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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 09:48 PM
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hey guys been a while since i last posted, but needed some help and hopin you guys might see something i dont

I took a turn onto a street and on the street was gravel and i didnt see it, and my back end slid out as i was driving through and led me up and over a curb. From the exterior, it just looks like my leftside front tire is unaligned 2 degrees, but i posted some pictures to show you the left and right sides. Tell me if you see anything wrong with the drivers side.

Here's a picture of the passenger side which is undamaged:


And then a picture of the drivers side which is damaged:



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Old Jan 2, 2006 | 09:52 PM
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Ok and heres a picture of the damaged drivers side assembly without the tires and rims:

Notice how the top end is bent inward causing the tire to incline the same way



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Old Jan 3, 2006 | 01:29 PM
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go get an alignment a good shop will tell you if you have any damage because they won't align the car if it has any damnage.
Old Jan 3, 2006 | 06:28 PM
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Yeah i got it fixed today, turned out it was a bent strut, no biggie except for the cost.
Old Jan 3, 2006 | 06:33 PM
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your lucky it was just the strut in the pictures u showed us it looks like your tie rod is bent out of wack, you might wanna keep an eye on it for a while just in case cuz usually if u bend one thing theres multiple problems just something to watch out for if ur car feels un aligned again
Old Jan 3, 2006 | 07:19 PM
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ORIGINAL: moocow_v

your lucky it was just the strut in the pictures u showed us it looks like your tie rod is bent out of wack, you might wanna keep an eye on it for a while just in case cuz usually if u bend one thing theres multiple problems just something to watch out for if ur car feels un aligned again
if the tie rod end was bent they would have replaced it. sometiems its impossible to do an alighment if the tie rod end is bent.
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