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hit curb and the opposite wheel has camber now. WTF?

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Old Sep 21, 2012 | 08:01 PM
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hit curb and the opposite wheel has camber now. WTF?

front passenger side took the hit and the wheel had excessive positive camber and toe was off. replaced the control arm and the strut and that fixed the camber but now both wheels have the same camber leaning to the right. (driver side negative and passenger side positive) and its about the same so what else could be bent? tie rod didn't look bent and i even adjusted the sleeve to correct the toe problem.

95 nissan maxima. all i can think of is inner tie rods or something on the steering linkage. can't be frame cause that would only affect one side. steering wheel is straight when i drive. i seriously don't know what else to fix.


Old Sep 22, 2012 | 04:54 PM
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man.. it looks line your entire sub frame is shifted.... thats crazy.. how bad was the hit?
How much rust do you have under the car? my advice will be to take the car to a shop that has car-o-liner
Old Sep 22, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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also look at the hood and fender lines... looks like everything is shifted to the passenger side
Old Sep 22, 2012 | 05:21 PM
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yeah the subframe is definitely bent. wrecking yard wants 75 for one.
i have no idea how to even attempt removing it yet either

edit: the crooked lines are from a previous accident when i had to replace the hood and passenger fender. also was going about 30 on an offramp when i hit the curb. wasn't even driving FML

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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 06:42 AM
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It doesn't look like it's bent. It looks like it shifted. It might be both bent and shifted, but the difference on one side matches the difference on the other so it looks shifted.

My 2 cents. I know nothing about subframe damage.
Old Sep 27, 2012 | 01:58 PM
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Definitely subframe problems. a hit that hard can bend all kinds of things. get it up on a lift at a frame shop and let a pro take a look. this might need chassis straightening to repair.

if you're lucky, it's just a bend subframe, but I have a feeling there are bigger problems than that.
i.e. do both your front doors close properly? are any other front body panels not lined up? I know you said there was previous bodywork done and those lines are off, but if the chassis is bent bad enough to cause the rest of the problems you see, it's likely that your panels are all off.
If the panel alignment hasn't changed at all, then you can be a little more confident in "only" subframe damage.
Old Sep 27, 2012 | 02:01 PM
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hit the curb on the other side to even it out

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