Urgent Subaru help needed

[pb3vr6 at yahoo.com (Tonee Northam)]

Neal T and Mike P both had STI's, not sure if they would be the same design in the rear or not.

calimus@techography.net wrote:  Sounds to me that there is some subframe damage, which would somehwat be
expected from a side impact.

If the subie doesn't have toe adjusments in the rear (and just form my own
thought process, I wouldn't think that it would), I would guess that there
is some subframe warpage, or maybe the strut tower or a connecting rod is
bent and the initial body shop didn't catch that.

Hopefully someone around here actually knows and can help ya out. Keep us
posted though.

William S.


> I guess it's toe, then. Dunno if that has adjustable links, but there
> must
> be some adjustment available, either through shims or an adjuster.
>
> I just assumed it was really bad camber, cause the strut was replaced and
> it
> looked adjustable.
>
> There was no alignment on the insurance claim. I called the body shop
> that
> did the work to ask what their warranty was, to which they replied "the
> life
> of the car." When I told them about the wear, they replied "there's a lot
> of factors that can affect alignment."
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Dan Bubb [mailto:jdbubb@verizon.net]
>>Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:25 PM
>>To: Jim R; Scirocco-L
>>Subject: Re: Urgent Subaru help needed
>>
>>
>>Camber usually isn't the cause of tire wear unless it's extreme as
>>in over 3?.
>>More likely it's incorrect toe.
>>I know nothing about Subaru's
>>Dan
>>
>>From: "Jim R" 
>>To: "Scirocco-L" 
>>Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:04 PM
>>Subject: OT: Urgent Subaru help needed
>>
>>
>>> Any Subaru mechanics on the List? I need some help.
>>>
>>> My wife's 2005 Impreza was hit from the side when it was only a few
>>> weeks
>>> old (2 years ago). The body shop that did the repair failed to align
>>> the
>>> rear corner wheel that was hit and the inside of that tire has
>>worn badly,
>>> indicating excessively negative camber.
>>>
>>> The bodyshop guy is telling me that the rear camber is
>>non-adjustable. Can
>>> someone confirm this? The car has two strut mounting bolts; it
>>looks just
>>> like a VW A1 front strut at the mounting point.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>
>
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