I need some help from people with suspension knowledge.

2003 cavalier sedan LS sport with KYB AGX and eibach prokit

ok, about a weeks ago on a Sunday night I was heading back home and made a right turn, maybe too quickly (I was tired almost asleep) and the tail of the car started to slide, I was like wtf* I pulled a hard left (my mistake) and the car immediately started going left where the curb was, I had no choice, car was not responding and went over the curb...end up in the other side of the lane (lucky there were no cars at the time), so I blew the front tire and scratched a little bit the rim, other than that some scratches underneath the car. Got home put a spare on and checked made sure nothing was broken or leaking, everything looked fine. Next day I get the car to the tire kingdom and get a new set of 4 tires (the other ones where almost completely worn out, so better get them all 4 new) so got me a set of BFgoodrich traction T/A H rated, plus I got the alignment, balance, etc done.

After the install I drive the car for a while, got home I notice some weird noises coming from the front suspension, another thing is that I can't make a complete U turn to the left because the tire will rub very bad (U turn to the right side does not have this problem) the car drives good and everything, does not pull to the left or right. When I got home I took some pics and this is what I found (see pics). The wheel on the driver side seems push to the back compared to the passenger side.

So I take it to the realignment and they found out the strut seems bent (since they don’t have to print the alignment report) driver side show -1.96 off, the rest seems fine, so I get a new AGX KYB and they installed and realign, but the alignment comes -1.01, so there’s still a problem, now the mechanic thinks it’s the camber that will fix that, BUT my MAIN CONCERN it’s that the tire still looks PUSHED to the back like on the picture below. PLEASE HELP ME POINT OUT anything that you think might cause this, hopefully IF I get the camber to fix that -1.01, I will still need to fix that problem with the tire rubbing, thanks for your responses.

DRIVER SIDE (tire blew) it seems that the tire has an angle


PASS SIDE (compare to driver side)


ACCIDENT PATH


WHERE ACCIDENT HAPPENED


UNDERNEATH THE CAR




help would be greatly appreciated, thanks




CaviFL45

take it to a alignment shop and get it checked out

could be as minor as a control arm and bent tie rod to actual frame damage

^ what he said

im guessing tie rod




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i think it might be the control arm

thanks for the input guys, but took it to my family mechanic and found the problem....almost frame damage....which it sucks
take a look at the last 2 pictures, you see the bar on the left side that its scratched. That bar is supposed to be attached below the radiator support, well its not, when the car hit the curb y pushed this bar causing the knuckle as the called it and the wheel to move back, same with the whole suspension.....its a PITA!!!! he said I was looking around $700 in repairs....and thats because its a family mech

thanks again guys



CaviFL45

i was in almost same situation and my mechanic told me that my lower control arm got bent (it's very senstive to impacts). Moreover you may wanna get your tie rod checked out as well

I had similar damage. I replaced the crossmember (what your A arms connect to - that huge thing) because it was bent and also replaced an A arm because it was stuck/bent/folded together in the crossmember. It cost me about $400.00 to fix (cost of parts).





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