tire rubbiing after car hit a tree

[crash22]

i had an accident and i hit a tree where i live going at like 5 mph so nuthin happened to the frame. but now my driver side fender i think moved back because when i open the drivers door it rubs against the fender. and when the drivers side wheel turns to the inside it rubs on the sidewall of the tire which means that if i drive the car like that the tire might blow cuz the sidewall of the tire is not reinforced.

 

[88stangmangt]

get a new fender.

 

[81stangdude]

sounds like you have knocked something out of line. you may have to end up putting it on a frame machine to fix it. i dont know a whole lot about this body stuff., but thats my 2 cents.

 

[ENFD240]

you might have pushed the bumper and bumper caver in enough that they in turn pushed the fender out of line

 

[ninety15.0]

Get a new fender, i think they are only bout 99 bucks if you get a new repro. that really sucks tho man....good luck

 

[NKau]

The username says it all What the heck were you doing that you went in the ditch going 5 mph? In either case, you probably just messed up the quarter panel/bumper cover, but should probably take it to at least get looked at by a professional.

 

[crash22]

yea all the screws line up they just have to be retightened and i still don't know if what is bent is the unibody

fender

or the

front fender apron

 

[crash22]

is not e fender or the fender apron, my unibody is bent does anyone know how i can fix this??

 

[NKau]

The only correct way to repair unibody damage is to take it to a frame shop and have it put on the frame puller.

 

[crash22]

do you know how much that would cost??

 

[88stangmangt]

prob at least 500.

 

[2000xp8]

For the time being, pull the inner fender liner, and realign the fender, you should be able to get it to not hit the tire and not have the door hit it. It may be a little noticealbe, but i know that door hitting the fender sound, and it can drive you nuts.

 

[sublime29]

Do what 2000xp8 said.You might have just knocked the fender back.Try to loosin up the fender bolts and pull it forward.I don't think you damaged the frame doin 5 mile a hour.A set of com-a longs is a great way to pull fenders and the like out.A frame shop might do a minor job if that is the problem under 300.

 

[Venom351R]

do you know how much that would cost??

dont you have Insurance?

 

[Michael Yount]

You need to take it to a professional to be sure it's not something more complex. It doesn't take a lot of speed to do a lot of damage if the car is hit just right. With door hitting fender, something got tweaked on the unibody. And if the tire's rubbing too, you may have front suspension bits that are tweaked as well. Try not to run the car into fixed objects. Neither the car or the tree benefits from that.

 

[crash22]

yea i have insurance but i don't think the insurance covers swerving out of the road to not kill a stupid ass dog that tought it was funny to run infront of my car

 

[crash22]

i was looking at the frame and right were the frame meets with the strut housing the frame instead of looking like

this:

it looks like this:

but it's only about a centimiter thats bent

 

[NKau]

i was looking at the frame and right were the frame meets with the strut housing the frame instead of looking like

this:

it looks like this:

but it's only about a centimiter thats bent

Sorry, but that illustration is priceless. You will more than definitely want to take it somewhere to get looked at and see what you get for estimates; doesn't sound like you did a lot of damage, but it will have to be addressed if you want your fender/door alignment to ever be "right" again.

 

[Michael Yount]

Your insurance covers accidents. Unless you intentionally hit the tree, that's what your insurance is for. That assumes you have collision coverage. If liability is all you have, then it's on your dime.

Always, always hit the animal. Swerving not only significantly increases the chance of you damaging your vehicle, you take a chance of hurting yourself, and doing other property or personal damage (pedestrians, someone in another car, etc.). Besides, you do the rest of us a favor by taking the animal that wasn't bright enough to stay out of the road out of the gene pool. (apologies to dog/animal lovers in advance - as soon as we can successfully feed all the people on the planet, I'll start watching out for the animals).

 

[Michael Yount]

By the way, your insurance policy probably requires you to contact them in the event of an accident. So be careful how you go about this. If you go to a shop and you don't want to notify/include the insurance company be certain the shop knows. An accident that doesn't involve a claim will still go on your insurance record if they know about it. And they're probably gonna want to know why an accident report wasn't filed.