s13, hit a curb, whats broke?

[g-ride]

91 240sx. I hit a curb tonight in the snow. something got fucked in my front end. The steering wheel has to be held way to the right. Its snowing and cold so i cant look at it. what do you think it is?

tie rod?
lower control arm?

[rokmplutonium]

Wheel alignment at least.

[g-ride]

i know its gonna be more than that but whats most common for s13s?

[luisgonz]

Ok How fast where you going? Stock wheels or NOt?(This does play a big part because of the tire size on how it can take the impact.) Just wait and look at it. Please can some people stop asking some weird q's. Or take it to a mechanic. Thread is use less. Search

[1Via!]

Maybe a good place to start would be to look under the frickin' car and see what you bent....

...Just a thought.

[yokotas13]

tension rod, tension rod bracket, LCA tweaked, bent tie rod

thats my expert opinoin lol

[g-ride]

eh it just happened. it was stock se rims with large (215-60-15) tires. hit the drivers front at around 5mph. I just figured that im not the only person whos hit a damn curb in a 240 in the snow. i wont be able to get under it until the weekend so i figured id ask....

Ive heard of a lot of tension rod problems on s13s... i guess we'll just see this weekend

[redsuns3838]

well if u drifted into it ive heard drift-hitting curbs tend to damage your tension rods, LCAs and RUCAs, but if you grip hit it maybe the FPR, AICV, and tension rod pulleys. ;)

5mph probably didnt do anything..if it drives fine and it in a strait line your probably good to go. but without looking under it....nobody can really say for sure what is wrong with the car.
id get my car aligned if I were you, just for good measure.

[g-ride]

well if u drifted into it ive heard drift-hitting curbs tend to damage your tension rods, LCAs and RUCAs, but if you grip hit it maybe the FPR, AICV, and tension rod pulleys. ;)

5mph probably didnt do anything..if it drives fine and it in a strait line your probably good to go. but without looking under it....nobody can really say for sure what is wrong with the car.
id get my car aligned if I were you, just for good measure.

haha, ill have to check my blinker fluid too i guess. no it did something. the front wheels look like this \ l . I figured these would be the responses i would get. just thought id see if there were a "weak link"

[downshift_sideways]

How come you dont just check under the car? so you dont have to play mind games with yourself..but I guess being prepared always helps too.

[nmsil-eighty]

sounds like a tie rod to me

[yokotas13]

sounds like you brought this thread to the next level

[jeeper_x]

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this is when i hit a curb and these parts were broke.........so, try to check these parts out..........:hsdance:

[mrmephistopheles]

Tie rod at least.
Maybe T/C rod and lower control arm.
Go sack up and look for yourself.
It's the only way you'll know.
Srsly I've had to adjust my coilover ride height by hand in <freezing temps, just be a man and go look.

[dimsumsil80]

same thing happened to me BUT i was going 35 n ended up on top of the curb. LOL for me it was tension rod, tie rod, lca, m a fucked sub frame. 1200 in parts+labor. oooops

[Irukandji]

Srsly I've had to adjust my coilover ride height by hand in <freezing temps, just be a man and go look.

I feel your pain. I've done rear 5 lug in 30degree weather with strong winds at 12am (don't ask). Definetly not a fun thing to do while trying to stop your runny nose.

[g-ride]

well i got under it today (it got up to 25). Saw nothing broken or bent. maybe ill just try and get it aligned....