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Rear wheel doesn't sit straight; accident; could it totally be alignment?

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1.6K views 18 replies 10 participants last post by  Boostinhard  
#1 ·
Well I ran over a 4" barrier. Anyways my rear wheel doesn't sit perfectly straight. I looked at the struts, control arms and it seems like it isn't bent. But I'm just eyeing it.

I'm sure it knocked the alignment out some. But could this be totally caused my alignment? I hope so :/

As you can see, the to of the wheel is more inward and the bottom sticks out.

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#2 ·
Ouch, that sucks...I would go to the alignment shop to get a reall good look at it on the equipment they use. it is impossible to tell by eye if the control arms are only slightly bent. good luck
 
#5 ·
Yeah those must be some strong ass wheels. How come their not bent?
 
#12 ·
holy shit. You really gotta get your car to a suspension shop man, tell them what happened and make sure any alignment settings they change dont require taking the adjustment as far as it goes. Even with a bent part, they might be able to get it aligned properly, but its still bent.
 
#14 ·
Upper arms are aluminum. I've bent my front arms once. New arms are $100-200. BUT, jack up the rear of the car, and loosen the two lower cam bolts (since its f*d, it won't matter much now). See if you can turn the cam bolts and push to bottom of the wheel inward. Doesn't hurt to toy with it. Compare right to left upper control arm, see if its bent. Also, the entire rear sub-frame suspension area bolts with 4 large bolts to the chassis. You can actually loosen all 4 bolts and "shift" the entire rear subframe left or right a few mm.