yo guys i was rippin some donuts in the snow last night wit some friends in my fb and on my way home i was takin it easy and i end up sliding into a curb and bendin the front drivers side wheel.(figures lol) i think i really screwed my car up for good. the mechanic said i bent my lower control arm, but i dunno wut it is or what it will cost me,and 2 of my 18 inch chrome eagle 077's are scraped to **** too. does anyone know were i can get them repaired? thanks alot guys any info would be greatly appreciated. the bird is wounded but hopefully not 4 good!

 

I did the same thing on my z28. You definentally need to replace the lower control arm which will cost 200ish plus labor (I did all my labor myself). You should probably get a new rim and possibly a new tire if it is damaged. You should probably get a new swaybar link kit which is 10$ and replace the sway bar links on both sides. Now may be a good time to change your tie rod ends if they are bad. It is also possible that your spindle and upper control arm and even your frame is bent as well....

It may seem like a small problem but in reality there are a lot of possibilities. I would replace the lca, new swaybar link kit, possibly new rim and tire depending on how they are, and then get an alignment.

It is possible that you messed something up really bad inside and it wont take an alignment like mine did. I ended up having my uncle do a special alignment based off an autocross style but i ended up having to have my steering wheel a little off center to allow it to work because it was soo messed up inside with steering and all.

If you do the work yourself it will cost you 300-400 + 50$ for alignment. I got a quote from a collision shop and they wanted 1500$ for the job.

 

thanks for the info im so pissed cause i love the car i just dont have alot of money to repair the damn thing its a 2000 and i just hit 30,000 miles. so its not like it has 100,000 miles on it and i would just get rid of it. i ended up rippin off the side ground effects too i almost have tears lookin at it this sucks!!!!!!

 

Well, don't get yourself down, i know that feeling. I was soo pissed off when it happened but i had it fixed within a week and it drove great again. I learned a lot by doing my own work. All i notice now is that my steering wheel is a little off center no big deal though. I still need to paint a big scratch on the side of my car but ive temporarily touched it up for now.

 

.......that is why we dont do things like that .............

 

Exactly. If you don't have the $$$ for the repairs, shouldn't be driving irresponsibly like that.

Either way, you'll learn from it. It can be fixed, but it'll cost some $$$.

 

GL man, hope you can fix it. I would hate to see anything like that happen to my car..

 

it really sucks that i had to learn the hard way but ill be a ****load more responsible now and count my lucky stars that i didnt hit another car or hurt anyone in my car! thanks 4 the replies fellas!

 

I agree with the above, it just sucks that you dont' have the extra money....now would be a good time to swap to tubular A-arms and maybe a K-member too

Good Luck gettin your bird back together!

- Justin

 

I feel for you man, last summer I was doing burnouts and backed out a couple lugs... i guess ....
I was driving about 70 over a bridge and the left back wheel flew of and that 10 wide wheel tore a big chunk out of my quarter panel....
At least we're both alive

 

i got it all fixed now it was $492 total so u can best bet im gonna be xtra careful 4 now on. sometimes the fun just aint worth it!

 

Thats good. Thats about what it costed me, did you make sure to get an alignment, you probably would need one.