I got on the road right before they put the sand on. I was driving down the hill (~10-15mph) and made a left turn, the car just started to slide and i hit the curb with pretty loud BANG. I hit the brakes and turned the wheels away from the curb, but the car just lost control. In 3 min, literally, the truck that sands the road, came and sanded this part of the road... I carefully started the car and put it on 1st gear, and there is a sort of grinding noise coming out the wheel, so i immideatly stopped. Visually there is a damage to the right wheel (it's bent. Thank god i don't have the rims on), the tire is ok, although the rubber is sort of "bent" too. I turned the front right wheel all the way to the left and can't see anything wrong behind it.
Did i kill my right front axle? What else could have happened and What do you guys think this accident can cost me?
Oh, yeah the car is '95 accord LX (sedan)
As of now, the car is in the repair shop and i'm expecting the call from them with "news".

Be careful on road guys, especially in MA, NH and CT.

UPDATE:
These carzy guys quoted me:
160$ right lower control arm
50$ stabilizer links
85$ right front steel rim
70$ alignment
80$ tire
245$ labor (3,5hrs / 70$ per hour)
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690$ total !!!!!!!!!!
I have collision insurance, 500$ deductible. Is there any chance to find a place that will fix my car for less than $500 ??

Modified by r3000 at 7:36 AM 12/20/2004


Modified by r3000 at 10:25 AM 12/20/2004

 

Your main concern should be the axle but hopefully all you'll need is an alignment. Alignments are pretty cheap.

 

Get another wheel and an alignment and see how it is.

 

the repair shop just called me. I'm looking at 602$ without tire replaced.
They say i need to replace: lower control arm, rim, tire, stabilizer links, + alignment .. I'm gonna go over there to see what exactly needs to be done.


Modified by r3000 at 10:26 AM 12/20/2004

 

you could have damaged the wheel bearing and that could be the cause of the sound you heard. the linkage rod you refered to is probably the tie rod. The axle can also get damaged. When I hit a curb in my 95 EX a couple years ago I broke the rim, bent the LCA, tore the rear beam of the subframe, bent the radius rod, that all I can think of right now. The parts list they gave you sounds about right if that all there is. But I'm sure you can do that work yourself for much less. The tie rod and LCA are easy to replace. Get another rim and tire and get and alignment and your done. If you can do it yourself you'll save quite a bit.

Edit:
you changed it to stablizer links, I assume you mean the swaybar endlinks. Those are cheap and easy to replace yourself as well.