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Jumped a curb.... backwards...

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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:34 PM
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Default Jumped a curb.... backwards...

So, being the retard that I am, I was doing some powersliding in the rain and got a little carried away on one turn. I made a last-minute decision to attempt a full 180 to a stop. Didn't quit work out that way and the car slid a bit more after the 180, and I launched backwards over a curb (completely, the frame scraped the curb but isn't bent). The car was sitting on the other side of the curb in the dirt until a towtruck lifted me over.

There is absolutely no body damage, and since my angle was as if I had accidently "backed-up" over the curb, not even a popped tire. The alignment is definitely screwy though.

So my question: What, if anything, is most likely to be damaged in a situation like this? I was moving pretty quickly over the curb (which is how I managed to amazingly avoid having the car settle on it even momentarily to cause more damage), if that helps any rough guesstimates.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 09:47 PM
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Take it to a frame shop and check if the body is straight. If it is, you are good to go. Check allignment also.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 10:26 PM
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take your wheels off and look at your arms. also you can try and measure the gap beween the sides of your tires and fender/quarter pannel. you can see if anything moved by comparing both sides.
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Old Feb 13, 2007 | 04:11 AM
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Get a geo and get the wish bones and tie bar checked for bends.
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