My 04 TL was hit while parked mostly in the driver's side fender area .

The passenger side wheel was pushed into the curb

I have Negative Camber on both wheels now

The steering angle of one wheel is 45° off when the opposite side is turned straight ahead.

So far I have looked underneath and saw no subframe damage/cracks/bends

The Cv axles dont appear to be damaged.
The control arms are not cracked or loose.

I'm assuming that only my steering rack was damaged mechanically

Is there anything else I should check before making my final decision ?

Also what could be causing the camber on the front wheels aside from the Steering rack and inner/outer tie rods ?

 

I would get it up on a rack and have a professional look at it; nothing any of us from the peanut gallery say can help you. That said, on the surface at least, the damage sounds very repairable; if the rest of the car is in good shape, get it fixed. Do you have insurance on it?

 

Ok yes insured , but claimed total loss
I hate to see it go because it's been good to me ever since I bought it

I'm considering fixing it but you're right
definitely going to have a professional inspect it first

Im just a DIYer but i will make sure it's as safe as it was prior to the accident

Thanks for the input

 

could be bent outer tie rod ends rather than a damaged steering rack! Best thing to do is have a bodyshop look it over since they can point out everything.

 

Most likely your inner/outer tie rods or ball joints.

 

If its claimed a total loss what did they note as the reasons/costs from the adjuster?

 

It seems in this day and age, any car that old short of an exotic will be totaled for even relatively minor damage.

The above said, I have heard of folks pushing back against their insurance companies and demanding the car be fixed; that serves two purposes, 1) you get your car back in working order, and 2) your car is not saddled with a Salvage Title. If I am not mistaken, @DMZ used such an approach when his car with something like 300,000 miles on the clock got banged up a year or two back.

 

Definitely! Our older cars are irreplaceable!

I have been told of an "aggreed value" type policy which should help prevent an unwanted salvage title... Thinking of getting one on the RDX since I'm getting close to 300K and will be having it repainted soon.

 

The suspension components
Fender

And behind the fender right by where the door bolts up to , there was a small indentation

And they said it was considered structural damage

 

Update , is this fixable? There is also a control arm bushing that is shot And sterring is out of wack I believe its called the center mount