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Old 01-26-2004 | 09:15 PM
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Snow sucks...i took a turn too fast and slid into a curb with the front driver side tire. Im thinkin i bent the lower control arm because the entire wheel and tire is pushed back up against the fender wall. I was able to drive it the rest of the way home, which wasnt much at all, but it pulls to the left alot. Rubs on the fender well. Any input will help...price for new control arm, where to get one, if it is worse than that? Thanks :thinking:
Old 01-26-2004 | 09:19 PM
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hope u didnt damage anything else (ie. axel, strut) is the wheel still at the proper camber or is it tilted in or out? Answering these questions wont help me answer your question but others might benifit from this info
Old 01-26-2004 | 09:19 PM
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i dont know much about control arms, but i think it might cost about 5 hundred. parts, labor, and alinment, atleast around 5 hundred.
Old 01-26-2004 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Shore 96 Teg
hope u didnt damage anything else (ie. axel, strut) is the wheel still at the proper camber or is it tilted in or out? Answering these questions wont help me answer your question but others might benifit from this info
No, camber is fine. I took the wheel off and nothing is visibly damaged. Something is bent but i cant figure out what it is.
Old 01-26-2004 | 09:34 PM
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take a picture....someone should be able to recognize the part.
Old 01-26-2004 | 09:37 PM
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It'll be hard for us to say what's bent, since it could be any number of things.
I will tell you that when I hit a curb with my driver's side front wheel, my upper control arm broke and everything else was fine....and I hit it HARD!
I can't remember how much the part was, but it was rather pricey.
Old 01-26-2004 | 09:38 PM
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Whats Side? I might have an extra LCA available?




Originally Posted by Shore 96 Teg
take a picture....someone should be able to recognize the part.
Old 01-26-2004 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Shore 96 Teg
take a picture....someone should be able to recognize the part.
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Old 01-26-2004 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeffna
Whats Side? I might have an extra LCA available?


Originally Posted by 98teggy
i took a turn too fast and slid into a curb with the front driver side tire.

Reading comprehension ownz j00!
Old 01-26-2004 | 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeffna
Whats Side? I might have an extra LCA available?
Front Driver side....Ill have to wait til mornin to take a pic.


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