BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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ok this is quit ehard to explain without the use of pictures.
My car may have previously been invloved in a small front accident, its all fixed but i have noticed that on the front drivers wheel the wheel sits very very close to the arch on the left, i can just about fit 2 fingers between the arch and the wheel, is it a bent or twisted steering rack or something?
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JayT
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
Location: Stoke On Trent
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sounds like its been lowered to me mate 
nah on a more serious note, have you compared it with the other side? if there is a noticable difference then i would take it back to the place you had the damage fixed and tell them about it mate! good luck 
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BarnshaW
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Registered: 25th Oct 06
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yea the other side is fine, wheel is equal distance from either side of arch, drivers side is way different.
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
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it took the impact on the drivers side then and the chassis leg is back, i bet it wears tyres badly also and pulls to one side. it hasnt been measured on a bench or by tape etc
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Poot
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Registered: 30th Jan 05
Location: Wales/midlands drives: 1.6 16v
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Did the same on my old corsa, except it was passenger side, on full lock to the left, wheel was almost touching the wheelarch  Steering was, to put a fine point on it extremely dangerous, car felt as though it was going to slide clean off the road 
Cant think of any sort of repair for a chassis leg thats been pushed back, words thats come to mind are:
Big chain
Telegraph pole
Pull
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x14xe
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Registered: 15th Dec 05
Location: Sutton-on-Hull, Kingston upon Hull
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My mate went into a kerb pretty quick on his corsa, and had exactly the same problem, he took it to a body shop, put it on a jig and they re aligned that chassis, his was a very bad case, the wheel was pulled right into the arch, and left in un drivable. The body shop charged £250 to re align the chassis, and now it is fine, my advice is to go round to body shops equipped with a jig and see what they can do for ya!
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abdus
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Registered: 23rd Feb 06
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like this:
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=274391
now it's worse for me since car has been lowered. Drives fine though
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