Into a field at 70 mph

MattKG85 · December 27th, 2007, 02:35 AM

I own a 95 v6, all stock and very recently lost it through a turn and ran down the berm and into a field at around 70 mph. Ouch! Anyway, now my tires have extreme negative camber (about 2 inches). I inspected everything, and the tops of the strut towers are pushed up about 1/2 inch. everything else underneath looks fine, no cracked paint or wrinkles. Would this be causing all that camber and do you think it would be safe to remove the struts and try to flatten out the tops of the towers? Thank god i don't have any clunking noises. yet

BigBlockFairlane · December 29th, 2007, 10:45 AM

I'm thinking frame shop.

PS congrats on not dieing

MattKG85 · December 29th, 2007, 11:23 PM

yeah, she's def. tweaked, but considering i paid $4000 for the car with 40,000 orig. miles, i can't justify spending more than that at 140,000 mi. to put it on the frame rack. Anyway, struts are bent, got new ones from sachs. install tomorrow and will try to flatten the towers also.

tjames · December 31st, 2007, 02:59 AM

might want to take it to a pro to have that done. suspension is not something you want to half ass

MattKG85 · January 12th, 2008, 01:08 AM

I took it to a motorsports shop that has a frame rack, and the mech. said it would be all right to take the strut mounting brackets off and flatten the sheet metal back out. Once i got it all apart, i found that the strut mounting brackets take most of the stress and spread it out over a larger area. The metal that makes up the towers themselves is not very thick. Of course, the mounting brackets were also bent, so i got straight ones from the junkyard, smoothed everything back down, installed the struts, and torqued everything to spec. Camber's back where it belongs, i'm not wearing the tires, drives straight as an arrow, and after 500 miles torques are still good. Rides better now, too. All in all, it took about 3 hours not rushing. What seemed so major was actually pretty simple.

Avaric3 · January 26th, 2008, 07:20 PM

congrats on getting the car back in working order

boostedzx3 · January 26th, 2008, 08:32 PM

It's always a satisfying feeling when you fix something.

December 27th, 2007, 02:35 AM	#1
MattKG85 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 6 iTrader: 0 reviews	Into a field at 70 mph I own a 95 v6, all stock and very recently lost it through a turn and ran down the berm and into a field at around 70 mph. Ouch! Anyway, now my tires have extreme negative camber (about 2 inches). I inspected everything, and the tops of the strut towers are pushed up about 1/2 inch. everything else underneath looks fine, no cracked paint or wrinkles. Would this be causing all that camber and do you think it would be safe to remove the struts and try to flatten out the tops of the towers? Thank god i don't have any clunking noises. yet

December 29th, 2007, 10:45 AM	#2
BigBlockFairlane Regular Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 161 iTrader: 0 reviews	I'm thinking frame shop. PS congrats on not dieing __________________

January 26th, 2008, 07:20 PM	#6
Avaric3 Hardcore Enthusiast 2002 Ford Focus slow as fuck Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: M-Pan, NJ Posts: 2,556 iTrader: 4 reviews	congrats on getting the car back in working order __________________ 99 V6 Mustang-sold 02 Ford Focus-sold 98 Camaro Z/28-lid, catback

January 26th, 2008, 08:32 PM	#7
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December 29th, 2007, 11:23 PM	#3
MattKG85 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 6 iTrader: 0 reviews	yeah, she's def. tweaked, but considering i paid $4000 for the car with 40,000 orig. miles, i can't justify spending more than that at 140,000 mi. to put it on the frame rack. Anyway, struts are bent, got new ones from sachs. install tomorrow and will try to flatten the towers also.

January 12th, 2008, 01:08 AM	#5
MattKG85 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 6 iTrader: 0 reviews	I took it to a motorsports shop that has a frame rack, and the mech. said it would be all right to take the strut mounting brackets off and flatten the sheet metal back out. Once i got it all apart, i found that the strut mounting brackets take most of the stress and spread it out over a larger area. The metal that makes up the towers themselves is not very thick. Of course, the mounting brackets were also bent, so i got straight ones from the junkyard, smoothed everything back down, installed the struts, and torqued everything to spec. Camber's back where it belongs, i'm not wearing the tires, drives straight as an arrow, and after 500 miles torques are still good. Rides better now, too. All in all, it took about 3 hours not rushing. What seemed so major was actually pretty simple.

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