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Old 04-15-2015, 03:49 PM
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Default brother hit a curb now my ap2 is driving weird

So my brother came into town and i let him take his gf out for a drive in my S he came back and the steering wheel is pointing to the 2 o'clock position when i drive straight and when i accelerate it pulls to the left but when i let off the gas it goes back to normal. i did notice my tire was a little low so took it off and he bent the inside of the wheel I'm getting new wheels tomorrow but would that be the cause of the pulling to the left? I'm also getting an allignment tomorrow any advice would be very helpful thank you!
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You are doing the major things. If he hit hard enough to bend the wheel I would look for other bent suspension components is the only other thing. Oh and never let him near the car again.
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I would check under the car for other things as well for piece of mind. U never know what else could be damage. Make him pay for ur new wheels and other damages. Don't let anyone else drive ur car period. I learn it the hard way as u. I let me cousin took my car for a test drive and about a month later my car was diagnose with bent valves. I never took it close to redline or miss shift because i only had it for six months.
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The knuckle might be tweaked look at the bottom ball joint slots. If it is you'll need a new knuckle.
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um, yeah. Hit a curb and you'll be bound to have alignment issues with the steering wheel off centre. Sounds like your brother is a bit of a berk and owes you 1. price of the alignment and 2. price of parts.

good luck and don't drive like your brother.

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thanks a lot guys yea hes never driving it again thanks for the advice ill check under in the morning hopefully its just an alignment but ill update when i find out
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things that could possibly be affected with the priority that I put them.
-Alingment
-Rim
-Lower arm
-Crossmember

My advice is, go to the alignment shop and try to dial in the standard settings.
If you can do that, you are pretty much 'ok'.
Then have your rim sorted out, or if it is too bad, replace it. Some shops can tell you how bad the damage is while trying to balance the wheel.

Shit happens. I own the car for 6 years, and never let my brother drive it once. Only a handful of people drove my car. Be very careful who you give your car to.
What happened to you may take ages and shitloads of money to fix if it is serious. I know many people like you that strugled to find the problem in such cases. Including myself.

Good luck
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Like everyone has already mentioned don't get anyone drive your car unless you trust them and even then I wouldn't let them drive the car without being the passenger.
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Originally Posted by meccjoo
Like everyone has already mentioned don't get anyone drive your car unless you trust them and even then I wouldn't let them drive the car without being the passenger.
cars are to expensive. No one should drive ur car except u. Don't care how much trust u have in that person .
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