I was making a u turn to park and not paying attention.. I hit the corner of my drive way.. everything seemed fine as first..then today I realized a weird noise coming from the front so I pulled the front tires off. I saw that I blew out my right front strut and also bent the sway bar link.. I was able to straiten the link.. but I also noticed with the wheels on I can fit just three fingers behind the driver side wheel and on the passenger I can't fit three fingers flat between them.. not sure if I bent anything else or shifted the subframe if that is even possible... any ideas where to look or how to finger out what else is bent is greatly appreciated... this car has been a repair nightmare since buying it not even a month ago... the control arms do not appear bent. But I did realize to today on the driver side headlight sensor on the control arm the lower section seemed like it was binding.. but that mite be from the alignment shop using heat on the tie rod. Days before I hit the curb😢

 

Also - pop the hood and take a look at the top strut tower.
I had hit a badly deteriorated set of railroad tracks @ 45mph causing sever damage to my driver side suspension, The strut tower had to be replaced as well as everything else below it.

 

I do have the strut tower braces underneath. I looked can't say very great but nothing on the tower looked any diffrent.. am worried about the subframe or control arm. Who knows maybe I got lucky and it just bent the link and blew the strut... I have to jack it up and measure the rear of the subfram.

 

Not sure of your location, but my 05 that lived in NY for most of its life, had both front control arms replaced - one rotted out from the salt. The other was close. A hit like that could make a mess of the lower arm.

 

Location is maryland ao far nothing is rotted. But ever since blowing the strut I have a horrible knocking banging noise can even feel it in the floor. I replaced the torque mount. No change. I have a upper mount new struts and sway bar links on the way. I am hoping it takes care of it so I can have it alignment again lol.

 

What are your symptoms? When you drive and go over a bump, what happens? When you are driving straight and let go of the wheel, does it continue straight or veer off the road?

Does your car have any accidents? Make sure your body panels are lined up since you measured from the fender flare to your wheel.