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got into a fender bender last month pulling out of work to make a delivery (pizza).

if your interested in how exactly it happened heres the scenario:

the pizzeria i work for is located at a busy intersection where there is normally traffic going back in all directions from the light. i was waiting a few minutes for traffic to allow me to take a left out of the parking lot. when two vehicles were kind enough to let me through to get into the center turn lane i am met with another vehicle going down the same center lane to try and make the light. the impact was hard enough to send my shades down to the floor board, and my beanie into the back seat.

in case you were wondering the damage falls to my fault bc i was pulling out of a private drive... though it was a blind spot, and i was taking caution, it still falls on me!


the damage:

its on the driver side fender. nowhere else. the paint marks (from the other vehicle) go straight across the line of where the fender and the bumper meet. the damage follows the body line from the corner lamp until the diver side front tire. she did hit the tire. to the extent to where it frayed out some of the inner wall wires and created a bubble in the tire. the tire has now been replaced. since she did hit the tire there was some obvious damage to the lower control arm. i could barely fit my fingers between the tire and the back of the wheel well. i did drive on it for a few days bc this is my daily driver. before i replaced the control arm the driver side front tire would scrape while coming to a stop rather quickly, going over bumps, and up some inclines (due to the wheel sitting back in the wheel well). it wasnt too bad so i didnt mind scrapping a tire that was already destine for death.

i have replaced the lower control arm, tire, and pulled the fender out a bit with my hands. i know i have more work ahead of me. but i have been busy with college, two jobs, and starting a family. so i have been getting by with the necessities as far as repair goes. the car now drives normally with the lack of a new alignment.


heres a stock photo so you can get a general idea of where exactly we collided

<img src="http://images.automotive.com/reviews/images/96prelude.jpg">

i will have pictures up of my own vehicle soon!


now heres the problem:

it was driving great for a few weeks. now sometimes i will hear scrapping against the inside of the fender (when slowing down rather quickly, going over bumps, etc.) but this time its on the passenger side (the collision was ONLY on the driver side). WTF. this could have been a direct result of me driving a damaged vehicle and the bent part (driver side lower control arm) putting stress on other associated parts near it. but how could it affect the opposite side of the vehicle? could it have bent the sway bar? both tires appear to be sitting correctly inside the fenders (not too far back) maybe this changes while im driving though...

so the possible parts that might be ****ed up are:

bent sway bar

and/or

bent driver side upper A arm



lmk what you think

and like i said, i will have more photos up soon

thank you all!