datsundan Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 So to put it in a nutshell. The cars not too bad. Driver side wheel is set back some and the tension rod mount (the subframe one) is bent for sure. What is the best way to go about fixing, or replacing the part? Is my car fucked? Quote Link to comment
datsunaholic Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Depends on how much unibody damage. If the wheel moved, the unibody is probably tweaked. It doesn't take much. You might hove gotten lucky and confined the damage to the suspension subframe, but I'd replace everything if you plan to keep the car. Quote Link to comment
sinner720st Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 how about a story that goes with the accident, and some pictures of all damage Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 are you the guy who just bought it ...and then crashed it on the way home? Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Don't think so. He had a post about poor handling a while back but it didn't go anywhere. http://community.ratsun.net/topic/27727-i-want-my-510-to-handle-better/ Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 guess that will get addressed now Quote Link to comment
datsundan Posted March 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Haha. I did fix my handling issue. A knuckle head thing.. my strut to lca bolts were slightly loose allowing toe change on the passenger wheel. The car felt great up intil my little mishap. I'm writing this from my phone and can't post the links to pics so look up gtdan on photobucket or I will get on the comp tomorrow and post links Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 A properly handling 510 will allow you to hit curbs at a higher speed. :) Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 pics ??? +1 wheres the pics Quote Link to comment
datsundan Posted March 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 <div style="width:480px;text-align:right;"><embed width="480" height="360" src="http://static.pbsrc.com/flash/rss_slideshow.swf" flashvars="rssFeed=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed1231.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fee516%2Fgtdan%2Ffeed.rss" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" /><a href="http://photobucket.com/redirect/album?showShareLB=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/share/icons/embed/btn_geturs.gif" style="border:none;" /></a><a href="http://s1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee516/gtdan/" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/share/icons/embed/btn_viewall.gif" style="border:none;" /></a></div> Quote Link to comment
datsundan Posted March 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 http://s1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee516/gtdan/ Quote Link to comment
datsundan Posted March 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 so what happened was that I was going through this left hand turn and it happened so fast I don't know if my car just understeered or bumped with the road and the weight came off the back and made the car swing wide. the car was heading at like a 45 degree angle for the wall on the passenger side then i managed to get it pretty much straight and just bashed my rims, shot off the wall like in a video game and was instantly on the other side of the road romping the mountain side. the noise from the crash was a lot worse than what happened. i just remember i was like ooo noooo my bluebird grill!!! in my head while it was all happening haha Quote Link to comment
datsundan Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Damn.. can't even get any useful informative input from one person on this forum Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Damn.. can't even get any useful informative input from one person on this forum Your pictures are crap and say nothing, and you hardly describe it in words. Is that good enough? Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 How the hood line up? how about your pass side floor fire wall area? is there a buckle anywere. youll maybe to get get a new steering bar or a whole front end and new A arms and maybe adjustable ones with a cilover kit with camber plates so you can have enought ajustability to make it drive straight w/o wraring tires. I went throw this. Jeff and frank replaced my whole front half of my car. otherwise it would have been junked. Even after the fix the pass side had apositive camber. I couldnt get it out so I got the coil overs to get them -1 deg camber per the alighnment shop. I also got T3 tension rods but you got them already I think. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 so what happened was that I was going through this left hand turn and it happened so fast I don't know if my car just understeered or bumped with the road and the weight came off the back and made the car swing wide. the car was heading at like a 45 degree angle for the wall on the passenger side then i managed to get it pretty much straight and just bashed my rims, shot off the wall like in a video game and was instantly on the other side of the road romping the mountain side. the noise from the crash was a lot worse than what happened. i just remember i was like ooo noooo my bluebird grill!!! in my head while it was all happening haha It's a given something was hit. Describing the hit is a waste of time. What is the damage? Where is the damage? Does it drive, if so what does it do now? Pictures don't show much at all. How about a shot of the wheels from 30' directly in front and one of each front wheel from 10' from the side? This would go a long way to showing front or rear and side displacement of the wheel. Quote Link to comment
ggzilla Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Wheel moving back could require straightening the unibody. Or it might not require that. Mine had the wheel back 2" and only needed one replacment part, the tension rod I hink. It was repaired in 1982 so don't ask me for more details :-) Bottom line you gotta inspect the damage before you know what ya got. Quote Link to comment
Guest kamakazi620 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 If your gonna drive a car like an idiot please Wreck a CIVIC theres Thousands of those to destroy........... 6 Quote Link to comment
datsun723 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Poor dime :( Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 If your gonna drive a car like an idiot please Wreck a CIVIC theres Thousands of those to destroy........... :lol: :lol: :lol: :o :) Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 If your gonna drive a car like an idiot please Wreck a CIVIC theres Thousands of those to destroy........... Word. Quote Link to comment
datsundan Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 My 510 is my toy. I built it so I can drive it like an idiot. I think its soooo gay and a waste of time, space and money to garage your 510 all the time, drive that shit, its a fucking car pussies!!! Oh and well details on the damage there really is none other than when one wheel is straight the other is toed out, like the front of the tire is at least an inch to and inch and a half over. I'll take some more pics when its not raining out. Quote Link to comment
Laecaon Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 My 510 is my toy. I built it so I can drive it like an idiot. I think its soooo gay and a waste of time, space and money to garage your 510 all the time, drive that shit, its a fucking car pussies!!! :no: I drive my car. Many people drive their 510s. But people dont drive them like an idiot. Idiots crash. These cars dont have a supply of parts from a part house, only from cars that have shared similar fates. If you want a car to drive like an idiot go get a 240sx. Have more respect for the car. These 510s are only getting rarer. Please help keep them alive by not being an idiot. *note, I did not ask you to stop driving it. 2 Quote Link to comment
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