Its been snowing like a sum _____ here in KC....i was driving and blasted a huge pot hole yesterday morning and didnt really hear anything break but I got to work and noticed the left rear of my car was leaning. I have stock suspension and it looks lowered now on the left side, lol. Hopefully this is just a bad strut or worse?

I was planning on buy TRD struts if that was the problem because i already have TRD springs that i bought about 4 months ago, I just never got around to putting them on.

 

does it pull to the side when you drive? can you turn the steering wheel all the way both ways? are there any vibrations?

 

Youve just gotta stick your head under the car and take a peek at it. The only thing that would lower ride height is either a blown strut (nothing will look weird under there, maybe some fluid leaking but thats about it), a cracked/bent spring (youll see something visibly different between the springs on either side if thats the case), or a broken or bent lower arm or strut mount bolt (again very visible as youll see a sheered off bolt or the tubing of the A arm will be bent). Take a look, snap a few pics if you can and well try and figure out what it is. Most likely just a blown strut tho so NTM to worry about.

 

Like TJ said you need to get under the car and look. If you blew the strut there should be fluid over the body of it. Sorry to hear that you hit a pot hole. Hopefully it's nothing too serious.

 

I hope that is all it is.....its kinda BS cause the snow had covered the pot hole so i didnt even see it.


Thanks for the info, i will try to look at it tomorrow. It might be kinda hard with all the snow and considering it is -15 degrees here.

Would the coldness have anything to do with it? i mean my car has never been it -15 degrees with 10in of snow on the ground....

 

Im pretty sure that the cold has nothing to do with it. It is something with your suspension. I don't know how low that side is but you could've also knocked that wheel out of alignment.

 

lol i know the cold directly didnt cause this but i mean indirectly....

 

as in the weather causing it to snow, therefore causing the snow to cover the pot hole, therefore you hitting the pot hole because the snow was covering it?...yes

if it were a spring/strut every small bump you would feel it more than normal. if it pulls/vibrates whenever you drive it you have something bent.