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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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A few weeks ago I railed a big **** pothole with the rear driver side rim (cracked lip + oval'd it). Well when i put on the new tires the rear tire had id say +1.5-2 deg of camber and the tire looks to stick out more that side, fiqured the pot hole just knocked it out of alignment. Well went and got a alignment best they could do on drive side camber was -.1 (passenger side was set at -.4)

So now it's got me thinking something is bent on the driver side, question is is there anyway to check/measure short of taking to a body shop? visually i didn't see anything (i was looking for stress cracks or fatigue marks). even after the alignment id say the driver side rear wide is sticking about about 1/4" more then the pass side.
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Being that a Road Hazzard caused the damage, won't your insurance pick it up under your Comprehensive?
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not worth the claim+deducible, already had to make a claim earlier from someone backing up over my hood in a parking lot.
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I'd make the city/county pay for your damages
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they have like 30 days to fill it before they are responsible, it got filled in next day
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I initially thought you were from Pennsylvania, home of the World's Biggest Potholes.
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I'd make the city/county pay for your damages
You ever tried to make that happen? good luck....
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You ever tried to make that happen? good luck....
In Michigan we have to first prove they knew about it and neglected it! How the hell does the average citizen prove something like that???
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