Spun into a curb from flat tire... what to look for

[Josh///M3]

I took off the front spoiler and i'm going to be jacking up the car to see exactly whats wrong. What should i look for in the suspension. Is there anyting i should replace while i'm under there?

Thanx,
Josh

[///MCubed]

Damn, that sucks. How did it happen?? S.Fla rain cause it???

[NickG]

Originally posted by ///MCubed
How did it happen?? S.Fla rain cause it???

From what I know of Josh, my guess would be 'no' to that question

[Jim O.]

Probably the best place to start would be to put your car on an alignment rack, and see what's tweaked.

Jim

[NickG]

BTW ///MCubed,

Are you heading up to Moroso this coming Wednesday?

[UD///M]

Check for these things.
First with the wheel thta hit the curb off the ground, spin it and look for wobblyness. If it wobbles, remove it and then spin that axle. Check to see if that wobbles. There may be slight warpage of the rotor due to normal use so you may want to remove the rotor. but if it is severe even with the rotor then you have a problem.
Check to make sure the bushings on the control arm are ok.
Check to see if the control arms are bent.
Check the tie rods.
Check undercariage/subframe parts for any damage.

How hard did you hit?

[///MCubed]

Nick G,

I most likely wont be able to make it Weds., work really kills me to try and make it out to test and tune night, but I will see if I can go. I don't think I have met you yet, what color M do you have???

[NickG]

Originally posted by ///MCubed
I don't think I have met you yet, what color M do you have??? [/B]

No, we haven't met. I have a white 1995 M3 with a stage1 kit.

[Josh///M3]

It rained eariler... i'm not sure what caused it. I needed to adjust the coilovers anyway. Thanx UD///M. It wasn't too hard a hit, not more than 5-10mph at most. I hit pretty straight on... so I pray nothings bent.

Thanx for your help,
Josh

Oh... and thanx for the vote of confidence nick :

[Kevlar]

Originally posted by Josh///M3
It rained eariler... i'm not sure what caused it. I needed to adjust the coilovers anyway. Thanx UD///M. It wasn't too hard a hit, not more than 5-10mph at most. I hit pretty straight on... so I pray nothings bent.

If you hit it straight... then your damage will probably be minimized... maybe a bent rim (another excuse to get some straight rims). Think of it as a big ass speedbump... suspension geometry may be out of wack a little. The caster on the front end might be bent... camber and toe should be alright. If you care is still as low as it was before and you didn't hit the bumper, then I doubt the curb was that big.

If you hit it an angle... all sorts of crap can go wrong. Caster, camber, toe, control arm, suspension mounts, bent rim, rotor, axle... and the list goes on and on... but then again, if you didn't hit the front bumper the curb couldn't have been that big. On the other side I hit a bump nothing unusual in the road under hard cornering... just a bump and it completely threw my camber settings for the front end off.

Now the question is... what were you doing to slide into a curb? You should have given me your coilovers from before... you probably wouldn't have had this problem.