My Problem...Quick Advice

[Phact]

well its been a long winter. i've gotten my lisence suspended for a month and right before that happend my head gasket busted and oil fouled my spark plug wires out . after this happend none of the power was going to my car so i figured my alternator was out so before i got it towed i put in my alternator and waiting about 20 days to call the tow truck. and the companyi gave it to fixed always does a nice job but i get a check engine light if i sit for like 10 minutes and go no where. im going to have dietz(the company) fix that problem sence it was suppost to be fixed before.

on to my problem i need help with.

the other night i dove into fog mist and it clouded up my window i couldnt see anything and i swurved off the road climbing up and sliding over a conrete sidewalk into the chevron parkin lot to where i came to a stop. my lip on the passan ger side was tore off. i'm wondering if i should just tear it off for now until i get my kit.

and also i heard in some hondas they have some shit in the front bumper that adds like 50 pounds you can just take out, i've heard it only works for some hondas so im not sure.

[Phact]

also when i went over the side walk someone told me i probably busted something to mess with my allignment. my car always shakes allignment wise im wondering if its just from my lip hiting the bumper or if something really did happen. imput please

[sastanley]

Yes...there are metal supports in your bumper you can remove. However, I'll tell you from experience (cuz I got hit last week) DON'T DO IT. If I had removed those supports, to save a couple hundred pounds, my car would have been totalled. As it is, I have $1600 in damage. But most of that is the bumper and the support I didn't remove, instead of crumpled quarter panels and broken glass. There's my $0.02 on that.

As for the mist/lip/concrete thing, I would suggest you use your wipers :silly2:, and pull that lip off cuz there is nothing worse than broken and mangled pieces hanging off cars and making them look ghetto

If you whacked the wheel/tire you could have your car out of alignment.
Generally speaking, shaking is a wheel balance thing, and pulling to one side or the other is alignment. Wheel balancing is about $10-15 per tire, and alignment is $70-100 for a 4-wheel alignment. I try to get my car aligned every spring, AFTER the snow stops and potholes are filled, which seem to be the main culprit in knocking my shit around and out of whack.

Good Luck with your kit

[1PhatCX]

That is tight dude! nice ride

[FourthGenHatch]

You can't just take out those bumper supports, they are what hold on the bumper, you would need to make special brackets to hold on your bumper if you take out the support.

[1PhatCX]

Yea the bumper support holds your bumper onto your car lol. so u kinda need it but make special brackets for it out of thick metal and put a good rust primer on it so it doesnt rot out on u.

[Phact]

Originally posted by 1PhatCX
That is tight dude! nice ride

thanks

[Phact]

sastanley thanks for the help, it did help. im going to go see if i can get my allignment fix'ed today hopfully. i'll post the turn out and more pictures.