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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 09:04 AM
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Sunday I was driving my car and my back tires lost grip around a corner (dang bridgestones) anyways ended up fishtailing my car and slamed into the curb on the right side. My back right wheel has some pos camber and some toe out. I got it checked out at an alignment shop and at a honda. Alignment shop said somethins bent slightly but nobody knows exactly what. Honda didnt even notice until I told them. So what do you guys think? My ride height didnt really change just my camber and toe is off. I think it might be the knuckle.
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 09:25 AM
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you need a better alignment shop.

check out westend.

it could be control arm.
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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nah they maxed out my neg camber and toe in.
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 10:12 AM
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Bent upper or lower control arm, bent shock would be the first 2 things I would check. Then get yourself to an autocross so you can learn to catch a slide (not that I would try and break the rears loose on a public road).
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 02:38 PM
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a bent shock would be pretty noticeable tho... my game plan is get the spoon rear control arms to fix my toe problem. then take it to west end to get a thorough inspection.
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by CosmosMpower,Dec 18 2008, 12:12 PM
Bent upper or lower control arm, bent shock would be the first 2 things I would check. Then get yourself to an autocross so you can learn to catch a slide (not that I would try and break the rears loose on a public road).
But it wasn't his fault, it was the tires.












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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 03:15 PM
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Update: Theres a squeaking sound when I drive, its repetition increases as i increase speed and stays constant when i am cruising. A different squeak happens when I brake. A more louder longer squeak
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 04:13 PM
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Gotta be something wrong with a control arm. My dad hit a curb last winter in his Benz and shattered the back passenger wheel. Wheel was replaced, but everything else looked good. That was until the shop tried doing an alignment. One of the control arms was bent just enough to keep the alignment out of spec. To the naked eye, it looked fine.
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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You probably bent the brake rotor, lower control arm and the toe link. Pretty much everything on that corner.
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Old Dec 18, 2008 | 04:28 PM
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Glad you're okay and the car too. Hope you find a good alignment shop to fix everything. But I was in the same situation like you couple of days ago. I was going 25mph in a 45mph zone and my car fish tail first and then spun out doing a complete 360. I managed to drive away with no accident at all. Thank God.
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