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Old 04-27-2007, 03:10 PM
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I got into an accident last friday and finally got to look at the damages. Keep in mind nothing is broken.

The rear axle sits 1'' to the right. The bump stops rubs on the tire when on the lift. The torque arm looks bent(not to sure).

Would you consider this totalled or fixable?

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sorry to hear do you have pics..?
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Ya ill post them up in a hour or so
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yea id be interested to see pics, but cars can be replaced you cant, glad your alright
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Maybe you could zoom in on the pics more! Kinda hard to tell what even happened. My guess is you bent your panhard brace, bar etc. and if you replace those you could probably recenter the rear. It doesn't look very bad. But I can't tell.

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Ok... I wasnt sure what needed to be fixed. I got it looked at by my friends mechanic and they said i didnt break anything just bent some things.

Torgue arm and sway bars.

But the axle sits 1'' to the right.
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Anything can be fixed, but look at it this way - even if you want to sell it and buy another SS or TA you're still going to have to fix it to get what you want out of it. I'd get it fixed, as it doesn't sound that bad at all and then go from there.
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Ok... I wasnt sure what needed to be fixed. I got it looked at by my friends mechanic and they said i didnt break anything just bent some things.

Torgue arm and sway bars.

But the axle sits 1'' to the right.
Anytime you simply bend a few things and still drive home I'd consider that a minor oops. Major accident means pieces of your car sprayed across 2 or more lanes, shrapnel embedded into nearby trees, women and children screaming in horror as they flee the area, and grown men crying as they witness the carnage of such a beautiful car being dragged onto the back of a flatbed truck.

Of course it always looks worse when 1) it just happened, and 2) it's your own car.
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It should have been towed but that was 200$ I didnt want to spend. Finally got it towed to a Dealership and they just said WOW. They said the only thing wrong was that things were bent.. Along with my 2 rims and tires that needed to replace.


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