joe_best

Hi guys.

Bought a 2005 S2000 last week, which i must say is a bit of a beauty, i love these cars, its my first rear wheel drive motor after owning a decent line up of hot hatches - focus rs mk1, s3, cooper works..

Anyway i was testing it out in the wet and ive gone and spun out and hit the o/s rear wheel on a curb, i'm sure it has knocked the steering wheel out of line, aswell as the alloy wheel, is this possible???? Its not major by any means, but you can see it is ' towing in' slightly.

Also has anyone else had the same incident or know what i more than likely have bent?

Any info would be great as i'm not that clued up on mechanics.

Thanks everyone.

Joe

L0rdMike

How does hitting a rear wheel knock the steering out?

Also dont drive like a tit in the rain.

GavB

Most likely you have not bent anything. Although I can't say that with any degree of certainty as I don't know how hard you whacked it....

If the impact has forced the toe change, then it may have forced the bush to slip in the mounting point without rotating the cam - this can bent over/flatten the tab which the adjustment cam rests against.

It you've never had it on an alignment machine (which in the short time you've owned it thats unlikely) then get it down to a place with a decent 4 wheel system and kill two birds with stone.

If the tab is bent, they can likley just bend it back, and you may well come out with a better car then you had in the first place!

If you have a crawl around under the wheel you can see if the tab is bent yourself.

GavB

You can see the tabs in these pictures, as an example:

r8byb

If it's not the above (bush slipping)

You could have bent, control arms, trailing arms or both as they both control toe.

joe_best

Cheers ill give it a look at in the morning, would any of these aspects alter the steering wheel tho? Im certain it was straight.

NineBolts

I suggest taking it to one of the many geo specialists that are often mentioned on here for a check over. I had a geo done last year after something moved whilst learning car control on a driver training course.

Si2k

Bent rear suspension will mean you will need to counter steer to keep the car straight, so yes the steering wheel could be no longer central whilst going in a straight line.

Oh and don't try to drift an S in the rain, if you want that you should have got a 200sx

RobinA3

if the rear wheels or one of the rear wheels is badly misaligned after the 'bump' then it will make the car pull to one side hence why the steering wheel is not straight.

It doesn't matter what cars you have owned before, the S2000 will bite even in the dry nevermind the wet, don't be a dick in it. It needs respect, learn how the car handles over time before being cocky with it but then again i think you have learnt your lesson now..............

Get it to a garage for alignment.

Bramblecat

and welcome to the Mad House.

Sorry to hear about the little off. Don't worry you won't be the last and I'm sure you wasn't being a '`Tit' or a 'Dick as some on here seem to have already pre-judged you. They're all driving gods on here .

The S is a lot different to drive than the FWD's you've had and it'll take time to adjust your general driving, esp in the wet. I would also make sure that you have at least a minimum of 5mm of tread on the rear tyres as this has a great impact on wet/slippery roads and check tyre pressures too. What make of tyres are on your car?

At least it was a minor bump.