bmwohio Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 UPDATE: Acura of Columbus found the following needing replaced: Right front lower control arm Hub and bearing (Bent) Wheel They wanted and astronomical amount of money for labor, so I am taking it to ZB and Todd at Sigmatec to do the work, and I am sourcing a new wheel myself, since Acura wanted $550 for a new wheel. Car should be done Friday, hopefully this does the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinisterSS Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 (edited) UPDATE: Acura of Columbus found the following needing replaced: Right front lower control arm Hub and bearing (Bent) Wheel They wanted and astronomical amount of money for labor, so I am taking it to ZB and Todd at Sigmatec to do the work, and I am sourcing a new wheel myself, since Acura wanted $550 for a new wheel. Car should be done Friday, hopefully this does the trick. Damn, why am I just now seeing this thread? I work at Lindsay Acura, I've been there going on 18 years(Acura Master Tech). If you have any questions about your MDX let me know and I'll see if I can help. I can't speak much about Acura of Columbus except that a lot of their customers find their way over to us. few things I'm sure you already know by now: 1. the VSA light will come on if the steering wheel is off center 2. 99.9% of the time the lower control arm will be the issue when camber/caster is out, the only adjustable item on Acura cars is the Toe. 3. the shop that offered to elongate the holes shouldn't be in business, worst advice ever. 4. since the wheel got bent chances are the hub/bearing is bad too, like AoC stated. Now depending on the wheel damage it can be fixed, we use wheel professionals quite often: http://www.wheelprofessionals.com/ Edited December 11, 2013 by SinisterSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POS VETT Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Kale, MDX uses the same PCD as BMW. If the cost of one OEM wheel was quite high, you could get a set of aftermarket intended for a BMW for not much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigOxley Posted December 10, 2013 Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 UPDATE: Acura of Columbus found the following needing replaced: Right front lower control arm Hub and bearing (Bent) Wheel They wanted and astronomical amount of money for labor, so I am taking it to ZB and Todd at Sigmatec to do the work, and I am sourcing a new wheel myself, since Acura wanted $550 for a new wheel. Car should be done Friday, hopefully this does the trick. ZB is THE MAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwohio Posted December 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2013 Damn, why am I just now seeing this thread? I work at Lindsay Acura, I've been there going on 18 years(Acura Master Tech). If you have any questions about your MDX let me know and I'll see if I can help. I can't speak much about Acura of Columbus except that a lot of their customers find their way over to us. few things I'm sure you already know by now: 1. the VSA light will come on if the steering wheel is off center 2. 99.9% of the time the lower control arm will be the issue when camber/caster is out, the only adjustable item on Acura cars is the Toe. 3. the shop that offered to elongate the holes shouldn't be in business, worst advice ever. 4. since the wheel got bent chances are the hub/bearing is bad too, like AoC stated. Now depending on the wheel damage it can be fixed, we use wheel medic quite often: http://www.theroundhouse.ws/ Cool, thanks for chiming in, everything you said makes total sense. You wouldn't happen to know where I can buy just one of these wheels do you? http://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/acura/mdx/2009/oem/2009_acura_mdx_4dr-suv_base_fq_oem_1_500.jpg Not sure about straightening the wheel, any idea on cost? And would you trust a previously bent wheel that was was straightened, or just buy a used 'good' one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizin01 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 We have wheels straightened on a very regular basis by Alloy Wheel Repair. Not aware of any issues to date. Now they cant straighten all wheels, depending on damage/location. We typically charge $130-150 for a repair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGH STEELERS Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Sorry about your circumstance and hope all goes well for you. Craig, nice to know you are at Lindsey, I purchased my TL from there and I always bring my car there for an oil change. It's a lot cheaper just to pay for it. I normally do it my self but as I stated, it's cheaper to have the dealer do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinisterSS Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Cool, thanks for chiming in, everything you said makes total sense. You wouldn't happen to know where I can buy just one of these wheels do you? http://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/acura/mdx/2009/oem/2009_acura_mdx_4dr-suv_base_fq_oem_1_500.jpg Not sure about straightening the wheel, any idea on cost? And would you trust a previously bent wheel that was was straightened, or just buy a used 'good' one? my cost on a NEW factory wheel is $334.16 + core, that maybe why AoC was so high, search http://www.car-parts.com see what they have,as far as having the wheel repaired I think that's all based on how bad it is(that link I posted earlier has pricing), as far as trusting the repair again that depends on how badly bent it is, I've seen some wheels that were bent badly but come back looking new, I don't trust their balance methods based on how/where they place the wheel weights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyM3rC Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Was the car totalled? I bent my control arm pretty bad. My front wheel is sitting about 4" closer to the inner wall then normal. Im afraid something else bent. Unsure. Probably would have been had I made a claim, but it was an old beater car and wasn't worth getting my rates jacked for being young and stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwohio Posted December 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 my cost on a NEW factory wheel is $334.16 + core, that maybe why AoC was so high, search http://www.car-parts.com see what they have,as far as having the wheel repaired I think that's all based on how bad it is(that link I posted earlier has pricing), as far as trusting the repair again that depends on how badly bent it is, I've seen some wheels that were bent badly but come back looking new, I don't trust their balance methods based on how/where they place the wheel weights. OK, thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinisterSS Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 UPDATE: Acura of Columbus found the following needing replaced: Right front lower control arm Hub and bearing (Bent) Wheel They wanted and astronomical amount of money for labor, so I am taking it to ZB and Todd at Sigmatec to do the work, and I am sourcing a new wheel myself, since Acura wanted $550 for a new wheel. Car should be done Friday, hopefully this does the trick. they missed the bent strut, BTW did you want the old strut back? Sorry about your circumstance and hope all goes well for you. Craig, nice to know you are at Lindsey, I purchased my TL from there and I always bring my car there for an oil change. It's a lot cheaper just to pay for it. I normally do it my self but as I stated, it's cheaper to have the dealer do it. been at Lindsay for 18 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrxRcr Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 I fixed a 2012 civic that had this exact damage, ended up being bent strut and hub. After the fix the stability control light would not turn off, had to replace the wheel speed sensor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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