Car- 2003 Acura TL Type-S

So like 2 days ago i was at a drive thru and decided i did not want the food and rather eat at home so there was a car infront of me so i backed up a little and exited from the right side. I didint knw there was about a 6 inch high curb infront of me! I drove over it with all 4 wheels . i hit it with my left front wheel first then the right front hit it and climbed the curb which probably caused it to get unaligned and pushed back. I took it to Firestone and they said my Camber was off on my front right wheel. Meaning the wheel is pushed back in the wheel well towards the Passenger door. Its noticeable to the naked eye! What do you think has caused this? What parts should i look at replacing and getting it realigned?

 

do you notice a difference when you drive..

 

Not really. It stays straight most of the time. Nothing noticeable. Its just i have free lifetime alighnment and there computer shows my camber being off by 0.8? And no matter what they do it cant be adjusted back to 0.

 

Dont worry about it...mine shows the same for over year and 1/2 and no issues here

 

camber is an imaginary vertical line thru the center of the tire
0 degrees is spec and its not adjustable on a stock suspension TL

anything else means bent part like control arm or tie rod end, maybe strut!
They can look at it on the rack and tell whats bent

if you have comprehensive/ full coverage insurance- it may be worth turning in if any rim damage occured too~
worst case- you bent the control arm, t-rod end and steering rack assembly (would drive really bad)
and it would take high speed hit for all that

but, I bent a rim on the maxima- getting shoved off a narrow road with a 4-6" drop at 25 mph..getting back on took out the rim edge and blew the tire!
So anything is possible and everything should be inspected

Ask a different shop for needed repairs estimate,,a body shop maybe? they deal with things out of spec all day every day
show them the alignment numbers

 

Seek a shop that specializes in alignments, suspension, etc. Not Firestone. I once had an alignm. issue that a tire (chain) shop could not resolve. Took it to a specialty shop & they fixed it; even showed me what was causing it. It's worth a try.