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Just a heads-up #1478590 01/10/06 09:00 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 218 oklahoma city T tsSVT OP CEG\'er
OP tsSVT CEG\'er T Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 218 oklahoma city	On saturday I was out driving and I went around a car just before the apex of a turn hit a slick spot on the road,rear end started to walk... anyway long story short I end up on the side of the road in the grass,after going over a curb at 30MPH.No one is hurt no cars are damaged other than mine. Monday I get my car to the dealership and crawl under to have a look.The only thing that has any visual damage,aside from the paint on my koni's is the LCA. This is based solely on my experiance so don't put to much faith in it,I just want to put the info out there.Based on the damage my car sustained I believe that ford designed the LCAs to buckle in the event of a crash in order to save the subframe and other sensitive or expensive components.I'm sure most people can figure out what I am trying to get at. Anyway thank you for your time 2000 Silver SVT

Re: Just a heads-up #1478591 01/10/06 11:48 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,816 Ramstein AB, Germany B Big Daddy Kane Hard-core CEG\'er
Big Daddy Kane Hard-core CEG\'er B Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,816 Ramstein AB, Germany	Originally posted by tsSVT: Based on the damage my car sustained I believe that ford designed the LCAs to buckle in the event of a crash in order to save the subframe and other sensitive or expensive components.I'm sure most people can figure out what I am trying to get at. I'll bet they all design it like that. I got to drive a 1986 Cutlass Ciera around for free b/c I fixed it. Dude was drunk and hit a curb at 50mph... Control arm was all sorts of bent up. Threw one on from another car, good to go. Rim wasn't even bent (maybe b/c it had super tall like 195/85-14's on it). Goin' Round Traffic Circles @ 50Km/h!!! \m/ -- 1998 E0 SVT #2119 of 6535 \m/ -- 2003 Sentra SE-R Spec V

Re: Just a heads-up #1478592 01/11/06 12:50 AM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 185 Howard County MD S skifast87 CEG\'er
skifast87 CEG\'er S Joined: May 2005 Posts: 185 Howard County MD	yeah i know for a fact that they do. i hit a curb at aound 5 mph in the snow and sure enoughf it bent up. talked to the guy at ford and yes they are supossed to do that Mystique 98 ls T-red MTX B&G springs Turbendz y-pipe (running test pipe) Trubendz cat back with flowmaster muffler Costume intake with K&N filter B&M shifter Magstar wires

Re: Just a heads-up #1478593 01/11/06 02:28 AM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 451 rockford michigan L lizard CEG\'er
lizard CEG\'er L Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 451 rockford michigan	did you go sideways into the curb at 30. ouch 2000 contour V6 ATX BAT suspension kit, k&n filter, SVT TB, SVT UIM, SVT LIM, MSDS headers, MSDS Y-pipe, SVT dual exhaust, Custum burned ADC chip, 7000k HID's, 200 amp HO alt, custom gauges, and 17" rims

Re: Just a heads-up #1478594 01/11/06 01:49 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 218 oklahoma city T tsSVT OP CEG\'er
OP tsSVT CEG\'er T Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 218 oklahoma city	Originally posted by lizard: did you go sideways into the curb at 30. ouch Almost sideways,what sucks is that I normally go around the turn at around 65,I was only going about 50 this time,I didn't think about the fact that it has been really windy and there was a bunch of crap on the road. 2000 Silver SVT

Re: Just a heads-up #1478595 01/12/06 04:29 AM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 508 Rhode Island J jd2-98s Veteran CEG\'er
jd2-98s Veteran CEG\'er J Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 508 Rhode Island	I just hit a curb at 25... Stupid on my part, pulled over fast on sand and hit the brakes. Hit direct on the passenger front tire and pretty much stopped the car (the curb stop the car that is)I saw the wheel cover go flying.. I sat there asking myself why didnt' I just come off the brake? @#$# drove off with a good wooble and had the wheel turn half to the right. Tire didn't let go. Jacked it up at home in the cold. took tire off and can't see anything wrong. Put donut tire on and took it for ride, alignment seems fine tracks straight. If you let go of wheel it will pull to the side donut is on but that would be the donut. Only other thing I noted is right turns fine, left turn seems to slow the car and make a pulling noise, again I would believe and hope is the donut being on the outside of the turn. I ordered a stock rim from fordparts and hope to be all set on the 16th JD a.k.a Fingers "Don't Panic" '98 Contour GL 2.0L VCT ATX 88k '98 Contour LX 2.5L MTX 120k Street racing can kill just less of a chance with a 2.0

Re: Just a heads-up #1478596 01/12/06 06:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 218 oklahoma city T tsSVT OP CEG\'er
OP tsSVT CEG\'er T Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 218 oklahoma city	I'm probably lucky that I have Eibach Pro-Spacers on the front the studs are probably much stonger than stockers. 2000 Silver SVT

Re: Just a heads-up #1478597 01/12/06 09:22 PM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 9,602 KC, MO D DemonSVT_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
DemonSVT_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er D Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 9,602 KC, MO	Originally posted by tsSVT: I'm probably lucky that I have Eibach Pro-Spacers on the front the studs are probably much stonger than stockers. I'm sure both are the typical 10.9 material used in DOT approved wheel studs. Unless the Eibach kit is not DOT approved? However the spacers actually cause more stress on the suspension & bearing components by changing the suspension's geometry. 2000 SVT #674 13.47 @ 102 - All Motor! It was not broke; Yet I fixed it anyway.

Re: Just a heads-up #1478598 01/12/06 10:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 218 oklahoma city T tsSVT OP CEG\'er
OP tsSVT CEG\'er T Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 218 oklahoma city	Originally posted by DemonSVT: Originally posted by tsSVT: I'm probably lucky that I have Eibach Pro-Spacers on the front the studs are probably much stonger than stockers. I'm sure both are the typical 10.9 material used in DOT approved wheel studs. Unless the Eibach kit is not DOT approved? However the spacers actually cause more stress on the suspension & bearing components by changing the suspension's geometry. Trust me I know about the stresses on the suspension from the spacer,my brother still [censored] at me about them,(former CEG'er SQplus),but it was spacers or don't use my wilwood calipers.You make the call.I don't think that they are DOT approved but they are TUV+TSO approved in europe.I'm sure their standards are just as high if not higher than DOT.I think they use a higher strength material than factory,like ARP does for their wheel studs,but that is just speculation. 2000 Silver SVT

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