Has anyone bent their front engine beam and had it replaced? how about left or right controller arms? heh. dont ask.

 

WTF you bent THAT? damn, are you alright!?! This thing could support a house, must have been some wreck. Back to topic, no I have never bent that, or the suspension arms, but from what I understand, bending the arms is easy (designd that way to avoid costly repairs) and they are easy to install.

 

I bent my front passenger controller arm at the S2kDays Dragon ride. A nice pothole bent my rim and lower controller arm.

I ordered the replacement parts from http://www.handa-accessories.com/s2000.html for a lot cheaper than the dealer asked.

I'm not asking, but why do you need the info?

 

well when I bent my rim, I bent my front engine beam and left controller arm as well... ARGHHH.

My dealership quoted $417 new wheel, $1000 front engine beam, $285 controller arm (labor on both), and I scraped the front bumper as well, and honda quote $660 for that alone. I also added my tire that was popped, mounting, and rental car to the claim, and it came to about $2600.

Weird thing is, that since the 'accident' (wreckless driver switched to my lane without looking running me off road) I took my car in for the 15,000 mile tune up and alignment, and they did the tune up, never said anything, but didnt have time for alignment, and told me to bring it back and thats when they said it was a problem. OH well, my deductable for insurance is $500, so I am not that bad off, and the 'accident' wasnt even that bad, I mean, I hit the curb and popped tire... ::

 

Here we go again...another silver car not seen by a blind bozo! Try always running with your lights on; my near miss frequency has dropped dramatically since I started doing this.

Hey Joe S2K, I think I saw your pothole last weekend when I visited the Dragon. Big 'ole crater right in the middle of an apex; right?