Help/advice Replace Damaged Front Suspension R32 Gtr

[xfixiate]

Hi

Skyline went into a kerb, most of the front suspension is slightly bent (not hugely, but enough that its not salvageable).

Occurred to me that installing adjustable suspension so if there are any hidden chassis gremlins they could be adjusted out.

Its for a road car, so needs to be ADR approved.

Can anyone recommend brands/setups/options? I don't have a huge budget.

Cheers,

John

[Angus Smart]

hey mate i have a complete front subframe with arms if any of yours are bent..

whatever parts you need let me know

[nisskid]

not really giving us a lot to go by, each hit will break different stuff, but generally most stuff will break in there, except the UCA, it's pretty sturdy and doesnt bend too easily.

LCA: replace with standard if its clearly broken/bent, u can go an aftermarket solution, but its generally pretty exxy.

Caster Rod: usually stand up to a hit unless directly hit as the bracket vv will usually fail first. either way, may as well replace it with an adjustable aftermarket solution as ur caster is thrown off very easily when the car gets knocked around a bit up front.

CRB: pretty fragile things, but mainly bend when taking a front impact to the rad support, if it still lines up with your chassis and rad support, and isnt tightly sprung in place, chances are it isnt bent, even if it is slightly out, the adjutsment in ur new caster rods should dial out any problem.

Tie rods: it depends on whether when u hit the car was jammed on lock either way, unless they are visably bent, leave them for now. If they are buggered there are a few aftermarket solutions out there that can help with bump steer.

X-member: may be bent, and its hard to really know, leave it for now and see how the alignment goes.

with the new parts in place, get it on the aligner, the camber will be the thing to watch, if the camber is still about the same, and if ur caster and toe can be adjusted back to where it should be, then ur in business. if ur camber is out, some adjustable UCA's are on the shopping list.

i guess the only hidden danger is the dynamic behaviour if something is bent throwing the geometry out. ideally after this u wanna check the alignment at with ur suspension at different heights just to make sure.

as far as brands go, cusco and ikeya formula are generally thought to be the high end, then a few other decent products, then the cheap stuff which is just generic stuff from china/taiwan which u should keep ur distance from.