mancini tube upper control arm failure....

momoparman said
Did anyone wonder if maybe the wheel made contact with the curb then the whole front end corner with a tree before the tube broke.....not calling anyone a liar but damn, that front end took a vicious hit....look at how bad the wheel is bent and look at the damage to the corner of the radiator support and front frame member.

Could something else have happened before to cause the accident that may have caused the weld to break? Like a blowout?........just another way to look at it.

I mean I bet the whole accident took about 5 seconds so what happened first? Chicken or egg?

momoparman said
I also wonder because I have an RMS system on my car and I have 0 miles on it:read2:.....homework time....I would shizzle if something like that happened.

i've seen an alter-k that has hit a curb. a few years ago at carlisle a guy brought one back to bill. apparently the guy got cut off and slammed into like an 8" curb. he was picking up a new alter-k at carlisle that year and bill wanted to see the smashed one so he could see how it took the hit and if there was anyway to improve on it. i can say the thing was bent all to hell but there were NO broken welds. i don't care what happened to the black runner in the pics. the welds should not have broken. the welds are suposed to be the strong spot. look at the arm in the pic. it isn't even bent,( just tweaked a tiny bit).. just broken at the weld.