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first photo taken from the driver side and the second one from the passenger side, i hit a curb last nite (backing up from the parking lot, i dont even know how that happened cuz i was so slow) and it seems like i bent the driver side inner tire rod ,steering wheel is not centered and lotta tire noise what should i do ? how much would that thing cost to me you think? should i take it to the dealership or buy the part and have it installed else where? any opinions?

thanks

 

dude, that shouldnt ever happen. wow, in my friends stock sti, we hit a dip in the road that said "slow 5mph" yet we hit it at 50, got air, and drove off. no damage. call mastro and talk to manny about it or something. that should be a warrentied part i hope. i havent seen one like that yet. i wouldnt drive the car with the noise and all

 

i will ,but i just wanna see ppl's opinions, thanks tho by the way i don't really think that would be covered under the warranty ,since i hit the bumper

 

ditto, I wouldnt drive that. That's bent badly. The part is easy to replace but if you can get it done for free, why not.

 

how easy is that? can i do that by myself? i searched on internet but couldn't find anything

 

Yes you can do it yourself. It looks like you only need the outer tie rod. Once you have the part it only takes about 30 minutes. After you're done you should take it down and have it aligned. They'll be able to verify nothing else has been bent/damaged.

 

do i need any special tool for that ? lemme call bert smith subaru and get a quote tommorrow,

 

It would help if you had a FORK. It slips between the the tie-rod and the knuckle. They can be a pain to separate without it. Other than that, no special tools.

Where are you located? I could help if you're close.

 

actually it looks like it's the inner tie rod, I think im right

 

he is in st pete, like 5-10 minutes from QSL i think.