-- Posted by hawaiinchuck at 1:37 am on Dec. 28, 2008 So i curbed my car today. Was going about 30 around a corner, hit ice, which accelerated me right into one of those square curbs. it dented my rim, on my brand new damn snow tires. :( What i need help with is my alignment. I know yall dont know how to fix it. I'm leaving that to the professionals. i just need a ballpark estimate as to how much its going to cost to fix it. My steering is WAY WAY WAY touchy now. There is slush on the roads (snow and water combo, makes it nasty) and every time my wheels hit it, my car goes sideways because i dont have too much control of the steering. Also, when my wheels are straight, my steering wheel is about 3 inches to the right. Ug, anybody have any ideas? Thanks in advance. -- Posted by rand0mguy at 1:41 am on Dec. 28, 2008 learn to drive? -- Posted by hawaiinchuck at 1:42 am on Dec. 28, 2008 Quote: from rand0mguy at 1:41 am on Dec. 28, 2008 learn to drive? Learn to add constructively to a topic? -- Posted by rand0mguy at 2:28 am on Dec. 28, 2008 Quote: from hawaiinchuck at 1:42 am on Dec. 28, 2008 Quote: from rand0mguy at 1:41 am on Dec. 28, 2008 learn to drive? Learn to add constructively to a topic? learn to drive then -- Posted by espresso8097 at 9:00 am on Dec. 28, 2008 Quote: from rand0mguy at 3:41 am on Dec. 28, 2008 learn to drive? Does it snow where you live?  Have you experienced black ice in a turn?  No matter how careful you are the shit is still slick as hell and you can't do anything about it at 10mph.   Alignment is only $60-$90.  But at the speed you hit there could be other problems such as axle being bent.  That is where things could get expensive. -- Posted by MrRight at 3:12 pm on Dec. 28, 2008 Yeah i'm pretty sure it wont be a simple $60 fix. I'm going to go with the axle being bent or something along those lines, your looking at a few hundred to fix. -- Posted by Women are for sex at 4:03 pm on Dec. 28, 2008 Quote: from MrRight at 3:12 pm on Dec. 28, 2008 Yeah i'm pretty sure it wont be a simple $60 fix. I'm going to go with the axle being bent or something along those lines, your looking at a few hundred to fix. HOLY SHIT AN ONLINE MECHANIC. Oh wait. nvm -- Posted by 4est at 6:17 pm on Dec. 28, 2008 Before these shitdicks start bitching about a bent axle, there's a really simple test you can do. It's called get a friend to drive your car slow and straight and look at the wheel and see if it's wonky. It won't be like Mickey Mouse car shit, but if it's bent it will have little wonk to it, as far as I know. Source: Same thing happened to me when my mum was driving in 9th grade, except the back wheel hit the curb around 50 kph (30ish mph) head on: damage was a bent axle and bent rim. The wheel was visibly wonky on the side that was hit, about 1 inch of wonk.