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I just bought a 04 ep3 whith a busted front end. Subframe is bent front towards the passenger side but my deiver side wheel is turned out while the steering wheel is center. The other wheel is straight and also the driver side headlight is gone completely. Was also hit on the deiver side so im guessing my lca or tie rod is bent but i never seen an ep3 suspension so i cant tell if iys busted.
If i replace the lca and bent back the subframe that would fix the issue?
Can my axle be busted too?
The motor sounds good i could drive it the way it is but the wheel feels ita going to fall off.
Also witxh plug is for the radiator fan is it the one on the driver side or passenger side? The drawing sucks but i hope it helps to demostrat the wheel ppsition<br ><br >
Replace all damaged parts. Stop trying to save a buck, and half *** fix the car.
Thats is exactly what im going to do but i cant see what is busted im replacing the sub frame as soon its bent back to its place.
What i want to know is what parts get busted when somthing like this happens?lac?ball joints?tie rod? What else can it be?
Has someone else had this problem before?
Im not trying to save money im trying to what parys i need so i can go buy them my self cuse here where im from evrybody is a rip off they do have *** jobs and charge toooo much
Jack up the car and visually inspect for damage. Without pictures we would be making a wild guess as to what may or may not be damaged. There is no specific damage to a specific accident, they re all different due to contact speed and angle(s) of contact. Simply put the car in the air and look for any damage. You might be required to put the car on a frame machine to achieve proper frame alignment. If you don't do this, the car will never be what you want it to be. You will always have problems if you don't do this. DO NOT CHEAP OUT, IT COULD BE FATAL TO YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE!
Regards
Dave
Thanks man its at the body shop right know ill go and take pics so u can see.
What i meant on how i dont want to get riped off is that the shops around here will charge u new parts and install when they just clean or do some sketchy **** on the problem. I hoping that with the frame bent back evreything could be aligned back and i could then replace the damaged parts.
ep3 smashed front end help!!!
