How'd you manage that?

 

Took a right hander too fast and too wide and hit the median.

 

UPDATE

Wheels should be ordered along with the rubber. I'm also talking to somebody in Nor Cal about buying his 4 stockers for cheap so I'd have an extra set of wheels +2 full size spares. And I'm waiting for some used front calipers to ship to me so I can take care of the left front. Maybe 600 bones worth of parts and another 100 or so for an alignment if I need it.

Also, my cousin lent me his OZ summer wheels from his MS3, but all 4 won't fit because of the offset. I had to move my 2 stockers to the front and slap his wheels on the rear where they clear the smaller brake calipers. Wheels are now torqued and my car is off the bottle jacks and almost ready to roll off my ramps.

I installed my Tomei Expreme Ti exhaust as well, but I didn't have a wrench or socket to remove the O2 sensor from the cat (everything from the O2 dump is now aftermarket) so I can't very well move the car yet.

 

Dam that sux man. I like that ramp you have set up for the car

 

Always liked the superleggeras better than the Ultras... but badass none the less

 

Well, finally got off the ramps and went for a stroll (no Tomei muffler right now cause I'm waiting for my heat shield to finish drying from painting ). As one could expect with that type of damage to the wheels, the alignment is messed up, but it doesn't seem that bad. The car pulls right when the steering wheel is straight and pulls left when I don't touch the steering wheel.

I'm not sure if I'll get alignment now or a bit later when I get my coilovers. Anybody have any suggestions? Should I fix it now to at least get it back to stock or just wait?

 

Maybe try a track event next time?

 

Agreed. Or I could just stop driving like an idiot when I'm not in "top form" if you know what I mean...

 

Drunk? High? Tired?

 

Get an alignment as soon as possible. It will let you know if you did any permanent damage to any of the suspension components. Check your wheels for any play with the car off the ground. You could have busted up the bearing fairly easily.

How tall was the curb?

 

Drunkard.

The curb was low like 3" with the big stones cemented in. And actually the front didn't flat; it took more of a side impact whereas the rear just tracked and hit it square on the curb and rode on the stones for a bit.

What kind of play should I look for rotational or steering?

 

Just light force side to side and top to bottom to see if there is play in the wheel. I suspect that this might lead to early bearing failure, but you might be ok.

It's funny, but I kinda did the same thing, geez, almost 5-6 years ago except that I spun around and went backwards up the curb. Blew out a chunk of my rim like you, but didn't lose tire pressure. I was able to drive it home, but I knew I would be fixing things. The rear tire went up at a weird angle and caught causing the bolts for the upper control arm to pull out from the frame. I ended up replacing the spindle, bearing and lower control arm as well.

If you hit it square, you are probably ok, but an alignment will tell you.

 

I'm going to play with the alignment a bit to get it somewhat square and pointed in the right direction and then take it into Wheel Works for precision alignment. I paid for one last year just before Christmas when I got new rubber, so I might be getting a re-alignment for free. I'll inspect with more scrutiny tonight.

From the damage, it's safe to say the front was somewhat riding along the curb and the rear just tracked and hit it square, hence the trashed, unflat front with messed up alignment and a flat rear with a huge dent and gash in the tire, respectively.

 

that ramp setup is sweet!!! Im going to have to build some like that!

 

2nd that, i like that ramp too but i dont know if i would trust WOOD to hold up a 3000+ lb car, how long have you been using that ramp?