I drive a 2008 Honda Civic LX, I recently hit a curb going about 25-30 mph with my front passenger side wheel nearly perpendicular to the curb it hit. The pretensioners went off(I replaced them), the wheel rim was bent and part of the tire was gashed out but not totally destroyed and wasnt leaking air(I got a new rim and a tire anyways), and the only thing I still noticed was what appeared just to be the tire alignment to be messed up. It had no pull, but my steering wheel was aimed to the right to drive straight. I've driven the car upwards of 70mph and I don't feel any shaking or pull, just the not straight steering wheel.

I took the car to a tire shop today for an alignment today and I explained what happened, they got the car ready for the alignment and noticed it was off by about 2 inches from its mark, they couldn't proceed and said due to the nature of the misalignment, they said it could either be a bent control arm, or the sub frame is bent. They said they recommended getting it checked out by a body shop first to save money.

I was wondering what are the chances the subframe is bent from that collision, and if so are there other possibilities for the misalignment that no one is aware of?

Thank you.

 

The chances of subframe damage are pretty high; take their advice and let a body shop have a look.

 

If it is in fact the case, I have no experience here, do you think the damage would be pretty minor to the sub frame, and if so, how much would these kinds of fixes cost?

 

Sorry, that question is best left to a body shop, there is no way any of us on the internet can answer that question; body shops have specialized equipment and detailed specs for measuring how far off things are and where the damage is located.

 

So I took it to a shop today and they said nothing was bent, not the subframe or the control arm. They said they noticed the engine cradle was shifted in the opposite direction that it should be, and if it's not that then the steering knuckle is damaged.

What are the chances the knuckle is damaged?