Nooooo, fell victim to the snow :(

Steedie

Steedie

Steedie

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Hey guys

I was coming home today and made it to the last stretch of road before my house, as someone came out of the junction they obviously came out a bit too fast and overshot it into my side of the road.

Panic kicked in (mistake I know) and rather than put the brakes on as I was too close I swerved, not too hard but not as gently as I should and lost grip

Was only going about 15mph but ended up going sideways into the kerb. Hitting both driver side wheels. There's no visible damage other than a small deep mark on one of the alloys, and on the short journey back it didn't feel any different. It still managed to stay in a straight line if I let go of the wheel

What are the chances of my wheels being buckled/knackered? :(

Cheers
 
Might be worth checking the balance at a tyre fitters, also the sidewall could have been damaged by the impact - best to get it inspected, or better still swap the tyre. 15mph can do a lot of damage to the cords on the inside of the sidewall.

A quick geometry check wouldn't go amiss either. :)

Put it another way - I did this at 50 sideways, and only damaged an alloy and the hub, and my car is made of cheese. Hopefully you'll have been lucky!
 
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Take it in for a geometry check, gives you peace of mind.
 
mattyprice4004 said:
Might be worth checking the balance at a tyre fitters, also the sidewall could have been damaged by the impact - best to get it inspected, or better still swap the tyre. 15mph can do a lot of damage to the cords on the inside of the sidewall.

A quick geometry check wouldn't go amiss either. :)
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Why would the wheels be out of balance? :confused: Wouldn't have thought that the weights would have come off.

Agree with the geometry check though.
 
Luckily my alloys come out a bit ahead of the tyre so that took the damage rather than the tyre

I'm going to get the tracking done tomorrow

Geometry check I can do without as that's quite pricey isn't it?
 
I lost mine in a straight line this morning - scuffed a wheel as I glanced off a kerb at 30mph.

Car feels fine and drives straight so I'm gonna leave it - will have the wheel repaired in 3,000 miles when the car goes in for a brake service.

Hey ho.
 
Steedie said:
Luckily my alloys come out a bit ahead of the tyre so that took the damage rather than the tyre

I'm going to get the tracking done tomorrow

Geometry check I can do without as that's quite pricey isn't it?
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50 quid if its not out, bit more if they have to adjust something.

The price of a tyre is the way to look at it, which you will soon kill if it is out.
 
I did something similar last year in the snow and it felt fine until the snow had gone then my steering was all over the place and it cost me £300 :(
 
Did this recently too, off a round about slipped into the kerb rear passanged side alloy had a huge lump torn off it, bah no amount of weighting will fix that lol
Been waitin a few weeks watchin for replacement alloys, silly prices :(
Then 2 popped up local on eBay for £40, I now have a full set of alloys and a spare alloy too :)

Both rear wheels currently have cack tyres on them, gonna get them replaced soon, the place does balancing included,
excuse the nub Question but whats the geometry check for? Will that indicate if there was any structural damage?
 
My wife did a similar thing on a bend in the snow last year. She was going under 15mph, and slid into the kerb with the NSF wheel hitting. About £2.3K of suspension work later, and the car was fine. The wheel was obviously out of kilter on my car though, and steered very wonkily when I went to collect it from where it'd been abandoned.

Get yours geometry checked TBH.
 
danza said:
My wife did a similar thing on a bend in the snow last year. She was going under 15mph, and slid into the kerb with the NSF wheel hitting. About £2.3K of suspension work later, and the car was fine. The wheel was obviously out of kilter on my car though, and steered very wonkily when I went to collect it from where it'd been abandoned.
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You've made me worry far more than I was :p
 
+1 for getting the geometry checked. You could have bent a suspension component and/or subframe if you hit hard enough in the right place.
 
Friend did this, drove ok in the snow/ice as thats lumpy/slippy so hard to tell. Roads got better and the lumpiness stayed plus steering was pulling. I think he had to get steering/suspension work done for a few hundred.
 
Did this on friday, cost me £130 for a new Tracking arm and End on the front left. Wheels also buckled but just stuck that on the back for the moment ;)
 
Steedie said:
You've made me worry far more than I was :p
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Sorry! :o

My car needed literally all the major front suspension components replaced including the sub frame. It took a while for the repairer to eventually realise that both sides were knackered and replace components on the OSF as it was pulling very slightly to one side after they'd fixed the NSF. From what you've said I doubt the damage to you car is anywhere near as extensive though.
 
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