Ugh! I tried to swerve to miss this huge pothole, but I was too late. Now that side of my car makes clinking noises when I go over uneven surfaces. You think it's the control arm?

 

Check that the ball joint in the UCA is still fully seated in the UCA. When I hit a bad pothole once, my ball joint popped out of the UCA causing all sorts of noise.

 

It's the strut! I have aftermarket suspension - is there a way you can just buy one front strut? I just saw where they sell all four for $995. Orrr...can I just buy 4 regular struts? Sorry to ask a dumb question - but I don't know a lot about cars.

 

You best just take it to a trusted shop and get an inspection. The last thing you want is loss of control from a failed part.

At the very least you may have damaged the tire and wheel on a bad hole. This may be felt as a vibration in the steering wheel when over 40mph or so.

 

FYI our cars do not have struts. Struts are used to locate the spindle/steering knuckle/hub, etc.
We have an upper control A-arm/wishbone, that when coupled to the spindle and lower control arm, locate it the wheels position. So these are shocks and springs. Aftermarket none OEM are coil over shocks. Although technically; so are the oem parts.

Anyways....

 

Yup that's what I have - BF coil overs.

 

Wheel Bearings? Mine went out on the specific side I hit something.