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bezender Grand Master

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hey guys.

i was driving like a in a spirited manner the other day and made friends with a gutter. basically i hit the front left wheel on the gutter while sliding around a corner at full lock right (was not intentional to get out of shape, but if i did not have my wits about me it would be a very different story) , then was subsiquently lucky not to wrap my car around a stobie pole that is convieniently located right on a corner (nfi what posessed them to put it there)..

the wheel has been pushed back (like there is tons of negative castor) and the wheel scrubs when i turn left. im fairly sure that the camber is a bit fuct too. I am hoping that i dont have to get new coilies, but i think i will have too.

i got my local tyre power dudes to chuck it on the hoist for me this morning (thanks guys :blink: ) and got a good look underneath my car it appears that there is a bent strut, but wont have any proper idea till i hand the car over to a crash repairer.

i live down south (brighton/seacliff area) i was wondering where would be a good place to take my car to get it looked at?

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like my gutter rash ? :blink:

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ahh sucks to hear about dude. your gonna get haters who say "keep it to the track" and whatever, but at the end of the day, even the pope swears :blink:

you might be able to get some cream for that rash. is it itchy?

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controller arms are more then likely rooted :blink:

if your really lucky your strut might be fine.

doyles are south and i recomend them but G & E crash at lonsdale have alot of exsperience with bent shit haha

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bezender Grand Master

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had a look at the control arm when it was on the hoist.. could not see anything from the naked eye, but that does not mean its not fuxt.

any clue on price of a straight control arm and labour for sorting it out? (ballpark figure is what im after)

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Take it to a trusted suspension workshop (I dont know any down south, but can recommend some out north east)

You dont want to find a stressed or fractured part when you are next out for a spirrited drive (Silly silly :blink: )

You may find there are many parts that should be removed and checked, but its better safe than sorry. Most parts are fine to source seccond hand so long as they are from straight half cuts rather than accident damage cars) new bushes, bearings etc though.

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Take it to a trusted suspension workshop (I dont know any down south, but can recommend some out north east)

You dont want to find a stressed or fractured part when you are next out for a spirrited drive (Silly silly :blink: )

You may find there are many parts that should be removed and checked, but its better safe than sorry. Most parts are fine to source seccond hand so long as they are from straight half cuts rather than accident damage cars) new bushes, bearings etc though.

Thanks Guy,

i'm due for new bushes etc in my front end in any case so might as well kill a bunch of birds with one stone

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i had the same sort of thing back when i had my 33.

Looking at it i knew something was buggered...turned out to be,

Upper Controll Arm + Hub

Lower Controll Arm

Caster Rod

Caster Rod Mount thing

Crossmember Bar

Radiator Support something or rather

Warped Rim

Was Very Expensive to fix. Hope yours works out cheaper than mine did.

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says he who lost his license using our streets as the salt pans of adelaide :happy: you do realise you will never live that down

shouldve slide on the tracks like ur dp u wont have no probs ahaha

ebay link fixored, sorry to hear of your misfortune sux having mishaps

>>failed ebay link fixed<<

i'm only seeing rear control arms...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NISSAN-S13-S14-S15-...Q2em118Q2el1247

??

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fkn ebay linky wont work

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oohh thats a bad rash dude.....sorry to hear that happened.....lucky its not around the stobie pole though

yeah SO lucky that idid not hit the stobie pole... i went and had a look at where it happened last night... when i got out of shape i tried to hold it, and slide around the corner into a side street, but going back and looking, i am REALLY lucky that i hit the gutter, cos there would have been no way i could have avoided the pole any other way...

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Get one of those Pedders $14 Suspension Safety Checks, they should be able to tell you whats wrong with it, and what parts need replacing, they will also give you a quote to repair it, if it is to dear (which I can assure you it will be) go get the parts of the wreckers and do it yourself. easy as

Cheers

Ric

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Get one of those Pedders $14 Suspension Safety Checks, they should be able to tell you whats wrong with it, and what parts need replacing, they will also give you a quote to repair it, if it is to dear (which I can assure you it will be) go get the parts of the wreckers and do it yourself. easy as

Cheers

Ric

BRILLIANT ADVICE RICHO!!!! can i have your babies :w00t: lol

luckilly i have late starts at work for a couple weeks, i'll definitely give this a go this week, I'll let y'all know how i go

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