Soooopid Curbs

[Tony-R32]

title should say stoooopid*

So i ****** up last night, I Drifted a corner, but i over slid because of the rain and when i corrected the car i hit the curb. The front drivers tire hit the curb at about a 45-50 degree angle and then the car bounced back into the road and i believe the rear drivers tire also hit but not as hard.

Everything appeared to be ok after the incident, but on the way home the front driver tire rubbed on smaller bumps/dips than usual and on sharp right turns.

I took the 2 front tires off today to inspect all the suspension components but to my surprise everything seemed to be completely ok. Both sides looked the same and nothing is bent or cracked.

So my issue is my drivers front tire is sitting slightly (just the smallest bit) closer to the rear of the wheel well. making it rub more than it used to.

At this point all I can think of is taking it for an alignment...what else would you guys suggest doing/ looking at?

[M13]

no, the curb isn't stupid. It prevented drivers like you from hitting pedestrians.

[Tony-R32]

Which is why i said "I eff'd up" im not actually blaming the curb, only myself. But any suggestions on the suspension?

[Chihuts]

no, the curb isn't stupid. It prevented drivers like you from hitting pedestrians.

As true as this statment might be, it's not really the response he was looking for hahah.

Anyways, I'm just giving my input here, the slightest bend at one section will transfer further someplace else, so even the slightest bend at one point will have an effect elsewhere. Also as you figured out yourself, the tire is rubbing so something must be off, unless the wheel well covering itself has moved, it's likely one of the suspension components. Check the axle itself maybe ?

If any 1 else cares to chim in here i'm curious to know.

[Like_A_Sum_Bootay]

mine did the same thing when i smoked a curb and it was the lower control arm

[Tony-R32]

Thanks, I just did a quick search and there is a member selling some for cheap so it makes sense to give it a try.

[GTS-James]

m13 dont be a such a douche, ya its probly the lower control arm.

[Supraclean]

Not that M13 needs my support but it doesn't really look good the "skyline community" when ya drift the corners in the rain. So stop ethug responses please.

Props to Tony for maning up and admitting tho. Tony if it was me I would take it to an good tire shop that does alignments and see what they think. New inner and outer tie rods might be a good idea if they havnt been replaced on a 15 year or older car.

[Tony-R32]

Thanks Supraclean, I'm Going to look for a lower control arm. and try that first. I'll be swapping my new rims on this week hopefully (Going to get an alignment too) so i'll ask the tire shop about it when i bring it in.

[Skym]

If hit curb hard enough on one side, shock, outer steering rack balljoint, hub bearings + lower arm (lower arm is sometimes bent and has to be bought with lower bearing in hub from Nissan, top bearing can be replaced with Nachi? bearing), Swaybar bush on that side usually needs replacing, tension rod or tension rod bush, etc.

[Tony-R32]

Went to the tire shop today, got the new advans put on, they look great and i had the alignment guy give the suspension a look over and he said i need new tension rods...and everything else looks fine.

[Nismo_line]

just wondering why you were getting an alignment before you hit the curb. i remember before you said once you get the new rims on you were getting an alignment why?

[Tony-R32]

even before i hit the curb my car pulled slightly to the right. and i'm putting on completely different rims so i figured an alignment couldn't hurt.

It didn't make sense to get an alignment and then put on new rims, the plan was to always do it all at once.

[bellis_GTR]

I hit black ice one time in my old s13 and slid into the curb. Messed up the lower control arm and traction rod(I think)

It had a open diff and was going sideways the whole way home haha. Luckily I was close.

[Nismo_line]

please say you didnt get the alignment done before you are putting the new tension rods on. other wise you wasted you money and will need to go for a new one. also what specs did you use s14?