Last week I hit a deer very lightly on the driver side.. Rather then hitting him right on I swerved to the right and went down in to a Wide ditch.. the vibe took it like a champ and drove down and back up. Once I was back on the road, I came to a complete stop and looked at the damage. The car was still running and my lights still worked. Only visible damage was to the Fender Flare. Also a 2-3inch dent in the driver door and a 2-3inch hole in the back driver door.. So I got back in the car and started heading home. Right away my steering wheel was 90 degrees to the right and the car was really pulling to the left. also every 2 seconds I could hear a knock from the wheel.
I made it home (9miles) only going 20mph... Good thing it was 3+ am only passed 2 cars
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So progressive came out to the house. I had the car on jack stands so he would be able to get under the car.
2003 Vibe GT Value is $6800
that was a nice surprise
But salvage price is $1700
$3200 for just body work.
They then had it toed to a body shop to quote the suspension.
Thursday I get a call saying car is a economically total loss. That the total work didn't add up to $6800 its more then the $6800-$1700-$500(delectable)=$4600
So now I have made the choice of keeping the vibe and doing suspension my self and i'm getting the quote from the body shop for the body work and paint.
I have already saved money from the body quote.. The fender flare was quoted at $681.68 and the flare seal was quoted at $102.58... Both of these I have ordered and will be here Tuesday. For the final price of $317.52 from gmpartsonline.net
I have done some sopping online for the parts, trying to save as much money as possible for anything that I forget.
I'm going to try to replace all of the possible problems in the superstition.
Please comment or message me if you think I should add something to my order list.
AMAZON
2--STRUT MOUNTS--------------------------SM5215------------------------------------------54.16 EACH
2--LOWER CONTROL ARMS----------------45D3232-45D3231------------------------------58.98 EACH
2--STRUTS-----------------------------------235704-235703---------------------------------70.40 EACH
2--BALL JOINT------------------------------505-1327-----------------------------------------26.33 EACH
2--SWAY BAR KIT---------------------------46G0350A----------------------------------------19.09 EACH
2--WHEEL BEARINGS-----------------------710070-------------------------------------------22.81 EACH
2--STRUT BOOTS---------------------------SM5215------------------------------------------49.60 EACH
2--WHEEL HUBS-----------------------------930-406-----------------------------------------25.95 EACH
1--8.OZ.ANTI SEIZE ------------------------80078---------------------------------------------7.49 EACH
WILL PICK UP FROM AUTOZONE
2 TIE ROD ENDS----------------------------ES3699--------------------------------------17 EACH
FOR A TOTAL OF --$597.37-- in parts for suspension and with the added fender flare a total of
$914.89
I feel like there might be somethings i'm missing that I should replace..
A mechanic said I would need left strut--left tie rod, and lower control arms(bothsides)
But sense I want to make the vibe see 400,000 miles I would like to do as much as possible.. I think after I get the vibe back on the road and all is well with the body and front. Then month or so I will do the rear suspension.