushed the crossmember backwards. We straightened all that out but there has always been something slightly different side to side on the front of my cars since then. It wheel aligns OK, but it's not the same.

You might need to get the car look at by a competent chassis guy if you put it back together and either can't make stuff line up properly, can't get it to wheel align properly, or can't get it to drive properly. If you were in Adelaide I could point you to a guy.

The car might need to be put on a chassis jig and bent back the other way to get things right it it's had a severe tweak.

[Manuel Kasko]

Shit sweet you had me worried for a minute.

He was pretty much read to light it on fire and walk away haha

Only had it less then a week and his done this

[GTSBoy]

Tell him I'll give him three fiddy for it.

[Manuel Kasko]

I shotgun first dibs on the neo

[GTSBoy]

But I need a spare!

[Mitcho_7]

Only had it less then a week and his done this

Gotta be devo about that!!!

Is it stock?

[Manuel Kasko]

Gotta be devo about that!!!

Is it stock?

I put a boost controller and gauge

Other then that all it has is a 3" exhaust

[TM7GTR]

street drift fail

[Manuel Kasko]

If only camera