ate a curb..

[BryantZamora]

To sum it up I ate a curb trying to be bad a** and all I can do now is learn from it, fix it, and move on. Onto the damages.. So I went onto the curb going probably like 10ph or so maybe , few more or a few less. My front corner right went up onto the curb pretty hard, drove it home lol. wasn't even far from home at all lol. steering wheel was way off and wheel was rubbing the wheel well, also some shaking in the steering wheel. tire was slowly losing air, yes i got out and made sure no oil or anything was leaking. Checked really fast today before work and only got a few pics. Didn't notice anything and go WOW thats bent AF, lower control arm had a little shape to it , couldn't tell if normal shape or slight bent. cross member seemed straight. what I did notice was bent was the tension control rod bracket (if thats what its called). Wheel has some positive camber.Here are the few pics i was able to quickly get. anyone with information let me know what you guys think! Thanks !
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[BryantZamora]

sorry for the lack of pictures and quality. should put some more up his weekend. let me know your input & if anyone can check out the shape of this control arm. I would simply look at my other side but the other side was previously hit by the previous owner in the same way so it isn't the prettyiest lol. any info is welcome thanks

[BryantZamora]

anyone ?

[PapaSmurf2k3]

That sucks man. Your power brace thing is probably OK to leave as is, provided you replace your tension rods with adjustable ones (why not?). You'll probably have to replace the control arms and maybe tie rod ends too... then of course get an alignment, and new wheel/maybe tire.

[centralcoaster33]

Is that a power brace? I don't see the cross bar reinforcement. If it's stock, the Nissan power brace would be a good replacement/ upgrade. That and all the bits PapaSmurf2k3 mentions.

I did that once, but I brought the whole car, front and rear ends over the curb, sideways, across the sidewalk, through the yard, glorious sprays of lawn flying around with airbag dust, curved around and back into the street, sideways of course. Your wheel looks surprisingly vertical compared to mine. Be thankful your interior didn't explode with airbags like mine!

[BryantZamora]

Yikes ! Yeah i'm glad it wasn't any worse. I will replace parts soon as I gather enough money for the car ! Hopefully after I get the alignment things are fine. I'll post more pictures tmrw for your opinions ! From what I saw when I quickly checked it didn't seem anything was bent too harsh. Thanks !

[BryantZamora]

you guys see the picture of my control arm? take a look at the tie rod next to it, does that look bent ? It's been pouring pretty hard so i haven't really been able to go out and check the car out further. What you guys think? What If I adjust the tie rod ? or does it indeed look bent.
Will buy new parts but am just curious

[PapaSmurf2k3]

I thought that was a ball in socket type thing, but I'm not sure. You're going to have to take a closer look at it and compare it to the other side.

[BryantZamora]

So again I looked for any bends and kind of notice a slight bend in my crossmember. I hope i'm just over reacting but it makes sense if I hit my tension rod bracket at a angle then I went up and bent some bit of my cross member aswell. it looks like it was hit straight on and bent upwards a bit. heres a few pics I took today, again slipped my mind and didnt take better pictures lol. It started to rain and it was cold, i'm also felling somewhat sick.
I ordered front lower control arms for my right and left aswell as Isis tension rods for both the right and left aswell. Will replace the tie rods too. & aswell as the tension rod brackets.
debating on changing the cross member though but i left a few night time pics I hope they picked up enough to see what i'm talking about. lmk if that slight amount could be causing the toeing

[PapaSmurf2k3]

I'd leave the cross member and just do the other components personally... they should be able to dial in the alignment.

[centralcoaster33]

You could loosen the cross member bolts and re-tighten them. That would take whatever small amount of deformation the cross member may have and transfer it to the very small amount of play in the bolt holes and remove any tension being applied to the chassis from said possible deformation. You could do that while working on replacing your arms and rods.