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Old 12-23-2008, 05:43 PM
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Default Slammed curb; Lower control arm?

2001 Audit TT Quattro

Long story short, I was driving along (all the roads were fine), pulled into my neighborhood and it was pure ice. Front drive wheel slammed into the curb and pushed it back about 1.5" - 2".

It looks like the lower control arm was bent, does this sound right?

Is there anything else that is more likely bent, or additional pieces that could be broken?

Thanks for any help.
 
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Old 12-23-2008, 05:49 PM
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that sucks man!! it happend to my friends altima, he was drifting. lost control and hit a curve. but sounds about right (lower control arm) im not sure if anything else would be damaged tho...
 
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Old 12-23-2008, 05:51 PM
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Funny thing is, when I left I was drifting through the ice the entire way (away from curbs of course).

Pulling back in at 5 MPH and that's what got me...
 
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Old 12-23-2008, 08:40 PM
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not sure if the the tts have the 4 link but yeah replace the lower CA and you should be good, iff oyu have the uppers check them out, mine went 2 weeks after replacing the lowers.
 
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Old 12-24-2008, 08:24 PM
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Buddy, you had might as well replace all four control arms and your ti rod.
 
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Old 12-26-2008, 09:45 AM
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Have a good front end shop check it out.

http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/search/findgsp9700.cfm
 
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