arficus

I spun my car and slammed the rear (face of) wheel into curb very hard. Car then hopped/slid over curb. Damage I've discovered so far:
Shattered wheel
bent exhaust
bent radius rod
severed camber link
mount point of camber link on subframe bent/deformed.

I'm wondering if I can simply replace the subframe and any other damaged parts, or if such a hard hit might have bent the chassis. Anyone have any experience/informed opinions to share (other than simply criticizing my driving ?

I have most parts stripped down to the point of dropping subframe. The one discouraging thing I've noted is that when removing the radius rod front mounting bolt there was a slightly different angle/distance between bolt and fender seam on one side of car compared to other. Might mean nothing I suppose/hope....

travlee

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just cut your loss.... but something tells me you dont have full coverage

terrasmak

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Needs to be on a chassis jig to really know, replace the parts and align

arficus

I did, but it didn't cover the $10k in aftermarket parts. Car only has 40k miles on it.

dkmura

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This^^ plus make sure the shop has a laser alignment rack to get precise numbers on how badly the chassis is tweaked. From your description, it sounds like you dinged it pretty well.

zakmartin

There's no way we're going to be able to venture a guess on whether your chassis is bent or not without (at a minimum) a LOT of photos. Regardless, Terrasmak is right, the car needs to be put on a jig to see how bad the damage is.

arficus

And I assume I gotta get a new subframe and all other suspension parts bolted on to get it on a jig?

zakmartin

Show us some photos. Maybe then we can give you an informed answer.

dboyzalter

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You will be lucky if the new subframe bolts back up... Im going to guess if you had aluminum subframe mounts your going to be SOL on getting a new one back on. If you still had the sloppy oem bushings maybe they had enough give to soak up the hit. How did those little kidney looking braces look ? That might also take some effort to get back in.

arficus

OEM subframe bushings. Nothing looks too out-of-whack to my untrained eye. The severed camber arm and bent mounting point appear to be the result of sliding over curb, not pure lateral force. I'll take some pics next time we have a dry day. Thanks for the help!

arficus

Actually drove it home- about a mile, maybe 5mph, thump, thump, thump... Nitto NT01s are tough, torn sidewalls still held me above pavement.

terrasmak

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Stock bushings , probably just destroyed the subframe. Swap it and have fun

KingBaby

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Wait lol wut

Car has 40k miles and already 10k in aftermarket parts ?

Hilarious