TRO'ers,
You might know that someone shunted my Type-R in the rear on Monday. My car looks to require a new rear bumper and lower lip spoiler.
I've not had a chance to whip the bumper off and inspect the crash/impact beam. So not sure how detrimental the shunt was to the actual chassis.
I have a query though, and though I might have answered it myself, am still keen to get some speculative feedback.
Basically the same day (after the crash) I got the car home and serviced it (it is fully drivable to the naked eye). Anyhow I serviced, and have not really driven it since. Last night I took it for a spin to pick a mate up from the station, and this morning I took it to Honda to collect a part.
What I found was a groaning sound typical of brake pads on their way out. On further inspection the inside passenger wheel arch trim was rubbing against the wheel on full lock - not the pads then. Phew!
No. Not phew, I removed the wheel, in my work attire like a d!ck, and discovered that the reason the arch liner is rubbing against the wheel under lock, is because the metal frame/chassis - that the liner clips into is bent/quite badly twisted.
My question is: Is it permissable to assume that this could have been caused as a result of the shunt?
I can 110% confirm that the chassis was fine, when I swapped over to Pre-Facelift arch liners a couple of months ago, when I fitted a pre-facelift bumper for the Airwalker lip... blah, blah, blah.
I'm not the type to drive like a lunatic over speedbumps, infact I get horned sometimes. LOL. And I can't recall an incident, that's had me thinking about how detrimental the effects of the event might have been; as there haven't been any occurrences. I've always jacked the car up using correct points, axle stands (Tone) etc. etc.
It might be minor - but thinking that the car has been in an accident, chassis being bent, etc. etc. have me fearing the worst.
What do you think, and what are the chances of this happening as a result of the shunt?
Cheers,
Suns
You might know that someone shunted my Type-R in the rear on Monday. My car looks to require a new rear bumper and lower lip spoiler.
I've not had a chance to whip the bumper off and inspect the crash/impact beam. So not sure how detrimental the shunt was to the actual chassis.
I have a query though, and though I might have answered it myself, am still keen to get some speculative feedback.
Basically the same day (after the crash) I got the car home and serviced it (it is fully drivable to the naked eye). Anyhow I serviced, and have not really driven it since. Last night I took it for a spin to pick a mate up from the station, and this morning I took it to Honda to collect a part.
What I found was a groaning sound typical of brake pads on their way out. On further inspection the inside passenger wheel arch trim was rubbing against the wheel on full lock - not the pads then. Phew!
No. Not phew, I removed the wheel, in my work attire like a d!ck, and discovered that the reason the arch liner is rubbing against the wheel under lock, is because the metal frame/chassis - that the liner clips into is bent/quite badly twisted.
My question is: Is it permissable to assume that this could have been caused as a result of the shunt?
I can 110% confirm that the chassis was fine, when I swapped over to Pre-Facelift arch liners a couple of months ago, when I fitted a pre-facelift bumper for the Airwalker lip... blah, blah, blah.
I'm not the type to drive like a lunatic over speedbumps, infact I get horned sometimes. LOL. And I can't recall an incident, that's had me thinking about how detrimental the effects of the event might have been; as there haven't been any occurrences. I've always jacked the car up using correct points, axle stands (Tone) etc. etc.
It might be minor - but thinking that the car has been in an accident, chassis being bent, etc. etc. have me fearing the worst.
What do you think, and what are the chances of this happening as a result of the shunt?
Cheers,
Suns
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