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90S13
02-20-2009, 07:47 PM
Alright it was raining so I spun on a wet road and I hit a curb on complete accident, but it wasnt big at all, from what i saw i had a bent tie rod and that was all, so i changed the tie rod for a new one and i thought everything was going to be alright.
But I was wrong when I lowered the car I saw that I had more camber on the passenger side (which had the bent tie rod) than the drivers side, so I thought it was the LCA or bushings, so I swapped the bushings and still had camber heres a pic:
Passenger Side:
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z88/Undesputed_Eclipse/car022.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z88/Undesputed_Eclipse/car021.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z88/Undesputed_Eclipse/car020.jpg


Driver Side:
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z88/Undesputed_Eclipse/car023.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z88/Undesputed_Eclipse/car024.jpg

As you can see the camber is way off on the passengers side. When I drive the car it pulls to the right slowly and when i back out of a parking spot when I turn the wheel all the way to the left I can hear a scraping coming from the front of the car and I feel a TINY pull on the steering wheel when this happens. Also when i was swaping out the bushings from the passenger side of the sway bar i noticed that one of the bolts holding up the bushing was just spinning in place and it wouldnt come out can this be a problem that can cause it?

I really need to get this over with there is a JustDrift event in March that I am attending and I want this problem to go away! I searched her on good ol'Nico and I found that it can be possibly frame damage but that scraping when i turn left just doesnt add up with the frame thing. I need some help please anyone?! haha

Sileighty_85
02-20-2009, 08:17 PM
Cant see the pics cuz at work but possibly bent Strut piston or coilover?

Jus Skott
02-21-2009, 02:30 AM
Cant see the pics cuz at work but possibly bent Strut piston or coilover?

good call. when i slammed into a curb a few years ago. i had a front tension rod snap on me. (10 degree winter morning and drifting didnt work out) but i changed inner and out tie rods, LCA w/ the sway bar link. still had an issue. pulled the strut saw it was bent and decided to put my coils on. been happy since.
~sk:s101:tt

redsx13
02-24-2009, 12:36 PM
take it to your local suspension shop, they will tell you whats wrong, and they usually do it for free.

d-magic
02-24-2009, 10:19 PM
you could've bent the frame slightly. I say that cause you said that LCA isn't noticeable. but like redsx13 said, I would definetly take it to suspension/alignment specialist.