Jumped over a curb
 

It seems like I specialize in being an idiot:

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I was making a left turn and had traction control off and bam, I'm over a curb. Why was traction control off? Well I had a bet with a guy who has a genesis to drive without tc for a week.

I took the tire off and my toe arm is bent to shit https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...ac6f8a21e7.jpg
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I know you can't really tell much from these photos but if you spot anything, please let me know. This forum has been my life saver ever since I got this car so even if you don't find anything, thanks spending your time to read my post


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:slap: ....... that's for turning your car's nannies off when driving on the street.

:slap: ....... that's for taking on a bet, when it comes to driving your car on a street.

Now, I suggest you put the wheel back on and carefully drive your car to an automotive shop and have them fix it.

Pray that the lower control arm is the only thing that is messed up.

You get the "drift" ......:D


humfrz

Lool I know it was stupid and I paid the price.

I'm doing the work myself which is why I asked. There is no vibrations. Just twitchy. The toe arm is a foreshore thing


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I'm guessing you hit a patch of black ice, on this lovely 14*C day?

Reminds me of the time I went up on the curb with my Scion XB. Steering wheel turned left, but the wheel would go right lol. Live and learn. Just take it to a shop. They can better diagnose and remedy the issue. Be safe out there.

2017 WRB BRZ

Welp, allowe, unless you have an alignment rack in your garage, you're going to have to take it into a shop for alignment anyway. About the only way to tell if anything else in the suspension is messed up, is to try to align the front end.

If it won't come into specs, something else is messed up.

See ........ when you play ........oh, that reminds me of the time I was showing off on a snow covered road with mrs humfrz's car and hit a curb....... new lower control arm, wheel bearings (front and rear), front strut, new rim and an alignment ....... and it was good as new ...... :bonk:


humfrz

Thanks for your positive post! :) im Guna do the arm myself because it's 2 bolts and see what happens.

This car has been a headache but my god I love it! It's like having a baby. Their annoying as hell but if anyone was to touch it, I'd go mental on em :p


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Yea I'm Guna have to align it at a shop there is no way I'm attempting that haha! I got a shop close home that would charge 60 for it.

Man I did so much overtime saving up for an oft. Even planned on buying a new one to be safe and getting my hands on a header. Fml.


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That part can be removed, straightened and put back on the car.

A bit of work but doable.


A car is usually either totaled, or it will buff out...this incident somewhere in between.

I already ordered one it was 120 only. Got new bolts and washers just to be safe. Total about 150 cad. Only problem is I gotta wait till Tuesday. Back to serving the jeep :(


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What does having traction control off ultimately have to do with hitting a curb? If traction control was on, the front end could have just plowed into the curb... and that would be more expensive. I had a situation where was turning in under an overpass and aparrently hit a swath of loose dirt like material that was spread all over the road - right in the middle of turn in. Was in the outside lane which has a curb running along it, and immediately when felt the front end start washing out I got on the accelerator and initiated a serious rear correction, and JUST cleared the curb while staying in the lane. If the traction/stability control systems were on, the front end would have most definitely washed out completely and would have ended up smacking into the curb - there was no distance to allow the power to be cut and front to understeer back into grip and clear the curb. And if I have a choice, its going to be the rear I'd want to make contact with curb, not the front.

The traction control on the FR-S is not that great, the Nissan Frontier I recently picked up has a better and MUCH more useful TC and stability system. In the FR-S, I drive without the traction and stability system on 100% of the time - the car is much more predictable and responsive with it disengaged.

sorry to hear bro about another bad left turn....in total of 80 K miles of driving my '13 and '16 86s I have used TC less than 5 times, all of which were during bad weather on road trips. granted i live in az and i by no means am boasting about my so-so driving skills but i fail to see how having the nannies off in our twins can really land people in serious trouble unless they don't understand rwd dynamics and/or they must be doing some really silly stuff..

You don't happen do own a mustang as well do you?

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I was being an idiot . I put too much throttle in. Anyways lesson learned haha. I'm just seriously hoping it's just the toe arm and an alignment


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