Georgia Fiero Club Forum
All Things Fiero => General Fiero Discussion => Topic started by: TopNotch on July 29, 2023, 09:40:56 am
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Last Thursday my GF Janice burned herself while trying to light a fire in a fire pit. I went to the store in my yellow Fiero to get something she requested for that, and while on the way to her house, I hit a parked car on her street. It was night, and the car was black, and I just didn't see it (and I was hurrying). The right front wheel is now pointing in the wrong direction, and the car is not drive-able. I will post a picture later. It turns out that the car I hit (a 2002 Nissan) had an expired tag, and was therefore parked illegally.(You can't park an unregistered car on the street.) So the cop that showed up did not give me a citation, just his business card.
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Glad you are ok. Sucks about the car but should be able to be fixed just fine.
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Glad to hear you are OK. And hopefully you can repair your car...
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Yes, glad you're OK. There may be a problem getting the car fixed if the Nissan was unregistered. This means there is probably no insurance on it, either. I don't think Paul has any kind of body machine, but I'm pretty sure John Champagne does.
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If it was just the fender, it wouldn't be too bad, but look at that wheel.
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Ouch! But I'm happy that you didn't get injured. Hope Janice is okay, too.
John does indeed have access to a frame machine at his shop.
With a little bit of luck, maybe the control arms just folded up, and didn't hurt the front cradle/crossmember.
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I finally got the car home, and checked out the damage.
The upper control arm is smashed...
The lower control arm seems OK, but the rear mounting point is bent...
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I took the upper control arm out of the car. Now you can really see how smashed it is. The mount for it is undamaged. That's understandable since it is part of the spring socket, which bears the entire weight of that corner of the car, and is quite strong.
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Will it have to go on a frame machine to straighten the lower mounting point?
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Will it have to go on a frame machine to straighten the lower mounting point?
If I can't straighten it myself, which I intend to attempt.
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If you do try, do it very slowly. Frame machines pull extremely slowly to prevent breaking the metal. A fast pull or bend can weaken and or break metal.