But unfortunately my female housemate driving the VW said her car just freaked out n took off T-boning my front driver side tire pushing me at about a 45 degree angle in to my other house mates car smashing up his rear quarter panel a little bit. She said she would pay for all the damages so hopefully she follows through.Luckily she hit about 6 inches of my rock sliders then right into my tire then the wing of my bumper on the passenger side smashed in my housemates quarter panel. So thank god I didn't get an more body damage since I already had my driver side fender redone in January from vandalism.
This all happened at midnight last night while I was packing my bags getting read to hit the road in the morning. So the next morning I took it to one auto shop all my friends recommended me to trying to get my tire fixed so I could still get on the road today. At first glance the guy says looks like a wheel bearing and if I still had my receipt from replacing them back in August it should be covered under warranty. So I ran home jacked up my blazer to check the wheel bearing since I couldn't find the receipt but it felt fine. Had a little play left to right which I'm not surprised by. I ten took it back to him told him to look it over and let me know what he comes up with.
4 hours later I get a phone call saying the upper control arm bushings need to be replaced and he couldn't do it today so come pick it up. Didn't offer to setup an appointment just wanted to get as far away from it as possible. After talking to a few other shops that couldn't get me in till Tuesday I was recommended to another shop that said they would try to get it done today if I only needed an upper ball joint (but no promises) but if it needs an upper control arm wouldn't be till Monday. One of the mechanics walking by glanced at it and told me not to drive it anywhere and it looks like I need a new ball joint and control arm. Still haven't heard anything from them so I'll be giving them a call in the morning if their open and see whats going on.
So basically I'm just looking at all the possibilities of whats broken and how bad the bill is going to be so thought I'd stop in and see how bad everyone else thinks it is.
Only other thing to mention is between the knuckle and tire I can barley fit one finger in between them where as the passenger side I can fit 4, is it possible that whole knuckle could have bent or can the ball joints make that big of a difference in the angle/gap? Oh and the there is the inner tie rod that the boot looks all jacked up. Enjoy the pics!!
Oh and of course gotta thank bartonmd for this BA bumper that has saved me from even more damage multiple times now!!! Thanks man
Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the pileup but my car was straight with another car on my left.
Tire
Inner Tie Rod
Passenger Side Knuckle
Driver Side Knuckle
And the Carnage
