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Old 11-28-2015, 08:44 PM
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So my chicken took a hit the other day (guardrail) to the driver side front fender. The fender fiberglass is cracked and splintered so it's trashed. So we jacked it up and took off what we could ..suspension (shock and coil) is ok no damage (thank god) and the hub seems to be no damage. The main problem we have is that the the front left wheel now has negative chamber..not a ton but enough you will notice..my question is with the main suspension ok what are the odds it is the upper control arm that got out of whack? It was a low speed impact (maybe 20 mph tops) airbags didn't deploy so I have a hard time it would screw with the knuckle. There was a small dent in the actual wheel weld. anyhelp would be greatly appreciated. Will try to get pics up







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The knuckle is cast iron so that's more prone to cracking as opposed to bending. Might wanna pull off the wheel and inspect it all
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we did ..everything looks good the only thing we really noticed is up by the upper control arm is a smaller gap between the knuckle and shock and coil of the suspension. but everything looks good
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Sounds like you need another upper control arm. You can find them on here pretty cheap.
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Originally Posted by joeformula
Sounds like you need another upper control arm. You can find them on here pretty cheap.
That's what we thought and I know a guy who is parting out a trans am (don't ask) and said I could get his as long as I pull it for 10 bucks



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