Curbs are the work of the devil!

[srJOEYdet]

My bushing install is now complete... total cost was $330. That was wrapped up last night. That same night at around midnight me and my freind went spinning cookies in a parking lot, upon exiting the parking lot I locked my front brakes up, understeered, and rammed a curb. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('> No body damage though, luckily, for I also hit a pole. My T/C rod took all the pressure when it broke, and it saved my fasica, and a $300 rim. From this experience, I realized how much a close call can make you look differently at things. I thought i had trashed my front end, possibly damaged my radiator when i hit the pole at the end of the curb.

I thought i'de share...

Joey

P.S. I know I have started about 5 posts this week, a few very dumb...

[Starlin]

Did you notice much diff. with the new bushings?

Starlin

[SR20Fastback]

damn dude that sucks. Did you have the bearings installed professionally, or did you do them yourself? Howd they feel? What brand did you get? etc etc...

[KiDyNomiTe]

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There is a post whore in all of us

Sorry about your car but thats what happens when you curb hump <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hmmm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hmmm:'>

[SilviaDriver]

wow..dat sux..but hey..as long as the driver is ok..to ride once again

[tnord]

you deserve that......

[srJOEYdet]

Tnord... I know, Carma is a bitch!

SR20fastback...I installed them myself, but I broke two ball joints, and had t replace the A-arms they were press fit into. that is why all the $$$.

And I had not yet aligned the car when It got curb raped, So the thing wandered all over te place. I would not advise anyone to but theese bushings due to difficulty of installaton. Try to find camber plates.

And KiDyNomiTe: I hope you are not refurring to the method of drifting where you hop a curb to get your tires spiining and than get into a slide, because i dont do that. If you dont mean it that way, than I will tell you this... THE CURB HUMPED ME! J/K

Another thing. I am having a little trouble with the tension rod where it attaches to the chassis. I cannot get the bolt out. I have tried vice gripping the bushing, and threading it out, I have tried pounding it from the nut side with a 5 LB hammer, And it wont budge. All i get is the Bushing spinning with the bolt no matter how hard I use the grips... Any suggestions?

Joey

[Yoshi]

Sawzall.
...I know from experience <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'>

[srJOEYdet]

Sawzall. What the hell is that? saw the bolt into pieces and get a new one? I have thought about that, but i got kinda fed up with it. I am finding out from nissan how much it costs to install it. If they won't do it cheap, I will &nbsp;buy a bolt from those pissants, and "riggidy-wreck" the other one up with some goold old BFI. And than I'll use the new one.

Joey

(BFI... Brute Force and Iggnorance)

[Yoshi]

Yup, mine got bent slightly, so I took the sawzall to it, cuz the nut most of the way off, there was less tension then, enought to get it off... picked up a new one at the salvage yard for free.

[srJOEYdet]

Thanks. I'll kick it's ass.

joey