Curbed the car last night...

[lcrqq]

Hey guys, some person pulled out in front of me last night and I was forced to curb the car. Now I'm throwing a sports differential fault and the alignment seems slightly pulling to the right. Any suggestions and or pricing to get alignment fixed? :/


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[RavinJetta]

If you are getting a sports diff error I would contact your insurance company. This might not be just an alignment issue anymore.

[shoe3k]

I know how you feel. I did the same thing in a previous car and the rage just kept building up quietly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ttDMGEme-k


Anyway, definitely call the insurance company because that sounds like a serious issue.

[Thurston]

I've got curb rash on damn near every single wheel from doing this usually at about 1mph ... but my god it threw a code? sorry brothah.

[doug97gxe]

I curb my wheels once a week.. then i sand them down and spray matte black spray on them.. no sports diff error though

[MrFunk]

Darn. That sucks.
Insurance is right. Make sure you get all work done at a dealership if going through insurance...
Exactly why I run a dash cam front and back...

[schirm]

I curb my wheels once a week.. then i sand them down and spray matte black spray on them.. no sports diff error though

Once a week! avoid those damn curbs lol.

[doug97gxe]

Once a week! avoid those damn curbs lol.

when i had my rotors.. i parked about 6 inches from curbs.. took care how i parked.. OCD .. once i got my AG's and had them painted i didn't give a shit.. nor did i give a shit when my wife drove the car.. its so easy to sand em down and paint.. you can't even tell .. i usually end up curbing them tryign to get so close to the curb and far away from the other spot next to me.. i will take curbs over door dings

[schirm]

when i had my rotors.. i parked about 6 inches from curbs.. took care how i parked.. OCD .. once i got my AG's and had them painted i didn't give a shit.. nor did i give a shit when my wife drove the car.. its so easy to sand em down and paint.. you can't even tell .. i usually end up curbing them tryign to get so close to the curb and far away from the other spot next to me.. i will take curbs over door dings

I do the same thing with parking. Would rather have curb rash then a door ding I love Plastidip for this reason. But in best case I would rather not have either ha I still am free of any dings at 100,000 miles!

[doug97gxe]

I do the same thing with parking. Would rather have curb rash then a door ding I love Plastidip for this reason. But in best case I would rather not have either ha I still am free of any dings at 100,000 miles!

i have a slight one.. but the car is white so you can't really see it unless you're looking.. i thought about the dip route too.. i ended up with paint.. cheap paint cuz that bitch is peeling

[jmustaparta]

lcrqq back in October I had the same issue hitting a curb at like 20-25mph... After driving for like 1 mile alignment issues started appearing and the Sports diff error. Called insurance... turns out the control arms broke, wheel replaced, tire replaced, the suspension was all over the place, almost everything from the front-drivers side suspension was replaced. The total cost of the damage was around $9k

I will post photos later when I get home. Call insurance!

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[lcrqq]

Jmustaparta -- Eeeesh. I hit it going only like 10mph hopefully it's not as serious as your dilemma.. the weird part is the fault didn't go off last night after it happened.. went off this morning on the way to work.

[S4NJ]

Darn. That sucks.
Insurance is right. Make sure you get all work done at a dealership if going through insurance...
Exactly why I run a dash cam front and back...

Which model cams are you running for front and back? Thx.


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[BoostEasy]

If you are getting a sports diff error I would contact your insurance company. This might not be just an alignment issue anymore.

+1. That sounds potentially pretty expensive.

When my car was hit in 2014 I spoke with some collision experts and they said Audi's position for a proper repair on front wheel hits is to perform steering rack replacement whether it obviously needs it or not. I'm not sure about the rear, but a diff fault doesn't bode well.

Another thing that sucks is that a lot of the parts on the suspension and some frame members are cast aluminum. Meaning if they take a hit they don't flex and flex back again (like steel), they just crack. My front cross member had to be replaced from a smallish hit because it was cracked around the bolt holes where it attaches to the front body under the engine. Body shop didn't see it until some parts were removed so it made it onto the revised estimate.

Summary: modern cars use materials designed to make them lighter and cheaper to build but they appear to require more repair time/parts replacement/$$$ vs older designs.

[adk_audi]

Jmustaparta -- Eeeesh. I hit it going only like 10mph hopefully it's not as serious as your dilemma.. the weird part is the fault didn't go off last night after it happened.. went off this morning on the way to work.

I think you are OK, hopefully nothing serious. The sports diff will throw an error for a lot of different steering issues - in your case it sounds like a bad enough alignment issue that is causing the sports diff. to deactivate. It just happens because if you are pulling the steering wheel to go straight for a long time (ie your drive home and the drive this morning) the computer can't make sense of it. I had the clock spring in my steering wheel go bad, same thing, the computer didn't know if my car was pointed straight so it htrew a sports diff error and turned it off (along with the ESC, also an error).