ok so me and my friends decided to spin some cookies in my 98 hatch dx. but uhh i hit a curb at about 15-20mph cuz i overstreered...i bent the fender in and im pretty sure the axle is bent because the wheel is wobbling and rubbing on the fender.. so what do i need to fix it and how much would it cost? ill put up pics tomorrow. thanks in advance!!!

 

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Check your lower control arms, knuckle, upper control arm, outer tie rod end

 

check the whole suspension side of where you hit the curb

 

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check all of that, probly lower contorlarm

 

Eleventy Billion dollars. Why don't you actually make a smart decision this time and take it somewhere and have an estimate done. Obviously you are going to probably have wheel, lower control arm, knuckle damage at the minimum. Nothing we are going to be able to do from pictures besides state the obvious. Even then the car may not be able to be aligned just by looking at it which in turn will require more parts to be replaced and or frame work.

 

great. is that stuff hard to replace myself and then take it somewhere to be aligned? or is that not something that i can do easily?

 

if u dont have any experience i wouldnt do it. just take it to a shop<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by black7hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">great. is that stuff hard to replace myself and then take it somewhere to be aligned? or is that not something that i can do easily?</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

do u look at the axle?

 

ok i think i figured out what is wrong. i still dont have pictures but ill describe it. the A arm and strut and spring are fine, im pretty sure. the axle isnt bent as far as i can tell. but there is a bolt that runs thru the lower control arm, correct? i snaped it in half. so the control arm isnt holding the tire in the right place and thats why i couldnt turn to that side very well. also the fender got bent in from the curb and thats why it was rubbing on the out of place wheel. im pretty sure thats what happened. so now can i just put a new bolt in the threads and back how it was originally? or do i need a whole new control arm? thanks for the help

 

take it to an alignment shop and they'll tell u what is exactly bent and just replace what u need yourself

 

well thats probly what i will do. i worked for this mechanic for a few months and he has a shop with a lift right near my house. so he will let me use his shop and tools for free. also i can get parts thru him with his wholesale discount. so it shouldnt be too much money to fix. and since the fender is bent im just going to get the JDM spec fenders with the amber sidemarkers from pwjdm. unfortunately those are $189.99.....that a little expensive.

 

Get another lower control arm. If it took a shot hard enough to shear that bolt could have weaken it in other places not easily measured.

Do you have someone who has a car same as yours. Jack both up, put them on jack stands, pull the tires and measure both suspensions. Whatever components that do not look/measure the same as the ones on the "good" car are defective on your car. Replace them!

Be sure to carefully measure the sub frames too, it could be bent or welds broken. It holds the steering rack too so look carefully!

Might be a good time to replace the suspension bushings with a polyurethne set.

 

ok will do. thanks alot