Weird Noise
 

Recently I was ran off the road and forced into a stone median by an old lady running a stop sign in Florida. Gotta love the "Sunshine State". Anyway, I haven't had a chance to take it to the shop yet, but my steering wheel definitely isn't straight. It doesn't pull to either side but when I let go of the steering wheel, it isn't centered. Also, when I turn the wheel all the way toward the passenger side, I hear a few loud pops. Any suggestions on what the problems could be? I only hit the median doing about 10 mph. It messed up my rim a little bit (just curb rash) and scratched my lower lip and put a small crack in it.

Bent tie rod end. Textbook result of hitting a curb or median. Take it to an alignment shop.

Yup, should be good as new for under a grand not including the rim and lip.

new oem tie rods are only 77$. What would make it so expensive?

Define expensive? I said under a Grand....

Bump.. So apparently its a bent LCA. Subaru wants 400$ just for the part, plus a bent rim(which is 475$) for a stock rim. If I get a new front bumper to replace the small amount of damage, its going to be over 1600. That's with a 99$ alignment. Sounds kind of crazy. Funny how 10mph can do that to our cars.

Get some aftermarket LCAs and lighter wheels. Problems solved. If you're gonna have to spend a bunch of money, might as well do it right :P

Highway robbery. It is a good excuse to get aftermarket parts, but you can always buy from the Subaru online parts store for the LCA, and find a used rim. People are always selling them used and you could get an entire set for the money the dealer wants for one.