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I need help! A ***** hit my maxima 3rd gen! (from brazil)

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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 06:59 AM
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I need help! A ***** hit my maxima 3rd gen! (from brazil)

I need help,a ***** hit my car ,and i dont know what i have to do with de rear suspension and what is the parts i have to buy...

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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 07:21 AM
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crawl under it...look at what's broken.

it's hard to tell what's broken inside. it could be a bent shock/shock tower, radial arms bent/broken/ripped out. frame/mounts bent.
Old Jan 27, 2015 | 02:03 PM
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My crystal ball says...........what DanNY said. How are we supposed to know without being there, popping off the wheel and inspecting things with you? I never get these types of threads....
Old Jan 27, 2015 | 02:38 PM
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Tell that ***** to fix it!
Old Jan 27, 2015 | 02:50 PM
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absolutely no way to tell without hoisting it and looking

assuming the frame isnt damaged expect to be taking the whole rear suspension assembly for that side from a junkyard car. frame damage your best off getting a new car
Old Jan 27, 2015 | 02:53 PM
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Take the wheel off for us and take a picture and post it. We'll be better able to see what's bent. I'm thinking surely the radius arm is bent

No way there's any frame damage.
Old Jan 27, 2015 | 03:05 PM
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+1 -- A picture with the wheel removed will help. My daughter took a hit on the passenger side rear wheel in my 99 I30 that bent the wheel and bent the rear axle in the opposite direction. I picked up a rear axle from a salvage yard with another wheel to match and had it back on the road in a couple of days. The wheel bearing was noisy after taking the hit so I replaced it a few days later.

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Old Jan 27, 2015 | 05:12 PM
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Looks like Blanka had his way with your car during the bonus stage.
Old Jan 27, 2015 | 08:21 PM
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Expect to replace all of the suspension on that corner, and possibly the wheel as well. You'll need to have a shop spin the wheel for true to see if its a no go. This includes parallel links, control arm, shock, hub assembly w/ bearing. Theres certainly potential for the shock tower having some minor damage but I've seen significantly harder hits into wheels that didn't throw the shock tower out of whack. The suspension components do a pretty good job of absorbing most of the hit in those cases.

I can't remember if these cars have a rear subframe, haven't been under mine in a while. it MIGHT be damaged but its pretty uncommon for the subframe to get destroyed without a serious direct t-bone hit to the side of the wheel or an actual impact to the subframe itself. They're pretty stout.

Easiest solution is to take it to a body shop and let the estimator do their thing. Here in the US at least, estimates are free. I don't know what the standard customs are in Brazil.

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Old Jan 28, 2015 | 08:05 AM
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Here is the picture from the parts book for a 1992:

http://www.nissanpartszone.com/Page_...eName=431_A001

You might need the arm in the top left corner (part code 55401), or the connecting links that go to the strut assembly (part codes 55120P & 55121+A). Or all of them plus more.

As others have said, you will have to look and see.
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