The wreck damaged the front left and right rear wheels the most - so those are what I'm concentrating on evaluating to make sure the entire 5-lug conversion is ok.

I intend to put this on an EF, but wanna make sure it's ok of course:

See where the bolt broke off (right above the two red lines on the axle)?







MC Brace bent:




And of course, what will I need from the rear:

 

It's gonna be tweaked.

Warren

 

It looks like alot of stuff could be bent.

 

calipers, maybe rotors, hubs, MC, booster should be good. I would replace the knuckles, etc though. they are going to be tweaked.

 

uh, you are going to possibly be dealing with alot of bent parts....and just becuse they don't l00k bent, doesn't mean they are straight. Those parts only need to be tweaked by a few degrees to throw off the geometry of the suspension...

I know I wouldn't buy them after seeing what the wheel looked like.

Cheese


[Modified by Cheeseman, 3:31 PM 1/16/2003]

 

suspension is NOT salvageable

 

Take it from the pro, himself!

 

Yeah, that's obvious. What I'm trying to get at is *WHAT IS SALVAGABLE?* and what will I need to purchase from Acura (since I work there)?

 

are the other three chunks of the suspension good. all you can do is take it out and see if it's tweaked compare it with the other side or just throw it on and see what's up.

jesse

 

I would look at used before looking at new parts........even working for Acura, it will cost you some big $ to get parts from dealer (no matter what deal). Just .02$

 

Not something I would invest in... get something less broken

 

.....THIS IS NO INVESTMENT. I already have them in my posession for FREE.

I will pay $ to buy parts to get it working on my EF, but I just need to see what will work and what won't... used parts is fine. But the front right and left rear are perfect... I'll have to buy rear lower control arm and some knuckles or something for the other corners, but that's still cheaper than a 5-lug conversion. I also have 4 MINT gunmetal itr rims I can use with it.

So please, keep it on track ok?

What will I need, and what should I check?

 

You may want to check the rear trailing arm also.

 

Yeah, I looked at it up close today. It looks like the rear trailing arm is the only thing bent. Rear swaybar is fine. Rear lca looks ok too, but might be bent... knuckle might be fux0rd too...

I wonder if any junkyards sell just the right rear or left front components... itr will be tough to find, eh?