If the aim was to tokyo drift and park in bus stop facing wrong way on duel carriage.

Then i am the master.

pulled out of a carpark onto a duel carriage way (40mph limit type) giving couple of mates a lift into town, blip the throttle for a little arse out action, all going extremly well, decide to hang on a second longer, but then the tyres catch there grip and fling me the direction, of course i lock the other way as central reservation is in front of me now, and manage to parallel park into the busstop layby facing the other way, hitting the kirb. (no traffic throughout this episode).

managed to frig my wheel of course. and snap lower suspension #1 and bend the strut brace. could have been a lot worse, lesson learnt ...stop being an idiot.

dont think the parts will be expensive, main issue is the wheel, dont know if id like to have a repaired wheel on there.

At least your ok and learned a lesson but that does look like it can turn out very expesive. once you have a geo check and find things bent, start saving. Hope your lucky though.

not too bad. very honest of you, atleast it wasnt say outside of a club full of queing people or something...then you would have felt silly

Its not nice when it catches you out:(

yep very lucky really, had to drive home in reverse (approx 1mile) so as to keep the wheel straight, if i went forward the wheel was pointing like the fronts when turning right and would rub on the arch.

hoping nothing else is bent. fingers crossed

Sorry to say, if its hit with enough force to bend your strut brace, then i suspect that it may have bent the chassis leg, get it checked;)

Make sure you post up that you got it fixed properly. as if you came to sell it and someone checked your threads they might be a little off put

Make sure you post up that you got it fixed properly. as if you came to sell it and someone checked your threads they might be a little off put

im an honest guy...

Sorry to say, if its hit with enough force to bend your strut brace, then i suspect that it may have bent the chassis leg, get it checked;)

last pic shows the strut brace bend, doesnt look a lot..but might be enough though..

had to drive home in reverse (approx 1mile)

I would of loved to have seen the peoples faces as you passed by

imagine the dilema when faced with width restrictions. cause im facing the wrong way do i go through the left side (correct side for the way im facing) or the wrong side (correct way for the direction im travelling)

imagine the dilema when faced with width restrictions. cause im facing the wrong way do i go through the left side (correct side for the way im facing) or the wrong side (correct way for the direction im travelling)

Bet you will see the local chavs doing it now, thinking its the new drifting. lol

been there,done that sept it cost £3000.00 to put right.

hubby said not to worry cos it eas only a bit of bent metal but i was gutted.....and loads of people saw me do it,so i guess it was my pride that was hurt more.

kaz:rolleyes:

If you want to do that sort of stuff invest £500 in a TRD diff, as the stock torsion diff will do all sorts of unexpected things. Diffs that lock properly are much easier to control.

Looking at your pics i think the wheel could be repaired, needs closer inspection though.

yeh been looking at some wheel repair sites, seems it may be repairable.

think ill stop being an idiot rather than spending 500 quids lol

my soop has lsd is that trd diff?

last pic shows the strut brace bend, doesnt look a lot..but might be enough though..

Im not seeing a strut brace there, i think you are calling something by the wrong name

my soop has lsd is that trd diff?

No.

Im not seeing a strut brace there, i think you are calling something by the wrong name

 

 

 

last picture, bottom bit of metal, workshop manual says its a strut brace.

just an update (if i ever sell the sup and the history is checked)

All sorted now, had started off fitting new oem suspension arm #1 and strut rod, didnt sort it, had a trip up tp phoenix, couldnt see anything outof the ordinary. So Mark uggested replacing the hhub, upper suspenion arm and lower, got the parts from a donor car and hey presto all is right once again..