slided into a crub... now what...please help...

[ny_jee]

Originally posted by silvia14
thanks for the info, i'll look into that. if my subframe is bent, is it fixable? or i HAVE to get another one? and how do i tell if the subframe is in good shape?

what about the front suspension? it hit on the curb parallel too. though, the rear took most of the impact since the rear hit the curb first, then the front.

and there's no VISUAL damage on teins. should i check it further? those are tein flex.

thanks again,
jeff

As far as the subframe goes, I couldn't tell whether it was bent or not when I inspected myself. It wasn't till I fixed all the visual damages and went to get an alignment and found out that the whole thing shifted. The shop maxed out camber on the damage side and still no good. Some can correct me if I am wrong on this, it'll be pretty hard to bent the subframe back. On top of that, you'll need to take out the whole subrame anyways if you were to bent it back. Why not just go for a new one? If you have subframe spacers/collars, you can actually put them in while subframe's out.

As for your suspension, looking at the pic it seems to be alrite. My stock suspension was really bent out of shape, so it was something I can see. If anything, you'll know when the subframe is straight/new. When I had the incident, it took me a couple weeks to fix things. First I thought it was just the a-arm/rlca. Then found out that toe arm busted too. Then when I finally had it on jack, my upright was cracked in half. Then after I sourced everything, I found out my stock suspension was no good. After I sourced a-arm/rlca, toe arm, upright, suspension, and all went in... I found out my subframe shifted... So, you'll need to fix one thing to actually see what else are broken too! And I only hit the rear passenger side! As far as front suspension parts. I think you mentioned a couple good ones to check. Personally I would worry about the tie rod, flca, t/c rod, and all else that the wheel rotate on. Hubs, and things like that. BTW, my rear hub was busted too.