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Started by Tricky, 31 January 2008, 22:40:27

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TheBoy

rear setup is a trailing arm setup.  Rear is normally reliable, so ask a breaker on here for rear parts.

glad you seem ok
Grumpy old man

Tricky

Right. This morning I dived into the broken bits...
How the car looked;



I'm not sure if it's luck more than judgement, but the front end seems completly fine, apart from needing a little tweek on the tracking.
On my coilovers, there is a camber adjustment, this seems to have budged, tking the majority of the impact shock, meaning the wishbone *appears* to be straight.

Luckily there was no damage to the strut;




The rear, however, doesn't seem to have faired so well!:(

This is with the car slightly jacked up;



It's well out of shape.
By my reckoning, the rear trailing arm needs to be replaced, along with the tierod, which is bent;



Luckily, the rear coilover seems to have just flexed and i've got away with it;



The only thing that is a little worrying, is that somehow, i managed to snap the rear caliper clean off its attachment lugs?!



The most upsetting (read most expensive) bit is the wheels...




:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

I'm still smiling! ;D
Track slag - 236hp + 720kgs...


TheBoy

Grumpy old man

elvin315

Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball, If that's all there is

Tricky

Cheers. I think all i have to replace is pretty easy. Rear arms, etc.
Track slag - 236hp + 720kgs...