guahhH! CURB!

[BlindedSlide]

I hit my first curb....

so throwing a party to start taking it apart to see what busted.. if ur close free beer!

things to check.

1. some bar thing opposite side of tie rod broke at bolt.2. pretty sure i need new bushings. 3. (i wonder how much stuff i actually f*%ked up)

what else should i check?

it was just the front left wheel (whats that? understeer? is that when you turn the wheel from the bottom?)

as of now, a tow strap is holding my a arm from moving backward and the tire rubbing.

pretty sweet considering a tow strap withstood two more laps on the course, and 80mph down Cali's 99 for 2 hours.

my girlfriend laughed and told me i should be in a ditch for doing that, also said i should have bought that camaro instead.. that it somehow would have not broken anything. (yeah... right)

[S13Joe]

my girlfriend laughed and told me i should be in a ditch for doing that, also said i should have bought that camaro instead..

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Pics of damage?

[dickie]

... you held the arm in place with a tow strap and drove it on the freeway at 80mph?

[S133P3R]

are f***ing serious? tow strap on the freeway? pics of damage?

[Chris28]

I'm at a loss for words. 80 mph for 2 hours with a snapped sway bar bolt and probably a bent tie rod? How fast did you hit the curb? You probably messed more stuff up than you think you did.

In other words you should have bought the camaro. Then none of this would have ever happened.

[MN240SXDriv3r]

Pics of damage or it didn't happen.

But seriously 80 mph with a towstrap? Are you f***ing trying to kill yourself?

[BlindedSlide]

sorry i been busy lately, ill post pictures up tonight of the damage,

i just got the tire off,but its night time right now so no good pics will come of it.

[ashibah83]

80 mph for 2 hours with a snapped sway bar bolt and probably a bent tie rod?

im thinking it prolly the tension rod... and LCA, if he has to keep it from going backward....an the front subframe

[BlindedSlide]

hit the curb at like 20mph... maybe less, just sway drifting and understeer into curb. im replacing the bar today, and i need to see if anything else is bent.

[BlindedSlide]

more pictures, as you can tell where the a arm sits in the cross member it got pushed back, seems like only the back one got bent, so i can probably heat it up and bend it back



and this thing broke and the arm got bent so i cant get the bolt out, so ill just grab a new a arm and rod from the junkyard.

[pejsa s-13]

you sir are either brave or stupid as hell

[BlindedSlide]

haha, you should see my drifts

and while i was driving home with the tie strap...

literally every potwhole would cause my back wheels to pitch to the right,

so i was drifting the whole way home.

well....

scaring the s**t outta the people in the opposing lane.

[BlindedSlide]

anyone know if i could use a propane torch to heat the metal to bend it back? (where the control arm meets crossmember)

like this one

[ashibah83]

you could but i dont think it would do much good, you probably elongated the bolt hole and there wll still be movement.....i have good subframe i could sell you...for the right price

[Tsukiko]

seriously, dont push your freakish luck.

replace the parts.

[BlindedSlide]

haha, i have friend here in town that owns a junkyard...

so i can get the parts =)

im trying to this as easy as possible.

went out and checked it, about 1/8 elongation.

can i just bend it back, and weld a plate for the hole.

[BlindedSlide]

okay,

how hard is it to replace the subframe?

i gotta remove tires and hubs and control arms,

do i have to hoist the engine?

[Logan76]

that little propane torch is about as good as a cigarette lighter, your going to need more heat than that will give you...

[BlindedSlide]

ill take it out to my uncles and use the oxy acet....

as for the hole.

i can weld a plate where the elongation occured right?

[S13Teddy]

You sir, are a genius.

[Papi Chulo]

I am laughing so hard right now.

[Tsukiko]

my reaction was somewhat different;