Had An Incident With The Gutter.

[dnbutts]

hey all,

Friday night i had an unfortunate incident with a gutter at about 60-70kmph. Right wheel hit it from the side bending the whole control arm about 60 degrees inwards and under. From what i can see the entire control arm is buggered along with my rim without giving it a proper look over.

After 1 hour sleep, $330 tow truck fee for 6kms and my pride and joy sitting wrecker in my drive way it pissed me off the slightest bit!

Any advice on where to seek it getting fixed would be much appreciated. Have had a million and one different suggestions and just wondering what everyone on heres take is!

Thanks alot!

Shane.

[Cubes]

Bugger..

I would be inclined to take it to a workshop and have repaired.

Workshops (looks at sig) are more familiar with where to find parts and get them at a better price than the average suspension shop who deals mainly with the aussy cars.

Exactly what damage has been done?

Any chance you can pull the wheel off and grab a few pics of damage?

Join up with RAA and get it towed for repairs.

Shaun at boostworx charges reasonable might be worth a look.

[dnbutts]

Cheers Cubes....

Yea ill rip the wheel off tommorow and get some pics, as for the RAA matter. The bastards wouldnt tow it because it had been in an accident!

Would they tow it from home to a workshop?

[Cubes]

ahh really thats a load of shit.

Whats the point of RAA if you can't use them if you clip a gutter or something.

But in saying that My sister clipped a gutter a couple of years back and had no issues with them towing it. Maybe policy has changed.

No idea on the tow to workshop then.

[Richie33]

I just got a rim repaired at Extensive Wheel Service in Mile End... crack welded up and wheel re-rolled. Charged me 185. Everyone says they

are expensive but the place across the road quoted 250+ and said they can't guarantee it won't crack again.

[chops]

ahh really thats a load of shit.

Whats the point of RAA if you can't use them if you clip a gutter or something.

I believe the law is a bit funny on this.

If you can't move the car 200m or something, then they require a police report, or police have to organise the tow, something like that.

I'm not 100% clear on what it is, but I've definitely heard of it before.

To the OP: bit of bad luck there mate, hope you're back on the road soon.