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Mello 92

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I ran onto a curb the other day and got a blow out on my driver side and bent the rims. Now once I replace the tires I'm noticing that my front driver side wheel is out of place it seems to be pushed back a little farther and not centered. When I was first putting on the tires I noticed that the passenger side wheel was slightly turned while the driver side wheel with straight. I tried driving and it's not drivable and it feels as though the driver side tire is going to come off what could this possibly be? I started it and it's also smoking under the hidden Luke it may possibly have a oil leak what could this be and how is this even an issue if I only ran onto the curb with my drivers side tires? I'm trying to figure this out before I get it towed and get beat on the price of fixing it.

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I would check for a bent tie rod or loose tie rod end first too. Struts bend easily as well. In my experience the control arm mount bends before the control arm parts take damage, but every hit is different. You can also look for witness marks around the subframe mounts to see if it has shifted in relation to the unibody structure. The corrections may be easy or difficult depending on what you find. Theres a possibility you may need a replacement steering rack (includes tie rods) since you have bent front wheels. Wheel bearings are fairly rugged when it comes to impact but either or both could be damaged so check those carefully.
 
Mello 92 said:
About how much does it run to have fixed?

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I've also started it today and noticed it smoking under the hood like it has a possible oil leak but I'm not sure what that is

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Mello 92 said:
About how much does it run to have fixed?

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Can you do the work yourself? If so most of the parts (minus the rack if needed) are cheap from RockAuto. I don't know how much a shop would charge since there is typically a 30%+ markup on parts, then the labor. My cars never see a shop except for alignments and tire replacements so I can't honestly comment on how much it would run.

As far as the smoke goes, clean everything off and then start it up and see if you can trace what side it's coming from.
 


Expect alot, if a tie rod, and control arm are bent. The money you pay the shop, you could put a whole front end in it and still come out about even.
 
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