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cracked lower control arm

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:42 am
by vibe11
i bent the inner tierod and cracked my lower control arm. slid on the ice last week, and hit a curb going about 40mph

Re: cracked lower control arm (vibe11)

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:10 am
by star_deceiver
Ouch!!! Good thing that's all you damaged going that speed!!! How long's it out of commission for?

Re: cracked lower control arm (star_deceiver)

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:47 am
by vibe11
so far its been out of commission for a week, just waiting on parts to get in. thats the one things i hate about this car. its hard to find replacement parts.

Re: cracked lower control arm (vibe11)

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:44 pm
by vibe11
here is a pic of the control arm if u look carefully u can see the crack

Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:09 pm
by northvibe
ouch!weird thing is...it should be EASY to find parts... are they the same as the corolla?

Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:37 am
by Sublimewind
I did that in my VW GTi, hit doing 15mph and it cracked the wheel, bent the control arm, tie rod, strut housing... pretty much everything... 2k in dammage.. lol..