Accelrate and lose control
Pro
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From: Overland Park Kansas
You need to describe more of what it does when you accelerate and how you hit the curb. If it seems like the rear end is shifting to one (or both!) sides you might have damaged your trailing arms or TA bushings. If you hit the front at any speed it could have damaged a lot of stuff.
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Agreed, if your car is a handful to drive after your mishap, please do us all a favor and fix what's wrong before you make your car worse, or worse yet you hurt yourself or someone else.
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My wife once did this in a POS Mazda 626, and bent her front lower control arm. It was easier to just replace the whole side, strut-steering knuckle and control arm as some items were press fit.
Sounds like you won a trip to a local Corvette and/or alignment shop, unless you can figure it out for yourself what is damaged/not damaged.
Nice looking ride in your avatar!!
Have fun.....
Sounds like you won a trip to a local Corvette and/or alignment shop, unless you can figure it out for yourself what is damaged/not damaged.
Nice looking ride in your avatar!!
Have fun.....
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Instructor
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Texas
ok ! Update.
The following was said was needed:
Idler:$113.40/ labor $144.50
Sway bar $19.16/ labor $59.50
Control Arm bushings(Lower) $23.85/labor $238.00
Labor -Adjust and repack bearings $70.00
Alignment $80.
so...there ya have it.$700 bucks of damage. What can I do myself?
The following was said was needed:
Idler:$113.40/ labor $144.50
Sway bar $19.16/ labor $59.50
Control Arm bushings(Lower) $23.85/labor $238.00
Labor -Adjust and repack bearings $70.00
Alignment $80.
so...there ya have it.$700 bucks of damage. What can I do myself?