Alignment woes

Old Sep 30, 2014 | 09:50 PM
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Alignment woes

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I come back from vacation to find my little brother curbed my rear wheel kindy nasty. Didnt look bad but lower control arm and camber arm where bent and wheel was a little messed up.

So far changed parts
Tire
Rim
8 clearly bent
9 Clearly bent
Waiting on 7 looks normal
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Hit the wheel at its lowest point. So impact was at 6oclock. The car is a lil lower on that side not by much but that leaves me to believe that lower control arm spring buck is comprimised.

Steering wheel is tilted and toe is horrible.He suspects the piece holding the spring a messed up (part 7). Im freaking out because the wheel left wheel is like 1' inward ( normal ) and the right affected wheel looks flush. Why is that? What part could be bent or damaged. Taking it to a suspension specialist thursday.

Here are my alignment readings. Front is normal

REAR
LEFT Right
Actual Before Specified range Actual Before Specified range
-1.9* -0.9* (-1.8 -0.8) Camber 0.1* 0.4* -1.8 -0.8
0.27* -0.25* (0.00 .23) TOE 2.25* .40* .00 .23

REAR
Actual Before Specified Range
TOTAL TOE -1.97* .65* 0.00 .46
Thrust angel 1.26 -0.08 -

Any suspension gurus out there? This car has so many parts. Im spending a fortune already. Regret not filing out a claim.
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Old Oct 1, 2014 | 12:01 AM
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The lower control arm is also your spring bucket and that could be tweaked but you said that was replaced
Sounds like you're already into this repair for quite a bit $$
Wondering why your steering wheel is tilted if it was a rear tire involved. I think I'd take it to a different shop for another alignment.
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Old Oct 1, 2014 | 10:48 AM
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I did not replace the spring bucket. We think its that as the tech adjusted toe on the top. But when messing the spring bucket it would reset the toe to status quo.
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Old Oct 3, 2014 | 07:40 PM
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So going to replace lower control arm and get it realigned. On a bright note my project E30 with M50 swap is running.
Moral of the story dont let your lil brother drive your car.
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Old Oct 6, 2014 | 11:11 PM
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All fixed now. Turns out lower arm was the issue. Aligned to spec. Thanks
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Old Oct 7, 2014 | 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by GuzvaG37
All fixed now. Turns out lower arm was the issue. Aligned to spec. Thanks
Nice to hear, now go out and enjoy your G
But only you, not lil' bro
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Old Oct 14, 2014 | 10:08 PM
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Ok last issue. The aligned to spec and drives great. But why is the wheel ( right passenger) which had impact sticking out more. Like it has a spacer on? Other side is normal (how the car is stock)

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