Sittingmongoose

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So thank you "megastorm" for dumping almost a foot of snow on philly. I was driving to work and i hit a curb. I slid sideways into it i was only going maybe 5-10 mph when i hit it. I went over it though and onto the grass. I looked pretty heavily at it and there is no damage to my rims or anything else that i can see. But it is making a little noise

EmersonHart13

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I slid on some ice last winter and scraped my rim, I was going like 5mph and my car just slide sideways, ugh.

Panther427

Previous owner scratched my passenger side front wheel

radorider03

Thats what i did but i bent a wheel and trashed a wheel bearing. or three.

Sittingmongoose

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i am taking it to a shop wens, i hope i just knocked the weights off the wheels. I feel vibration in my pedal though

La06GXP

I hate to tell you this, but more than likely you have some bent suspension components from your impact.

Sittingmongoose

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ya i kinda assumed, i am preparing my self for upwards of 1500 worth of damage

neilownz

i hit a curb in my truck front then rear making a right turn and it didnt do anything but help me turn. maybe it was just packed snow by the curb. its fun to go over speed bumps fast in it too.

Red 01SS

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Bummer dude

StealthV8

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"megastorm" and you only got a foot of snow?.. We have had that 4 times this year lol.
You may not of hurt the suspension. I was fooling around in a parking lot with the beater car, i saw what i thought was a snow drift so i take a run at it, turns out there was a curb under the snow. I bent both rims pretty bad, knocked them off the bead and hit my head on the roof but other than that no damage.

neilownz

lol...

Sittingmongoose

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i qouted mega storm because the news kept calling it that lol. and i am taking it in tom to get looked at. i hope its just my alignment being messed up or maybe i will be lucky and find out its totaled lol

Red 01SS

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If its totaled I got dibs on the mods HAHA

2002 SS HUGG

This is why I keep my SS in a garage during winter. lol

neilownz

good idea! fwd is a lot more bearable than a rwd for a dd in plowed areas. i had my truck in 2hi cause it was slushy earlier today and its back in 4hi for now. horrible amount of hard packed snow around here at intersections.

Panther427

Ya i wanted A GTO but for a daily DD figured this FWD would be a good car but still fun.

Sittingmongoose

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The shop said i only needed an alienment. They looked it over three times and found NO damage on my car at all. But yet my car still pull a little and its making a whirling noise as well at now i have vibration in the peddle.

speedshifter

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if they couldn't find any damage, they should drive the car on a lift to verify everything is spinning true and there isn't any wobbling. Then throw it on the alignment rack, set it up, and take measurements. Assuming your car had a decent alignment before your incident, they should be able to look at what angle is off and determine from there what took a hit. A hub & bearing can cause the noise, but not a vibration in the pedal. The outer wheel weights are taped to the inside of the wheel, so I doubt you tossed a weight.

The wheels on our cars are forged aluminum, they like to crack rather than bend. My buddy who works at pontiac confirmed this as he mostly sees GXP wheels cracked from damage above and beyond everyday curb rash.

Red03GT

Are the 2008 GXP wheels still forged aluminum? I know the wheels made by Alcoa on the 2005-2007 models with the rivets/stud looking things on them were forged/aluminum but aren't the fatter spoke 08 wheels just cast?

speedshifter

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I would assume the ones that dont say alcoa forged on them arent forged. You can really tell if you take the tire off the rim. The inside of the rim has almost a machined finish to it, while a cast wheel just looks like a cast, pourous piece.