Well it was 1 hour into 2005 and im driving home and hear this god awful noise and my car was shaking violently and this is what I found



What do you guys think? I thought I got my suspension fixed by replacing the control arm but what about the body? Give me your opinions can it be poped out? or is it too hard to tell by pics?


Modified by smitherton at 10:16 PM 1/2/2005


Modified by smitherton at 10:19 PM 1/2/2005

 

sry about your car..i know how it is to have **** *** luck.

your dent looks fixable on the upper part but the bottom looks probably to creased...looks mostly like a new qtr panel will have to be welded in. even if you could pop it out, you're gonna have to bondo it.

take it to a trustworthy body shop and see what they think. they have the most experience with that kind of stuff.

 

did the nut come off the upper control arm?

 

ouch!! looks like new fender time. It would probably be cheaper for you to find a used fender and get it color matched then it would to have a body shop take the crease out and bondo everything..

 

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not to mention come out better

 

yeah it sucks but what can ya say thatnks for all the input yes the nut came off the control arm. do any of you guys know what price range range im lookin at?

 

i paid 175 for a brand new aftermarket (oem look but knockoff company) and it was painted...not bad....did you have a cotter pin threw it? it shouldnt have came off

 

thats the only thing i can think of. I recently had a mechanic put a new swaybar in, does that involve taking off that bolt? if so im going to have a little talk with this mechanic fellow.

 

yeah he mighta tooken it to have more room to work the sway bar in.....if he ddnt put in a cotter pin shame on him

 

ouch that sucks , thats going to be me soon if i dont fix the stripped bolt on mine.

 

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you know you need the whole control arm right? i hate honda....why doesnt anybody sell upper ball joints for hondas?

 

true and honda wants $180 for one control arm.......bastards

 

got mine for $160...but they still suck ***!

 

"true and honda wants $180 for one control arm.......bastards"

You can get it from http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com for something like $140

Even for $180 they are not bastards at all... Here in Poland honda is asking for the exactly same thing above $400 ...............

Generally in Poland they sell everything 2-3 times more expensive than in USA...

 

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damn thats a rob

 

i have found an opportunity to buy some used control arms?? what to look for just make sure the boot is good or what if the boot is torn does that mean its no good?

 

make sure its not torn and make sure the ball joint doesnt move too freely...i wouldnt reccommend that at all...i would buy brand new even tho its so f*cking expensive.

 

very true also I have an update I tore appart my suspension because the rotor was turned inside a little bit so when i put the tire on it pointed into the body and I was looking for bent pieces and found this

That's the only thing that looked bent to me

Also it hindered me from putting my new strut on it would line up right.
Any thoughts?

thanks you guys are amazing this site has helped me from getting ripped off by taking it to some mechanic.

 

anyone?