So my brakes have been doing some light grinding up front so I decided I'd jack up the car and take a wheel off to give them a closer look. Well even after being under the car doing many oil changes I never noticed this until today...
So 5 years ago back in high school I remember being lost while trying to find one of my friend's house for a Christmas party. Well I failed to notice that I was in a right only turn lane trying to go straight. Unfortunately the light was green so I continued through the intersection not noticing that my lane abruptly turned into a sidewalk! I didn't quite make it into the lane and hit my passenger-front tire into the curb at maybe 30mph. After doing this I pulled over to make sure I didn't just destroy my wheel/tire. They looked to be fine, and I continued onward.
So even after alignments my car still pulls a little to the left, also my passenger front tire sticks out further from the wheel well than the driver's side tire. I really didn't think anything of it until today, when I realized my frame was bent.
So anyway I guess everything is fine except for slight alignment issues, I'm just surprised this is the first time I've known about this, and that no shops mentioned it during tire changes/repairs. (probably figured I already knew).
I'm just glad that this looks to be the only damage after running straight into a curb at 30+mph
At least the brakes/rotors look fine!
So 5 years ago back in high school I remember being lost while trying to find one of my friend's house for a Christmas party. Well I failed to notice that I was in a right only turn lane trying to go straight. Unfortunately the light was green so I continued through the intersection not noticing that my lane abruptly turned into a sidewalk! I didn't quite make it into the lane and hit my passenger-front tire into the curb at maybe 30mph. After doing this I pulled over to make sure I didn't just destroy my wheel/tire. They looked to be fine, and I continued onward.
So even after alignments my car still pulls a little to the left, also my passenger front tire sticks out further from the wheel well than the driver's side tire. I really didn't think anything of it until today, when I realized my frame was bent.
So anyway I guess everything is fine except for slight alignment issues, I'm just surprised this is the first time I've known about this, and that no shops mentioned it during tire changes/repairs. (probably figured I already knew).
I'm just glad that this looks to be the only damage after running straight into a curb at 30+mph
At least the brakes/rotors look fine!
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