front tirewell...

[Daemonite]

last night when i was driving back home in the rain i ended up hydroplaning over a curb at around 30 mph and now my front left tire is pushed back, almost to the back of the tirewall...when i tried driving it this morning the car basically feels like there is an extreme problem up front. im thinking it is the axel that was bent or something involving the front suspension, however i am not confidant that i can get the car up past 15 mph without feeling unsafe, so i want someone's opinion before i get it towed. im going to have a few words with the tire dealership over the new "all weather" tires that ended up hydroplaning after less than 100 miles of use. basically, without being able to get a picture at the moment the normal tire looks like this in the wall:

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now it looks more like this but not as extreme:

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any suggestions/ideas about what is f**ked up and how much (give or take a few hundred) this should cost to replace would be appreciated. god i hate the rain and what it did to my baby

[Pribilof]

hopefully you just need an alignment or something similar. take it to a tire shop with a really good laser alignment machine.

[autxr]

Bend control arm, bent strut, possibly damaged steering rack (and rack ends), possible damage to the axle, the hub, the bearings, the wheel, sway bar and linkage.

Even possiblt chassis damage to the strut tower and frame.

Sounds like you hit hard. Get it *towed* to the nearest shop (it need not be toyota, I would try to find a really good chassis shop with a frame rack).

Scott

[2kcelicaGT]

when i bent my suspension from hitting my rear tire/rim into a curb, it was my control arm i believe, and bearings, and some other suspension parts, be read to dish out $400-500 for this little mishap, sucks, sorry to hear man

[kuruptgt]

yur tire was pushed back that far and you tried to drive it??