basically i hit a curb doing like 40-45 fucked my rim up and took it to a shop that told me that i

*bent my lower control arm

* bent my axle. .

* need a new front and center cross member.. ( i dont think so i checked it out )

bascally the only thing i needed was the lower control arm that was very very bent.. anyways i put my new one on there.. and fixed it up .. check the axles out imma need new ones they are NOT bent but the rubber is broke..

so my question is.. my streeting wheel was tilted to my LEft< side. . and after puttin the new Lower Control arm on the there . . it's alil bent still . . will an alignment fix this? thanx in advance

 

did you check to see if the rod on your steering thingy was bent?

 

Well several members on this board have done exactly the same thing. I dont know about in the states, but if your suspension is bent, then it is illegal for an alignment shop to do one on your car. By the sounds of it you fukced something up bad, I'm guessing ur crossmembers are most likely gone, if you managed to damage the control arms to a point where you could see they were bent then I'm pretty sure your crossmembers are a gonner. When I hit the curb nothing looked bent, but an alignment proved me wrong. Get several opinions from professionals on what needs to be done, but let me tell ya its not cheap.

check out this post
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=429971

 

they said that my front and center crossmember where bent .. but how could it be. . they dont look bent. . i mean the guy just lifed the car up and check it from under.. i mean the front crossmember is the pieace under the front bumper where the radius rods go into right??? also the center crossmember.. is that where the TOE HOOK is it runs parrell to the headers?? (92accord coupe btw)


[Modified by patastinky, 1:28 AM 3/24/2003]

 

I did the exact same thing. Bent my subframe and lower tierod. Alignment still is perfect, its just my steering wheel tilts about 3 inches to the left.

 

yup that's what i got .. my steering wheel is 3 inches to the left.. what is the subframe and where is it??

 

Its like the frame basically, but my friend said since theyre a unibody that you call em subframes instead.

 

dayum that's crazy though i hope that's not the case.. ****!! the shop only said..

front cross member.. center crossmember. and lower control arm.. basically the front crossmember.. dont look bent .. even the radius rods loko good. just that the steering wheel is like 3 inches the left.. wonder if alignment will fix that?? that's my question cuz i put a new lower control arm on there

 

when i curbed my car the wheel was a half turn to the right.

nothing lokoed bent but u could look at the wheel and see it had like 3 degrees positive camber on front AND rear wheels.

wheels is still tilter, and the car pulls a little to one side. havent had an alignment sicne i replaced knuckles/ x-arms front and rear, and rear xmember. odds are my front member is wasted as well.... the one the lower control arm connects into.

 

hate ta tell ya but when my bro in a 91 integra hit a curb (actually a huge speed bump meant for buses) at about the same speed, he did over $6k in suspension damage according to his repair bills. Everything was jacked up...

 

okay thank you all for the replys.. i am gonna get me the front crossmember put that one and leave it at that because i replaced everything the shop told me too.. ill bring it back and get an alignment

 

heres the key, get parts from a yard nearby.

http://www.car-part.com

theres a lotta yards in jersey, so yur in luck

can always steel one from nick too :-D

 

thank you gonna check it out.. onlything w/ jerz.. they are expensive on teh parts. and most the time they dont part car's out .. but sell clips .. blah!!

 

https://honda-tech.com/zeropost?cmd=reply&id=4706372
yeah...there is my curb adventure...but my steering wheel was tilted 90 degrees to the right when the wheels were straight

 

may want to try that again.

 

link not working.. so what was the problem.. my steering wheel is turned 2inches the the left.. the pass side wheel is straight and the driver side is a lil / but inwards (as if making a right hand turn) is this similar to your problem? if so what was the cause!