Echo7847

Hey everyone, awhile back I hit a curb late one night on my way home, I took a turn and the front came loose and I couldnt steer the car so it went into the curb on the drivers side in the front. It broke the front wheels and scraped the hell out of the tire. There was no damage to the car visibly other than the damaged wheel, but now I keep noticing how the wheel sits back further in the wheel well than the other side. I'm afraid to put my new wheels on because they are larger than the ones I have now and I'm sure the tires will be rubbing in the back against the fenderwell and thats a no no . I'll let the pictures explain for me...

This is the drivers side



heres a closer look



and this is the passenger side, notice the difference?




I took the wheel off and decided to check out for myself, I looked mostly at the upper control arm, it looked bent. Check it out...





And here's what it did to my wheel




I'm going to be getting the skunk2 front camber kit in the front because I need it and dont want to screw up my new tires right away, plus id figure it would be fixing any problem with the uca.

Anyone know if it might be something else?


[Modified by Echo7847, 2:56 AM 3/30/2003]

SuperMan19

i see no difference on sides of wheels, take better pics.

confidence

your LCA is probably bent too man. a friend of mine did that too. its an easy fix just get one from a junkyard and replace it.


[Modified by snail, 8:50 PM 3/29/2003]

Echo7847

Look @ the gap b/w the tire and the inner wheelwell, you'll see it.

PotatoePAPA

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And here's what it did to my wheel




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holy ****


[Modified by EG CoUpe, 9:16 PM 3/29/2003]

ALLBLINE

ahhh.. i did that same thing 3 years ago.man that was some work for me i replaced the complete suspension on the passenger side.i got the parts at u-fix-it honda it costed $385.40.used parts are sweet.i also learned i hate drivig on ice

ScaleExtric

My first Integra had that same problem..and the old owner swore up and down that the car had NEVER been in a wreck ..til I saw a carfax report AFTER i bought the car

GARBhatch.

don't worry too much. I mean the control arm is fawked, but your skunk2 camber kit will fix it. Just obviously make sure you get a full alignment. And you ARE right. your camber is fawked on the passenger side. I don't know what they're talking about they can't see that. It looks prettty damn noticable to me. At least it didn't mess up paint there.

Echo7847

ok, i got bored and went bck and pulled the wheel off to scout it out, and everything looked straight, I couldnt find anything that looked/was bent. Although I did find this...



and heres another view of the upper control arm area

Echo7847

Nothin else I noticed was damaged, nor was the lca bent. I can order that new bushing as opposed to replacing the entire lca and just take it to a shop and have it pressed in, whatch guys thnk?

Echo7847

Anyone?