so i messed up my pathfinder

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rhd itr
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well, heres the story. I was on my way back home from my friends house at about 9 AM on saturday. I was going down my street at about 25MPH, i almost missed my driveway, so i slammed on the brakes and tried to turn in. Well, that didnt work out as expected. So i skided at about 25mph dead on into a curb. My car hoped up the curb like it was no biggy, but the bad part is that when my front end came off the ground it landed right on this really big rock thats behind the curb. So that ended up taking out my front right lower control arm. So now i cant even drive my car because the front wheeles are like this l \Im just praying to god that its just the control arm, lol


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screwinitupagain
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It might have also f*cked up your CV axle but I wouldn't worry too much, both are things that you can fix in your garage.

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exvin
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Any Pics

I hope the damage is not too bad

rhd itr
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nah the cv axles are fine. Its just the control arm, but i ordered the part today. nah sorry no pics

timmack
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if youre replacing the control arm, spend the extra money and put a new ball joint on. theyre alot of work to swap out and its gonna come off with the control arm anyway.

rhd itr
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timmack wrote:if youre replacing the control arm, spend the extra money and put a new ball joint on. theyre alot of work to swap out and its gonna come off with the control arm anyway.
alright, i might as well replace them.thanks for the help

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screwinitupagain
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Like I said this is all sh*t that you can do in your garage, so you shouldn't need to spend any more money (cause I know that was a concern)


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