I was thinking the same thing. I looked and it didnt appear that the swaybar was moved at all. It doesn't appear anything was bent.

Thanks for the help and ideas.

 

Well the swaybar connects the suspension via the endlinks, which give a little anyway. I don't think you bent anything to be honest. Your rear shock looks fine from the photo, and everything looks to be in it's proper spot--minus that camber bolt.

 

When you say it gives a little, I assume you mean there is room for lateral "movement" in some respect. I was thinking that if I bent something the sway bar might be shifted a bit within the bushing (and stayed that way). I bet that if it moved at all it returned to its natural position.

I will have to agree that I don't think that anything was bent in the rear but I will still take it to get aligned and repositioned and looked over for the matter. I still have to check the front out as I hit that area more squarely although I dont visually see any issues.

After crawling the car back into the garage I haven't moved it since. I still have to look into what would have tripped the ABS light on the dash. No noticable damage as it sits other than the rims.

I really should post the pics of the rims when I get back home from business travels. They aren't too pretty, especially the front. Anyhow, thanks for the support guys!

 

you can check to see if there might be something stuck in between the rings on the sensor...youre probably going to need a new wheel bearing cause i hit a curb before at like 5mph and it went bad

 

did anyone see the stripe on the bolt? it seem like it might turned a 1/4 turn to the left. do you see how the stripe does not allign?https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/at...1&d=1198125311

 

ABS is going to be a couple things. First, the speed sensor may be bad. They are finicky, and cost about 200 bucks. Pull it out and make sure it is clean and free of crud on the magnet. Second, well actually it should be first since it doesnt cost anything, is to check the pickups on the driveshaft. Those little teeth are what the sensor picks up on. If any of those are broken, you need a new shaft, period. Cant be fixed, and that will run about 600. Then there is other little unforseen abs things that can go wrong, which is what Im working on now. Mine comes on over 70mph and both shaft, sensor, and wheel bearing have all been replaced.

 

make sure you check that lower control arm, check the wheel hub, your tie-rod too. maybe the bearing.

 

I observed that. I assumed the mark was to help gauge a stock setting. Thanks for the observation though!

 

Gulp! What surprises will I find returning home tomorrow? I'll keep the thread updated as I find something or nothing... keep me in your prayers lol

 

good luck....keep us posted

 

VanKuen: You suck! I was looking at buying the rim you bought lol. Oh well goodluck with getting it, you probably needed it more promptly than I did.

About to pull the rims off right now.. updates to follow

 

of course the evo has camber adjustment

 

Thanks. Vankuen already pointed that out and corrected me in a previous post.

 

HAHAHAH! Sorry about that mang! I was going nuts because I'm (literally) OCD about stuff. I didn't need to buy that new wheel because the old one holds fine, just had a little lug rash when the wheel offset prior to torquing it down.

My current wheel is structurally sound and in great shape otherwise. If you don't mind the slight cosmetic damage behind the lugs, PM me and I'll sell you my current one for a great price! I just have to wait to get in the new one and swap out tires and stuff before it can be sent out.

How're things going with your car?

 

Why don't you adjust the camber yourself on the wheel so the markings line up to stock? Then bring it into an alignment shop and have them do 4 wheel alignment. If the camber is still out of spec then you know something bent however based on the positioning of the mark you still might be able to correct some of it out.