When I turned onto the side street before you turn onto my street, my town decided not to bother salting or sanding the roads at all. Silly me decides to take the corner onto my street a little too fast, hitting the brakes while mid corner... next thing I know, the Bonneville is sliding into the island with foot-high curbs at the end of my street. My front driver's side wheel hit the curb pretty hard.
I was able to limp it down the street no problem, get out and see how much of an idiot I was, and see that the rim that hit the curb was bent, chewed up a bit, and the whole wheel was out of alignment...Luckily my mechanic is about 5 minutes down the street from my house. I limp the Bonnveille over there with my dad following behind me in his truck. Thankfully, Jason, my mechanic, was still there working on his truck. I let him know what happened, and he says he will take a look at it in the morning.
So now onto the damage.....Turns out I bent my rim, trashed the tie rod ends and the boot, and possibly bent the strut and screwed up the knuckle....The tie rod and boot were taken care of, and the strut was adjusted as much as it could be to compensate for the bend. She drives fine now, pulls to the left ever so slightly, so I will probably have the strut replaced over the summer. Any recommendations on what type of strut to get? Also, since one of my rims is trashed now and I cant find a replacement (I have MB Motorsport Viper rims, seems as though they are discontinued..) I may also end up getting a new set of rims for her over the summer as well. When I get closer to getting the rims, I'll start another thread asking for opinions on rim styles.
So lesson learned, don't attempt to be a rally driver in a bonneville when near a huge curb
