Thread: Suspension Help

On my way home just now, I ended up going over a curb and fucking up my car. Need to get this fixed asap as it's my daily and am stranded without it. My wheel on the passenger side is sitting completely off. It sits towards the rear of the car rather then centered off in the wheel well. Looks like my strut is bent but wanted to get a second opinion before I look for another one to swap in. Heres some pics for reference.

Looks like it might be bent. Take it off to know for sure.

Took off the strut and it looks like its slightly bent towards the bottom. But even with the strut removed and the tie rod disconnected the hub still sits off towards the rear of the car and not centered. Could the control arm have shifted off/bent or is that not possible?

If you hit something hard enough you could bend the control arm

as well as the front subframe

Something is bent. If you look at the angle of the axle and tie rod in the first picture there is something wrong. I would be the control arm is bent. The strut itself would not make the wheel sit rearward. The control arm is what positions the wheel. Pull the arm out and inspect the mounts on the K member to make sure everything is straight.

What did you do to hit a curb that hard?

It was a combination of bad road conditions, shitty suspension setup, and going too fast. Was coming around a turn and the car just continued going straight even when the wheel was turned the opposite way and just caught the curb. Ill pull the control arm off tommorrow and snap some pics. Ill update the thread once thats done. Thanks for the help guys.

Took the hub off to get a better look at everything and it looks like the control arms bent where the hub bolts onto.



Everything else appears to be fine. Going to find another control arm and swap it with the bent one. Hopefully should solve my issue.

Daaang that is a nice hit!