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12-09-2005, 08:57 AM

Dj Paul

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Help! Daily Driver Messed Up

Hey guys, i feel like an idiot telling you this, but i was messing around in a parking lot and i hit a patch of ice and flew into a curb. the wheel is bent back against the rear part of the wheel well and i looked under there and the lowermost "bar" is bent looking. is this the control arm? and if not what is it. what else should i look for. please help me i know im a moron but thankyou for any help in advance.

12-09-2005, 08:59 AM

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It should buff right out...

Seriously though....I have all the rear end parts to fix it..From my parts car...

12-09-2005, 09:13 AM

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oh i forgot to mention its the front right wheel and heres a picture that i just took. do you have front parts? im pretty sure its just the control arm

12-09-2005, 09:16 AM

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Yeah i have the front parts too...But i would recommend you buy the control arm new from internetautomart.....

12-09-2005, 09:17 AM

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cool thanks, but is that what it looks like? do you see the little silvery part on the CA? that is where it bent i beleive. do you think its anything else?

12-09-2005, 09:28 AM

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anyone? im just trying to make sure so i dont go buyin a bunch of un needed parts.

12-09-2005, 12:31 PM

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anyone? im just trying to make sure so i dont go buyin a bunch of un needed parts.

That c/a definantly needs to be replaced.....

12-09-2005, 08:45 PM

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^^^^^^^ what he said + check your gusset bolt as well, that may also be bent.

12-09-2005, 10:15 PM

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That happened to me last saturday...i didnt have my max for a whole 4 days (some of the worst days of my life) because i had to order the parts...it was just the control arm for me...luckily my new sus tech fsb didnt get all messed up...well you live and you learn...

12-10-2005, 08:36 AM

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im not sure what a gusset bolt is, is it what holds the front axle to the wheel assembly?

12-10-2005, 07:48 PM

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its more of bolt that holds your control arm and attarches it to the frame of the car via a "gusset". If you look at your control arm, right under neath the arch opening where the tie rod ends stick out, you will see a large nut, that's what I'm talking about.