car accident

[calimus at techography.net (calimus)]

Well, my wife was in an accident with her 89' cabby a few months ago and
from that I prollie have bad news for you.

These cars are what's called Uni-bodies.  Basicly, there isn't a true frame
to speak of, the entire car shell is the frame.  While it makes it fairly
stong in some cases, in others it allows for nasty week points.

Now from what you discribed, it sounds like you might have bent the body a
bit on the side that took the hit.  Check very carefully around the strut
tower mounts in the engine bay and see if you can detect any twisting,
buckling or anthing that doesn't look right.  Also look underneath the
entire body and see if you notice any differences from one side to the other
as they should be almost perfectly symetrical.

Along with the strut tower itself, was anything else replaced as in the
wheel hub or anything in that area?

William
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan P" <swap17s@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 9:04 PM
Subject: car accident


> A few days ago I had a red honda cut me off..my breaks locked up and i
slid
> into a road curb doing about 40...He then left me there..thats the history
> now onto the present. I took the car to the mechanic cause the right side
> wheel was bent out kinda like this  /  <---- pretend that line is the tire
>   (  its supposed to be like this | )...well come to find out my strut was
> bent and so was my control arm. Now my car still pulls to the right really
> badly. I went to 2 places for alignment both said that the car had body
> damage and that they cant adjust anything.  One place had it up there for
a
> good hour and a half trying to adjust anything they could but they told me
> nothing would budge. Also the car body rubs against the tires when I go
over
> bumps now or do sharp turns and the tire still looks a little off. I was
> just wondering is it really that easy to damage the body on the scirocco?
> and wouldnt the axel and CV joints break frist or something else before
the
> body gets bent. The tire took the full force of the blow no other part of
my
> car hit. It just seems awkard to have body damage the control arm wasnt
even
> that badly bent. The strut on the other hand was devastated. Can any one
> help me out by explaining how that makes sence. Im taking it to a body
shop
> tomorrow to have looked at i jsut want to go in with some knowledge.
>
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