Lessons in life: do not tag curbs in e46

[hi its me alec]

Welp, I looked away for a split second on a curvy road with no shoulder (when a light ahead of me turned green) and by the time I looked back at the road it was already too late. I was turning a bit too much, saw the curb right there, turned the wheel sharply, somehow the front wheel only got minimal curb rash all the way around. Unfortunately, the rear wheel snapped right into the curb, which was pretty gnarly. Gotta be super careful with stretched tires. Other contributing factors include heavy rain, it was 1:00am, I was accelerating to catch the light before it changed, my steering wheel was 10 degrees off center because I put it on wrong and was too lazy to fix it, etc. It also sucks because it's going to start snowing this week...





But yeah, now I'll be more of an advocate of safe/slow driving. It would have never happened if I stayed around the 25mph speed limit like a normal human being, and I would have been able to steer without looking at the road if the steering wheel was centered properly. I was going around 35 when I tagged it.

Steel adjustable rear camber arms - $150 (will arrive on monday)
New lip + labor from HRE - $200 (great deal, I know!!!)

Thank god the bumper, frame, tire, etc. is alright, the car drove me home and felt fine doing so (the wheel/tire is still driveable) - the only thing is, one of the rear camber arms is bent.

Poor baby.. be safe out there, gentlemen.

[Sacretis]

ooh, damn man, that sucks.

Where was this?

Luke

[hi its me alec]

ooh, damn man, that sucks.

Where was this?

Luke

Heading south from the U of MN on River Pkwy, east side of the river.

[B Rod]

Damn, thats shitty man. I don't think stretched tires played a factor, but either way that shit sucks.

[hi its me alec]

Damn, thats shitty man. I don't think stretched tires played a factor, but either way that shit sucks.

hah, yeah I just meant wheels with lips that stick out in general. Normal cars with bubble tires can do that, but we cannot

[Dave_The_BMXER]

That's a downer.

[simsima325]

[the dingo]

sht, that sucks bro.

[schroedin]

That is quite a large chunk.

[Moose]

That blows, good deal on the parts to fix it though. Should have ponied up a little extra and got wider lips all around.

[tivs31]

it happens to the best of us man, I hope it's cleaned and back to new asap.

[B Rod]

hah, yeah I just meant wheels with lips that stick out in general. Normal cars with bubble tires can do that, but we cannot

I get it now.

[Presns3]

holyyyyyyyyy crap!
thats a huge chunk outa the rear lip...
ive always been afraid of that happening to me too

[curtis]

fuck! good luck with it.

[JSanders]

Sorry to hear this!

Wher eare you getting the rear adjustable camber arms for 150?