well, been down there every night after work. and i keep forgetting the camera... took the front suspension all off and separated the control arms. they came out quite nicely, no need for a picklefork here, it just needed one good smack with a hammer and everything came loose.
but i found the real damage to the LH side suspension from when that curb jumped out in front of me... the upper control arm bolt is bent slightly, the arm itself is fine, but the bolt if i roll it on the floor has a little wiggle and was much harder to remove than the other side...
and not only the bolt, but i noticed that on the lower bushing of my shock (bilstein, less than 8mo old) was almost starting to get pressed out. its a little crooked and moved from its original position, but under closer inspection, the whole lower loop is moved in and the shock is dented. i'll get some pics tomorrow, but now i need to buy a new shock.
i suppose it's not a bad deal... the supra's pretty resillient in a situation like this.
the upper and lower ball joints are perfect. all bushings are good.
that particular wheel bearing has a slight hum, but i've only noticed it now, freely spinning it, so who knows. i could blame it on the accident, but i dont know if that's justified... i mean, the car has almost 170,000miles on it....
anywho... this will sort of be my progress thread i suppose. i'll keep you guys all updated.
pulled off the spoiler, also and found a nice little family of those tiny tiny ants living in the center section... assholes...
and also i found a pretty scary looking spiderweb by the diff... 3 good size egg sacs and i killed a damn scary lookin spider, too... friggin insects.
