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Old 05-24-2008 | 11:27 PM
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Had an Accident

Hit the curb trying to avoid someone who almost ran a light and my car suffered the brunt of it hit the curb and broke my strut and damaged most of suspension components, cell phone pics not so good
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Old 05-25-2008 | 11:31 AM
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I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully you are OK
Old 05-25-2008 | 04:21 PM
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wow, that sux dude. hope everything works out
Old 05-25-2008 | 06:33 PM
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Oh my that looks so bad Hope that everything is fixable.

Just glad you are alright
Old 05-25-2008 | 08:38 PM
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o0o if that mount is bent or cracked u should pretty much be looking into a new car
Old 05-25-2008 | 09:20 PM
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im fine thanks guys, only thing right now im waiting for is my replacement front illumina everything on that side of the suspension is being replaced so ill find out when i get it back;i've had worse luck on my 00' I30 compared to my 95' maxima
Old 05-25-2008 | 10:20 PM
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hella sucks that about the other car??
Old 05-26-2008 | 05:33 PM
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Looks like you broke the mount right off of the steering knuckle...holy hell.
Old 05-26-2008 | 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by pmohr
Looks like you broke the mount right off of the steering knuckle...holy hell.
You have no idea

i just keep wondering if the car was higher if it would have "climbed" the curb after i swerved

im going to the shop tomorrow so ill try to bring clearer pictures of what is being replaced

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Old 05-27-2008 | 12:57 AM
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That depends on what angle you hit the curb at, as well as the speed of the impact. I don't think that having dropped the suspension a bit would have a significant effect. My impression, though, hitting the curb at at an angle less than 30 degrees, going 30+mph, and you are in really bad shape
Old 05-27-2008 | 01:00 AM
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Glad your ok man. Same almost happened to me when a x5 cut me off. Luckily it was an industrial area and i had a driveway to go up and finally brake on the curb.
Old 05-29-2008 | 11:06 AM
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Ouch...that looks painful. Hopefully you can get it fixed up soon.
Old 05-29-2008 | 11:43 AM
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Ouch! that sucks hard.. but at least you are fine...
Old 05-30-2008 | 07:58 AM
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This is what's left of my front strut with part of the front hub



This pic shows "most" of the replaced parts


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Old 05-30-2008 | 09:48 AM
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glad you're ok. sorry to hear about the car.
looks kinda costly.
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