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Old 06-02-06, 09:14 PM
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Does this control arm look bent?

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Nope, looks fine to me.
Old 06-02-06, 09:51 PM
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Maybe, maybe not, how about a side view. So far it does not look bent. How does it compare to the other side?
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I took my car to the shop for an alignment and they told me my spindle and control arm were bent.

So I went to take my control arm off my parts car and realized it was way more bent then this one and that car drove perfectly fine
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Looks fine... side pic would help too.
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But do you remeber your tires where also wearing down really quickly on the old car meaning that something was bent or out of wack even though it seemd to drive straight. Take more pics.
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Old 06-02-06, 11:02 PM
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its definitely bent, what did you hit?!
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I didn't hit anything... But an old lady hit me and ran me into and up the center divider
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center divider...did it have a curb? if so then thats what bent it
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center divider...did it have a curb? if so then thats what bent it..if not the curb then the old lady
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So I need a new left cotrol arm and tie rod?
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Well, if thats bent then both the control arm on my 7 are bent exactly the same way as well, lmao

That is what the control arm is supposed to look like. That shop you took the car to is either trying to make some money or they don't know what they are talking about.
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So my control arm is fine or bent?
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damn josh, you so need a better camera! lol
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Does not look bent to me. Pics suck though

Since it is a formed sheet metal part you should be able to see wrinkles in the part if it is indeed bent.

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^ Agreed.

For the record though, that control arm is NOT bent. Looks perfectly fine to me.
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My sister leave our digi camera at her friends house so i had to use my camera phone
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i came to realize that maybe your arm isnt bent...i looked at mine today while i was checking for a leak coming from the diff....it doesnt look bent now that i had a chance to look at mine
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