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Little incident lead to shaky steering wheel, bad alignment, and crooked wheel...

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Old 09-16-12, 10:23 AM
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Default Little incident lead to shaky steering wheel, bad alignment, and crooked wheel...

So yesterday after coming home from a funeral, I fell asleep at the wheel for a quick second. I reacted quick enough to avoid any major body damage since I'm lowered.

The front driver side wheel is pretty much messed up. Cracks and bent but it held air overnght. With that I was left with a damaged rim, worse alignment than before, crooked driver side wheel, shaky steering wheel.

Any ideas where I should look into to try and solve these issues?

I'll try to put up pics later.

Thanks.
Old 09-16-12, 03:15 PM
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Wow thank god ur ok. Look into rim repair shops and somewhere to get an alignment. It depends on what kind of rims you have but it might be better to sell your rims and buy new ones.
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definitely work on replacing the wheel & tire... and send into a shop for inspection and alignment.
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i would be worried alil bit with the suspension on the driver side.. atleast your safe!
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Yea I'd look into the steering and suspension and make sure everything is intact.
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