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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 09:11 AM
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well i had a crappy Friday night i hit a curb w my 08 Mazda 3i and bent the rims to he11 and put my spare on there and it was rubbing so i guess the question would be what in the world did i screw up
 
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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 10:52 AM
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Where is it rubbing at? Is it "clunking" when you drive it? Does it only rub when you turn? Does the wheel appear to lean in or out? Could be a couple different things.
 
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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 11:05 AM
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Sounds to me like you bent the front suspension... a strut or lower control arm. But there may be more damage than meets the untrained eye. All kinds of less obvious things might have been involved. Remember that modern cars are designed to crush, give their own life as it were so the occupants might be safer in a crash.
You need to have the car checked out by a professional who will know what to look for and what needs to be done about it.

 
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Old Jul 5, 2010 | 09:30 PM
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well heck i found out today when i was going to adjust the tie rod that i hit hard enough to crush the lower a arm right where the ball joint is pressed in i ordered the part it cost about 166 and then a front end alignment and they can tell me more of what i did to it. thanks for the help and it was on the driver side i hit it was pushed to the right and under that's y the ball joint got smashed up and it under
 
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Old Jul 6, 2010 | 01:55 AM
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'Hope you didn't bend the subframe too?
Good luck!

 
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