the other night i was driving home and hit a trashcan on the passenger side, i need a new fender wheich ive looked at online, ive found them to be around 135-140, but the bigger problem is that my front passenger wheel is cocked out i.e. has a severe toe-out problem, i tried to look under the car as best i can, it doesnt seem that anything is broke, can anyone help me with any info they may have about the maximum cost it would be or is it as small as getting an alignment and having them straiten my wheel. thanks

 

take it to a body shop or better a mechanic to check for damage. Notihing may be broken, but you could have bent something that could cause you problems.

hope it's just an alignment fix...

 

yeah thats what i was thinking, i did find a fender online for 97 bucks so im definitly doing that, thanks for replying

 

I know blackandwhite bent a nuckle and caused him to wreck his car pretty bad when it broke later.

So have the suspension checked closely by someone...its worth the money to have it checked out.

 

yeah you have got to watch out for those darn trash cans they can jump out from nowhere kind of like those parked cars.

 

i put on the new fender today, wasnt too hard, car looks kinda ghetto since its white and i have a black fender but im waiting on the body kit then ill paint it all at once, and i found out why my wheel is crooked, my tie rod is bent, anyone have a clue as to how much this is going to cost me, thanks

 

about $300 at the dealer I think. you'll need to get another alignment dones afterwards too.

 

nah im not going to the dealer, thats just asking to get raped, ive searched all over the internet to find a price on a tie rod but every site says call for prices, im going to look over my haynes manual and see how hard it is to do it myself, im trying to save as much money as possible, thanks

 

the outter tie rod..that runs about 50 i think, if not less. how did medic get the $300 number from is beyond me. alignment is about 80 bucks. figure around $200 you can get it done/installed. That's IF it's just the outter tierod.

 

thats what im sayin, 300 bucks thats outrageous, ive called around a few places, and your right, the outer tie rod ive seen for 25-50 dollars, ill do the instalation myself, but ill have to rent some tools too, im pretty sure its just the outer, i only looked at it once when i was putting on the fender, ill give an update tomorrow

 

i got a new tie rod end today from napa, it was like 70 bucks, not too bad for a new part, i might have to bring the car to a shop because i cant get the old tie rod off, i have the end that connects to the hub/wheel off but the other end that is screwed into the inner tie rod is stuck, maybe becuse its old or what not, i cant freakin unscrew the darn thing, anyone have any suggestions as to what to do, i sprayed some ish that is supposed to loosen the bolt but it isnt working, thanks