Rocks

Some lady in a pick up truck decided that she dosent want to look left before changing lanes and decides too run me off the road. I hit a curb and jump on it. Now my wheel is pushed back about 2-3 Inches. I have a 99-00 Civic . Should I be worried . I think it just might be the LCA . Any thoughts guys.

SFC

should you be worried your wheel is pushed back 2-3 inches? I think that question sort of answers itself...

kKdARIAN

he knows something is wrong, he wants to know the EXTENT of the damage and if there is something else he should look for.. don't be a smartass.

anyway, i had that happen to me in my del sol, totally fixable..i bent my front passenger arm up'


sorry bout your luck man..

Rocks

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Dude if you have no helpful post dont post . I know I have a problem Im just asking if there is anything else that could be broken.

speedfreek128

had similar prob.....i had frame damage and susp was bent.....had frame pulled replaced bent parts and got an alignment....after that it drove straight

Jorsher

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Check out his avatar...

Oh and speedfreak my frame is bent. My sol's previous and only owner got in a minor front driver side accident and it had a CRAPPY repair job done. The frame wasn't straightened completely, I'll get a pic. The paint job looked like a Maaco job. the headlight sockets weren't replaced, etc

Anyway, how hard is it to bend it back or how much does it cost?

frostcivic

seen this before.

you might need a new fork, drive axle, control arm, hardware, you might have bent your piston in your shock. it costs a lot of money to fix. the best thing would be to find used/scrapped parts. you might want to get aftermarket parts it might be less or more expensive that the genuine honda parts. first i suggest going to a scrap yard.

good lucl on that.

edit : labor is going to cost you the most, more than the parts i bet. after you replace the parts you're not even sure if it will drive straight, the frame could have been bent. take it to a shop that does frame alignment, a REAL bodyshop.

Rocks

Damn Im very scared of frame damage.

Built to Spill

Sucks to hear....theres no telling the extent of damages until you actually jack teh car up and look for yourself. We could guess all day on what could possibly be wrong, but its just one of those problems you need to figure out by actually looking under your car.

drinksoy

damn that sucks.

any pics? XD

Rocks

I have to wait till the weekend beacause on the weekdays I have no time for this since I work all day and when I come home its dark and im tired.

frostcivic

where is the car?

don't tow it to a shop unless you know for sure they do good work and you feel comfortable with them doing the work, or else they are going to take advantage.

Rocks

The car still works but the steering wheel is kinda crooked

kKdARIAN

yea dood.. you prolly should not drive that car anymore, untill you know EXACTLY whats wrong.

You COULD be doing more HARM!

Rocks

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I have to though it was on my way to work I just pulled over and the lady left she didint even stop I got her plates down though. Anyways how much is a right front LCA does anyone know.

Rocks

Damn I couldnt get a better pic of the wheel. You could see the scrape where I hit the curb.

menkio

lol.. dood your wheel is pushed in 2-3" and your driving around... haha
just go get your car fixed.

Rocks

For the record my wheel is not pushed in its pushed to the right.

TouringAccord

I hit a curb with my Accord during the winter about 1 1/2 yrs ago. I replaced the rear beam of the front subframe along with the LCA, rim and radius rod. The subframe was torn were the LCA bolts to it. The fork, strut, axle and frame were all good. I've also heard that wheel bearing can be damaged from an impact like that. I don't know if mine was damaged because I did a complete brake job at the same time and they recommend you replace the bearing when replacing the rotor because you need to remove the hub to replace the rotor (hub-over-rotor sucks). Good luck

HondaFanatic708

You could have bent the front subframe. I had a little curb check myself and the control arm was bent along with the rear mounting point on the subframe. Believe me, if you don't have a lift, it will be the biggest pain in the *** to remove that subframe. Mostly because your steering rack is attached to it. If I remember correctly the LCA set me back a little over $200 (new from Honda, with bushings) and the subframe was a little over $400. Thankefully I didn't have a bent frame to deal with, that would have been a bitch. All together I spent ~$700 and 14 hours of my time.

TouringAccord

it's not that big of a pain but it is labor intensive.

Rocks

How often does the subframe get messed up when hitting a curb . Does it have to be a huge hit.

Rocks

How much does the subframe cost for a 99EK

RELprojects

That happend to me but I went up an cement island going too fast, heres how i fixed it, i checked the lower control arm and noticed it was bent thats how hard i hit the curb, then just went to a local hondaheaven and bought a used good condition not bent lower control arm with the sway bar holes and it bolted up nice and now my wheel is dead center again. but my alignment is way off

hope this helps........

Rocks

a alignement should get that perfect. Man I hope that that all thats it.