Got Too Much Negative Camber y0 (Hit the Curb)!

I was thinking the same vagwest.

Just source an arm from a salvage yard or other parts stockist and fit it, then have the alignment done.

£364 :eek:
 
Well it's a bit late now. It's being done through the insurance, simply because I was unsure of how much damage there was.

If it's below the £500 excess, we'll be picking up the bill and cancelling the claim anyway. Live, learn and all that.
 
I know it's a bit late now, but couldnt you have sourced/repaired it yourself?

I hit a kerb August last year and bent the rear lower arm along with shearing one of the ARB bolts. Fixed myself at a cost of £20 for the parts (fellow owner breaking his car so sourced the parts from him :)).
 
The cost of my upper arms when looking at the prospect of replacement OEM bushes (Not sold separately)were...interesting... to say the least! £364 does not surprise me :(
 
schumi84 said:
I know it's a bit late now, but couldnt you have sourced/repaired it yourself?

I hit a kerb August last year and bent the rear lower arm along with shearing one of the ARB bolts. Fixed myself at a cost of £20 for the parts (fellow owner breaking his car so sourced the parts from him :)).
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I simply don't have time to get under my car and look at it at the moment, let alone source/fit/take it to be realigned etc. If I was less busy, I'd probably have had a go at it though.
 
jaysus said:
Have you/the wife been defrosting the windscreens with boiling water?
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No chance! :eek:

Wayward stones flying up into the windscreen.

Anyway, the garage STILL has the car. It looks like there was more damage than initially met the eye (after fitting the lower arm), and they're investigating further on Monday. They are being pretty vague though.

Had to go for a hire car aswell due to the time it's taking, and an impending clash of timetables where my wife and I must have a second car. As a result, we're picking up a lovely Ford Ka in the morning. :(

Is hitting the kerb at 10-15mph likely to have damaged the wheel at all? I keep asking them to check, so hopefully they will. I'll probably get it up in stands to check when I get it back anyway (unless they replace the wheel, which will then stand out like a sore thumb due to the state of the paint on the others).
 
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Well, it seems that there was far more damage than met the eye. The lower arm was replaced, and the geo. was still miles out.

The required parts list has somewhat swelled, and runs to £1,800 less VAT and labour.

Parts that have been ordered/fitted (only the lower arm has been fitted so far):

-Lower arm
-Steering knuckle
-ARB link
-Hub/bearing assembly
-Subframe
-New wheel (gah - one spankingly shiny new wheel and 3 that look like they've been dragged down the road)
-1 x new shock absorber (Honda don't recommend that they're changed in pairs which sucks massively, and I don't have the cash available to stick a new one on the other side ATM)
-1 x miscellaneous suspension component that I've forgotten the name of

The extra parts will be there on Friday, work will commence Monday. Cutting it fine with the hire car which goes back next Saturday. I just hope that the car feels the same to drive after all this. :/
 
Just as well you used the insurance then!

Sounds painful, hopefully it'll be good as new when fixed :)
 
Sounds familier. When I had an off in my CTR, which resulted in my wheel looking the same, Honda quoted me silly amounts to do the same work. Went through my insurance and they changed everything in your list bar the subframe. Car still drives and handles as great as ever, hopefully yours will be the same :)



Oh and if you want another dragged down the road alloy for a swap with your shiney new wheel I'll be happy to trade ;) You know you want a complete set of kerbed alloys :D
 
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mjt said:
Just as well you used the insurance then!

Sounds painful, hopefully it'll be good as new when fixed :)
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Yep, is painful, luckily not for me (not until renewal time at least)! I have my fingers crossed that the car doesn't crab about all over the place after this. Being positive - I'm sure they'll make it good again.

dale1uk said:
Oh and if you want another dragged down the road alloy for a swap with your shiney new wheel I'll be happy to trade ;) You know you want a complete set of kerbed alloys :D
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I remembered your thread as the guy at the garage was reading the parts list off to me. I was sure you bent the subframe of yours, though clearly not!

As for the shiney new alloy, I think I managed to convince the wife it'll look like visual AIDS, and as a result we'll be having the others refurbed in the summer. \o/
 
After hearing from the garage (actually, I had to phone them last Thursday), I found out that they were awaiting delivery of the subframe last Friday. They said they'd call me either Monday or yesterday to confirm progress, which they didn't.

I called them today and was informed that it is being dropped off tomorrow. I really, really hope it's straight and nothing untoward shows up in terms of iffy handling. I can't believe it's been 2 months!

I'll probably update tomorrow after a hoon.
 
Glad your getting it all sorted bud. I think theres something up with mine my front drivers side is worn away at the outside edge compared to the other so going to need a new front set of tyres a allignment etc :(
 
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