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Hey I was being driving like I often do in my NA but at this point in time I was not really in the right frame of mind so long story short I have learned a lesson, and have some damage to fix.

It wasn't too hard, bent the rim a bit and something else has bent to put the wheel alignment out. It was the rear right wheel that hit the curb.

Has anyone else done this or know of someone who has and know what would have bent? I have tried to look but it is just so slightly out that I can't tell by eye and I can't see any built in weak points.

Also I have G4 coilovers and the rear right is now leaking oil, anyone know where to get a pair of rear shock inserts for the NA? I have heard that they are a specific shape due to the rear on an NA having very short travel and are hard to find.

You might be lucky and have just moved one of the cam bolts to adjust the alignment. I hit my 200sx I had very hard on a curb and it just moved the toe arm cam bolt. But I would check all of the suspension arms over - look for creases in the metal. Even a small crease could weaken the arm, hence it should be replaced.

Hope you get it sorted
Si.

take it to a good wheel aligner & hear what they think. might just be a bent wheel which could be re-rolled.

Si.G wrote:You might be lucky and have just moved one of the cam bolts to adjust the alignment

SuperMazdaKart wrote:take it to a good wheel aligner & hear what they think. might just be a bent wheel which could be re-rolled.

Thanks that makes me feel a lot more optamistic about the damage, Ill take it to a good wheel alignment place soon!

The rear upright is quite easy to bend and this is not uncommon to see after an impact. I know from experience.

Tim

Got it checked out, unfortunatley the rim that was on it was bent from the middle and is now useless, and they did something I felt I should have thought of just jacked up the rear and started it. With a good rim on and after a wheel alignment it was still wobbling so it looks like a new hub for me or nuckle as he called it or perhaps its the upright that zoomzoom was talking about, there are too many names for teh same thing!

Anyway if anyone has a spare for some reason lying around that they want to get rid of, ill be looking for one.

Look at changing your wheel bearings/hub, upper and lower control arms, change all bolts.

I spun out in the wet in march, did a 180 and curbed the driverside rear wheel. The rim was pretty much fine, but the impact had transferred through the arms to the the joint of the subframe and lower control arm. Even though the tyre was visually in positive camber, it was really hard to spot just what had been bent, as I measured the control arms and couldn't spot the difference :S. Guess thats what happens with all that bracing underneath.

Astiolo wrote:Got it checked out, unfortunatley the rim that was on it was bent from the middle and is now useless, and they did something I felt I should have thought of just jacked up the rear and started it. With a good rim on and after a wheel alignment it was still wobbling so it looks like a new hub for me or nuckle as he called it or perhaps its the upright that zoomzoom was talking about, there are too many names for teh same thing!

Anyway if anyone has a spare for some reason lying around that they want to get rid of, ill be looking for one.

If it is still wobbling, I would think you have bent the stub axle, so you may need a new drive shaft as well as the hub and bearings.
Si.

I just replaced both control arms and the hub, as a whole assebmly and no problems anymore, with the other assembly out it was still impossible to see what was damaged, I almost wish they had made a weak spot.

Ohwell just have to make sure this dosen't happen again.