susp not the same after accident
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susp not the same after accident Some fu(k! Smacked into me, front right 45 degree angle. Car has been fully repaired on insurance however the suspension/handeling is not the same.
I spent half a day at a workshop recomended by the insurance company doing the wheel alignments. After around 6-7 tests and adjustments - the car is still pulling off to the right + the steering is just not the same, car takes bumps funny and things just feel really loose or something...
The mechanic working on my car has come to a conclusion that "one of the struts must be slighly bend after the impact, most likely the front left, and is causing the pull to the right" I know that the camber/caster are not adjustable in the civic only the toe - but does this seem logical??
If so than I'll get a set of Tokico's instead of just replacing one stock strut before my 215/45/R17's go on... don't want to destroy a new set of performance tires.
I spent half a day at a workshop recomended by the insurance company doing the wheel alignments. After around 6-7 tests and adjustments - the car is still pulling off to the right + the steering is just not the same, car takes bumps funny and things just feel really loose or something...
The mechanic working on my car has come to a conclusion that "one of the struts must be slighly bend after the impact, most likely the front left, and is causing the pull to the right" I know that the camber/caster are not adjustable in the civic only the toe - but does this seem logical??
If so than I'll get a set of Tokico's instead of just replacing one stock strut before my 215/45/R17's go on... don't want to destroy a new set of performance tires.
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Find out if it is a bent strut, thats an easy fix.
If they had to do any sort of frame re-adjustment on the car that had to do with the strut tower, then dump the car. Sorry to say, but if the frame bends, the car is never the same afterwards and it'll probably never be straight no matter what they do.
If they had to do any sort of frame re-adjustment on the car that had to do with the strut tower, then dump the car. Sorry to say, but if the frame bends, the car is never the same afterwards and it'll probably never be straight no matter what they do.
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Originally Posted by Boilermaker1
Find out if it is a bent strut, thats an easy fix.
If they had to do any sort of frame re-adjustment on the car that had to do with the strut tower, then dump the car. Sorry to say, but if the frame bends, the car is never the same afterwards and it'll probably never be straight no matter what they do.
If they had to do any sort of frame re-adjustment on the car that had to do with the strut tower, then dump the car. Sorry to say, but if the frame bends, the car is never the same afterwards and it'll probably never be straight no matter what they do.
Last edited by Tomola; Jul 27, 2005 at 06:29 AM.
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