Hello good people,
On one snowy night this winter, I took a sharp corner too fast and my 500L MPW skidded and the front left wheel hit the kerb with some force, as the car was turning (and skidding). Based on the sound and the impact (and the fact that I was turning), I believe the impact was the alloy wheel against the kerb (sideways), NOT rubber tyre hitting the kerb.
Visual inspection shows no damage to the tyre or suspension (though I'm far from expert in car suspension). There are some marks/gashes on the alloy wheel, but hard to be sure that they weren't there before. Driving the car poses no problem, in fact I drove 300+ miles trip with it last week. However, there are two things that bug me:
1. There is this rythmic, periodic noise coming from the tyre that wasn't there before.
2. The steering wheel is off slighly to the right.
My suspicion is problem with the wheel alignment, but I thought I just check with expert opiniions here before I spend £50 on wheel alignment.
Ideas/advise/recommendation, please? Thanks in advance!
On one snowy night this winter, I took a sharp corner too fast and my 500L MPW skidded and the front left wheel hit the kerb with some force, as the car was turning (and skidding). Based on the sound and the impact (and the fact that I was turning), I believe the impact was the alloy wheel against the kerb (sideways), NOT rubber tyre hitting the kerb.
Visual inspection shows no damage to the tyre or suspension (though I'm far from expert in car suspension). There are some marks/gashes on the alloy wheel, but hard to be sure that they weren't there before. Driving the car poses no problem, in fact I drove 300+ miles trip with it last week. However, there are two things that bug me:
1. There is this rythmic, periodic noise coming from the tyre that wasn't there before.
2. The steering wheel is off slighly to the right.
My suspicion is problem with the wheel alignment, but I thought I just check with expert opiniions here before I spend £50 on wheel alignment.
Ideas/advise/recommendation, please? Thanks in advance!
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