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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 06:46 AM
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Long story short I hit a curb and required to replace a few things. Radius arm, Camber arm, Toe arm all needed to be replaced. I replaced everything with stock OEM parts except for the camber arms. I purchased SPL camber arms with lock-out washers. My concern is on one side (driver side) my arm looks to be off and not straight like the other side. Pictures are below. I guess my concern is do I need to replace bushings on the hub as well or did my aluminum frame get tweaked to the side a bit due to impact? Just trying to get all possibilities.... did not get an alignment yet since I want to make sure everything I need replaced is replaced. Just looking for tips, advice, good ol' knowledge or just plain things I should know

Last photo is a pic of the camber link on the passenger side looking more straight....
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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 07:00 AM
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Sorry man... we cant magically tell you how bad it is... go to a alignment shop and find out... could be a number of things youve listed.. you could probably look up the fsm and do measurements for yourself to rule out the subframe.
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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 07:03 AM
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Sorry man... we cant magically tell you how bad it is... go to a alignment shop and find out... could be a number of things youve listed.. you could probably look up the fsm and do measurements for yourself to rule out the subframe.
I figured I give it a try; reason I held off on asking here.... by the way Just wondering what is FSM? I been wanting something I can use to do measurements so I could rule out my subframe.... Alignment shop I been to keeps stating something is wrong and they don't know what it is. They just recommend me to a shop. And a shop is my final option to get this fixed. Thank you!

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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 07:05 AM
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Old Sep 17, 2012 | 07:08 AM
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Thanks should of known....
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