jguerra23

So yesterday I was heading to staten Island from Manhattan. As I cross the Battery Tunnel, I Hit a major pothole.

It made a huge sound, so I pulled over the service road and get out of the car. No physical damages done to the wheel or car. However, now I am feeling all the bumps on the road.

Could this be a blown shock? sht I just installed Konis and only have 600 miles on them.

When I get to my destination and meet up with my friends, I make a broken U turn, the car sounds like its draggin a garbage can... i get out to see.. the driver Fender is slighty flip out from the inside.. massive rubbing. I push it back in.. get on the road... now the fender is cutting into the tires......

When I get home I jack up the car. No physicall damages to the wheel. However, my cvtboot seems to be leaking, the car is sitting very low on driver side, cant make left turns wiht out rubbin/pushing out the fender, Tire is shredde, koni appear to be sitting lower on the upper arm than should be....

What can possibly be damaged there?

S2000 GUY

Feal for you dude, lost a tire last night in NJ... pot holes suck. The economy goes down hill and so do the roads.

EL BAN

Did you take any pics while checking it out?

You say its sitting lower on the driver side.. I assume this is the side you hit the pothole..

Take a couple of pics.. maybe it would help..

jguerra23

^^^later today.. it was late last night. I will take pics for sure..

I hoping is not a blown shocks...Even though Koni are lifetime warranty...i am not sure if they will replace it since its techanicaly for accordds.

Could be a bent control arm.

I will def take pics.

EL BAN

That's what I'm thinking..

The hit was so nasty it blew the shock out and bent the arm in the process.. but what doesn't make it certain is the the rim/tire did not bend or brake..

Or you have one hell of a rim that can stand that hit and transmit the hit directly to the control arm and koni or it's something else buddy..

Hope you can figure it out so you dont loose the tire for the rubbing or damage anything else..

mmp1214

sounds like a control arm problem, if you just installed the konis 600 miles ago then there should be no major wear. But then again you said you can feel every bump, it could be both.

jguerra23

So i have some pics that are uploading.

Tire is done... needed new tires anyways. Rim is EKM3 just installed 2 days ago.

I am not a mechanic but this waht i see...The koni is sitting way to low ont he uper fork...its pratically riding on the axle. I dint feel very bump..correction.. i feel bumps a bit harder. I will pst pics and see what you guys think..

I thikn the impact pushed the koni down on the fork.

jguerra23

Here are pics of Fender, Tire and Konis Riding the Crap on my axle

enigmaos

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pot holes

brand new koni....

ssmtl2nv

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damn jose already, get that fixed fast, dont want any major accidents bro

jguerra23

Yeah man you know my car.. mods have to be done twice.. cant drive the car at all.. left turns are not happenng. lol

Aman

holy shit your wheels are strong as hell. What are they? enkei something

jguerra23

Enkei EKM3 .. brand new .. mounted them on thursday..lol

stillhere153

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ok jos... after checking out your pics I give my final assesment

front fender (visible damage you already know what that will require)...
strut (we spoke about earlier) koni will likely do a warranty on it for you I hope
lower control arm (is fine)
axle (is fine)
Boot (requires replacing which you already know the cost off)

so $200 + bodywork... def need to bill the city for it

jguerra23

You miss one thing: TIRES/

Elegant TYPE S

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So this is what I have to look forward to when I get back.. great! Definitely bill the city for that one man. Make sure you go take photos of the crater before the fill it up.

What's that shit that is sticking out? Is that the fender splash shield or something else?

enigmaos

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245/60/18s

jguerra23

Told you....lol.. thats baby shit aka axle grease.

jguerra23

40psi.......did u see anyting on the wheel this morning.

Jesstzn

Looks like it took out a CV joint ... did you mount new wheels with old tires?

jguerra23

Yup.. new wheels with old tires

jguerra23

So far i need the folloing:

Koni replacement: Has anybody here ever use the warranty process/
Tires: Open for suggestions on good all season tires: Rims Spec 18X8 40+ offset.
Cv Boot:

enigmaos

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didn't see anything wrong with that wheel.

wasupdog

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dude...many, many people have used the warranty. looks like we have another "koni shock slipped through my fork" victim.

greco9885

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your so lucky you dont have a low profile tire. if you did, WOW that would be BAD

woot427

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can you really bill the county/city/state if a pothole does damage to you car?

robocam

So there's no stop to keep the shock from slipping through the collar like that?

Is the Koni firmer than stock? I wonder how the stock shock would've handled the hit.

If the bolt on the collar were torqued to a higher torque, could it possibly have not slipped?

csmeance

well on the OEM ones, there's a collar on shock that prevents it from going upwards:

jguerra23

Got and update:

Koni said the tab is not structural and its only for aligment purposes. He instructed me to push it up and torque accordingly. Piece of advise on anyone changing suspension.... order the bolt that locks the lower fork.

Tires: Shopping around and this time i am being cheap:
Falken 912 235/40 -18 @ $100 dollars each or Khumo Ecsta @ $75 each on tire rack.

I am ordering a new boot and clamps.. hopefully the axle aint damaged.

The fender is getting hammer in until i get to the body shop. I have work to do on the rear panel so i will take care of that one then as well.

djbonsu

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damn bro, defintely sucks! tab was defintely moved causing the shock to slide thru the fork mount.at least no damage was done to the shock or axle......g' luck with the repairs

jguerra23

Repairs are coming soon.

Ordere Fork bolts to replace old ones.
Tires will be Falkens 235/40-18
order CV boot kit

Body work can wait.

rodneyc77

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let me know... I'll hammer the fender for you kid... but you'll have to pick me up cause i don't have my car right now.... LOL

jguerra23

Will do sir.. as soon as my car is mobile.

stillhere153

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told you rodney would hook up the fender

jguerra23

Ok .. question.. the more i look at my setup the more questions I have.

Is this bolt suppose be lined up with this groove

ssmtl2nv

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damn Jose, let me know wassup.. cant Rodney just "roll the fender"????

jguerra23

The fender is good.. I had pushed in myself that day just to get back home...

The damge on fender is more towards inner lower part. NO biggy

jguerra23

Mine doesnt seem to be line up... may this be the reason is sliped?

"The reason for this photo is to show that you have to measure two different things. At about the 2 1/2" point is a piece that I'm going to call the "collar". This collar is removable from the stock shock and is required for the Koni shocks. Before you remove the collar, you want to measure from the bottom of it to the low point where the spring will sit in the spring cup. You also want to measure from the bottom of the collar to that "divot" in the shock body (at about 3 3/4"). The reason for the divot is to clear the bolt that goes through the shock fork."

ssmtl2nv

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jguerra23

update.

Shocks have been readjusted.

The shocks feel fine so far. Couldnt really hear any sound on the axle...however looking to replace it with aftermarket.

Tires are being replace with Toyo Proxes 4 245/30-18

and possibly minor body work.. but this will be when i take care of the back dent.