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wongcasey: if ur wheel is bent inward, that's called toe in (that means the right front wheel is pointing towards inside of the car, which is left); but the car should pull to the left and u should have to correct it back to the right?!

anyways, usually when u hit a curb, depends on speed and angle, the very first thing usually bent is control arm; i have seen serve damage that goes to knuckle, shocks, subframe, tie rod, steering rack, sway bar etc etc...

a mechanic should be able to visually tell u what u have to replace at the minimum, and alignment check will give u a more "specific" list of what repair needs to be done.

If you have to replace your knuckle, make sure u replace the bearing and i would normally suggest the hub to go with it; have heard friend's car one or two years after the repair the wheel bearing goes because the hub was also damaged during the accident...

last, but not least; can everyone who asks a question also let ppl know what year / make / model of car they drive? diff car has diff suspension design so it could be diff things?!

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wongcasey: yeah that's toe out then lolz

oh sweet, sedan or wagon? my parents have a 05 Legacy 2.5i Limited Wagon, and that's my winter car right now (my civic is still on R Compounds keke)

i can't tell u if ur car needs towing or not, but definitely not a good idea to drive right now on slippery surface; have done so many subie that hit a curb (because ppl thinks it's AWD and forgot about their snow tires, AWD got ur car going but tires didn't get to stop)

have done curb damage on a subie and the damage went up to over $6k (icbc claim, lower control arm / knuckle / hub / bearing / shocks / front sway bar / tie rods / steering rack / subframe / oil pan / header / fender / door (wheel pushed fender to dent door) etc...

does ur car rub anything after the accident? how does it feel when u drive home? when the snow clears up, maybe u can try driving it to an apointment shop (see aside from steering wheel is not centre and the car pulls a little, does it affect braking and seems like steering is out of control etc)?

last year i have done a corolla, control arm wasn't bent, but tie rod broke! steering rack is okay and with alignment etc i think it was $4xx...

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wongcasey: yeah get the alignment checked and see what kinda repair needs to be done, usually if the rim is still "ok" and tire is not blown, damage wouldn't be soooo bad (but expecting anywhere from $500 to $1500 for now ~ and hope a wheel alignment will fix the problem)

my friend is not as lucky with her X3, u should probably get some snow tires and be ready for winter driving

waruione: it really depends on the person's insurance premium, i have calculated before if a person has 20% to 0% kinda range, i think repair cost up to $5000 will still be cheaper than losing the discount....unless u are a roadstar or goldstar, some time claiming insurance and bringing up ur insurance is not really worth it (my friend is paying $200 a month on his $800 beater, cuz he used to claim whatever ~ even small claim, then later on he starts to buy third party but insurance still goes so high up because he never pays off any claim)

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原帖由 阿邊個邊個 於 2007-12-3 01:32 發表
my friend had the same problem too, she took it to the mechanics, they said it would cost her $1000, she was shocked by the price (cuz he said there are 3 things that needed to be replaced)... so she  ...

有時你要睇平左係邊, 如果人地換得兩樣, 梗係平D...

再唔係一個用新, 一個用舊

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sounds like a $400 to $600 repair bill, better double check the sway bar linkage and tie rods as they are always bent along with the control arm (from my experience with subaru)

no matter how good of an all season u buy, it can never beat snow tires; even tho snow tires are not "perfectly" safe on snow, but it's a lot a lot better than any all season...

i have snow tires on my parent's legacy too...even tho my sister's GC is still running all season (Bridgestone RE960), traction is not compariable...

if u wanna avoid another accident, go for snow tires!

AWD can always get u going but if u take of the right shoes (tires) to stop, accident is no longer an accident

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u can pm me if u need any info on tires

i love Dunlop SP5000 and Bridgestone RE960 (yes, RE960 is much better than the RE92 crap; even RE910 is better than RE92 lolz)