Some pics while I think... I can't physically find a bent piece in the system. The tension rod looks a little worn out, but I wouldn't think it would make that big of a deal. I can't really tell if the LCA is bent, but I really can't see if it is or not.

 

WOW Dude, I'm so glad I found this thread. The pretty much free shell I've got has got some similar but not as bad damage on it (the guy I got it from pulled the worst of it out). Since the price was right I was gonna use it for a drift/auto x car until I took the front end apart and found the damage. But now I think it well may be fixable. I'll try to get a thread started with pics up tonight.

 

what the deal with that lip curry?

dub: i need your compression tester

 

Still haven't found it yet but I think when I do I may keep it. It's somewheres in my garage but a buddy had to store a bunch of his crap in there too so I can't find anything in there right now.

 

Something is still bent, look at how far back your tire sits in your wheel well and your strut is almost behind its center line, when it should be just ahead. I would bet you pulled the whole area where the tension rod mounts backward when the wheel got pulled backward. Start comparing everything to the other side, it should be mirror images.

 

I have compared it to the other side and I honestly can't see a difference. I was thinking the same exact thing about how the part where the tension rod mounts to the frame being pushed back, but it looks like it lines up at the bottom. The top part of the frame is the only part that go bent.

Could my car be so NOT aligned that the wheel would sit like that due to horrible caster??

 

Its a possibility but I have never saw them that far back even with horrible caster.
Ima go out and crawl under my car and see if I can get some ideas.

 

Alright after farther examination I realized I actually do have some bent parts.

Tension Rod Bracket, Tension Rod, and Transverse link assembly (LCA) (other piece tension rod connects too)

I'm going to check the junkyard for some pricing on these parts, but as for now she still just sits.

 

Glad to hear you found out what was bent. Good luck finding parts, hopefully soon. :thumbsup

 

i just got back from crazy rays. there was only one vert there. looked like sub frame was pretty f'ed up though

 

I just uploaded some pictures from my phone right after the crash. She has come a long way

 

Damn man those pics make me wanna cry. But then I remember that you are fixing it and I am all happy again.
Any luck finding any other donor cars??

 

I ordered a Nismo Power brace, new oem LCAs, and STK Tension Rods today. Hopefully I will get her drivable soon.

 

Hahaha, dirty ass mofo. Lmao, I like the liscense plate ziptied to the front of the car with no bumper on it.

 

Who needs a passenger headlight when you can ziptie a license plate in its locations?

 

a homeless family could live in your wheel well right now...

 

hhaha a little slow at work joshey?

ant now we just need to find a nice fender for ya. Im down to go to rays on friday but i gotta work tomorrow

 

too slow at work hahahaha

 

Bahaha, that was funny, homeless family in the wheel well. :rotflmao

 

LOL homeless ppl in the wheelwell with pic to match. :rotflmao

 

It's painful to look at those pictures (not the homeless one but the car ones), at least your fixing it though. Good luck on getting it back in shape.

 

I ordered a Nismo Power brace, new oem LCAs, and STK Tension Rods today. Hopefully I will get her drivable soon.

 

And Lower That Bitch!!!

 

My parts came in the other day and I went out and did work right away. Everything went in pretty nicely except on hole for the bolts on the Nismo Power Brace was stripped. I'm going to re-thread the hole sometime soon. Also after fitting everything back into place and aligning it to a point where I could drive I went to bleed the brakes and stripped the shit out of the bleeder bolt. I have tried liquid wrench, pb plaster, and vice grips but nothing seems to work. Looks like z32 are coming sooner than expected. :thumbsup

Allntrlundrgrnd stopped by for some broken off exhaust fun times. His shit sounds mean right now. :dancingco

And finally, a sweet pic of the backyard the other day. I'm moving out... I will definitely miss it.

 

WTH happened to Allntrlundrgrnds' exhaust? Shits messed up fo sho