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Old Jan 27, 2005 | 06:49 PM
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Lost Control.... =(

Jeez... A bad bad day for the max.. so i just lowered my car 2" and i thought it would be fun to try to take this left turn going out 50 mph the wasn't too hard so down shifted and gave it some gas to get some extra power and loss traction and was on my way right into a curb. My right wheel slams up on the curb cracks it (was goign to get new rims the next day anyway) and then knock down a street sign post. My friends all tod me to stop right there and look but my instant told me to kept going and guess what cop coming right up the hill! he looks at me confused but just keeps going. So dumb of me to do this anyway i don't know what it is..

my right side is fine while my left tire is like this /. The sytoms i got was steering wheel centers it self about 45 degrees but the car doesn't pull anymore then it did because i needed an alignment after lowering my car anyway. I also have a pedal pulsation in teh brake and in the gas pedal. The suspension is still workign great and the wheel wobbles a little bit when i drive.. Anyone got any ideas? I raised the car up and i couldn't see anything bent like tie rods, control arms anything like that. So what do you guys think!

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Old Jan 27, 2005 | 07:00 PM
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replace your control arm , tie rod , you might need new spindle ,
get new rim, than align it and it be like new

and don't drive your maxima past its already weak handling capabilities

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Old Jan 27, 2005 | 07:01 PM
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If your tire is like / , you may have some axle issues, which from personal experience over the last 4 days is a biatch to fix when it's broke. If the tire aint sitting right, then something is definitely wrong. My first car was a pontiac grand-am and I wrecked it and the tire was sitting like \ and the insurance totalled it. Good luck to you.

(Just finished lowering my car at least 2" yesterday as well, so I know how that new, racy feeling goes by the way. )
Old Jan 27, 2005 | 08:13 PM
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haha thanks guys i don't know some guy told my at my auto class the like teh bolts or something have some free play and could just be not sitting right which is hard to believe my friend cashed his 240 before same way i did drifting and went to teh junk yard and paid $60 to get parts and fixed it... I only hit it at like 10 mph cause i slammed on the brakes gotta love ABS and teh car was on teh lift and nuttin looked damaged do you might think that that free play bolt **** is true? We kinda sped through front end suspension i ran outta time so i gotta take a class just for that now.. =/
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