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My mechanic got under the car today and the front subframe is definitely bent. He's going to call someone who does frame work to take a look and give me a rough guess.
Here are pics of the lower control arm mount on the driver's and passenger's sides. The passenger side is definitely at an angle.
Who did your last alignment? Your ball joint is completely separated from the lower control arm, as if the nuts backed off. Though given the hit that wheel took, maybe the force just stripped the nuts and eccentrics off the studs of the lower shock mount (?)
Who did your last alignment? Your ball joint is completely separated from the lower control arm, as if the nuts backed off. Though given the hit that wheel took, maybe the force just stripped the nuts and eccentrics off the studs of the lower shock mount (?)
Yeah, that looks like the "rod nuts in the bottom of the oil pan" syndrome.
I'm hopeful that getting it straightened won't run more than a few hundred. If it crosses $1,000 I'm going to have to think hard, since I'm pretty sure I can find a straight and rust-free basket case for less than that and basically move my car into that car. My indy is storing the car for now, and a frame guy is coming by to give me a good estimate in the next few days.
It cost me $1,000 to have the frame straightened on my 81 about 1/2 and inch so the fender bolts on correctly. It wasn't nearly as bad as that, but I live in California....
It sucks something like that had to happen. Anyway, best of luck with the car.
Worst case scenario Porsche lists how to replace the front frame section in part 50-5 of the WSM.
08-20-2018, 02:55 PM
Crap: My car may be terminal...
