Very recently, I had to swerve to avoid an accident and in doing so, I ended up hitting a curb with my front left wheel going about 20-25 mph. My wheels were turned about 45 degrees to the right, and the left front wheel hit dead onto the beginning of a curb. The only damage to the car was a large scratch/curb rash on my wheel and a small 1 inch or so scratch on the bottom of my front bumper, near the wheel. Immediately, the alignment was a little bit off ( I had to keep the wheel about 5-10 degrees to the right in order to go straight). I also noticed that while driving under 55 mph, there were no problems, other than the misalignment. But as a went above 55mph, I noticed that whenever I make a right turn (turning the wheel more than about 25 degrees) there is a rubbing noise coming from my front left wheel area. It isn't a constant rubbing, its like rub...rub...rub... etc. It sounds like when you accidentally drive off the shoulder a little on certain highways and you hear that rubbing sound from your tires on the weird surface. It also sounds a little like the brake pad rubbing the rotor. Like I said, under 55 mph no problems at all, above 55mph, no problems going straight, turning left, only a right turn will bring the noise. Any ideas or opinions on what may be causing this?? Any ideas would be very helpful.


By the way, I took the car in to get an alignment today, and here are the results (I dont really know what they mean, maybe someone can explain it to me):
Front Left: Camber- before:-.7, after:-.7
Caster- before:6.1, after:6.1
Toe- before:-.68, after:.03
SAI- before:7.2, after:7.2
induced angle- before:6.5, after:6.5

Front Right: Camber- before:-.9, after:-.9
Caster- before:8.4, after:8.4
Toe- before:.30, after:.06
SAI- before:12.5, after:12.4
induced angle- before:11.5, after:11.5

Rear Left: Camber- before:-1.7, after:-1.7
Toe- before:.12, after:.12

Rear Right: Camber- before:-1.6, after:-1.6
Toe- before:-.21, after:0.00

I was told they tried their best to get the alignment in range but its at the limits already. The alignment (in terms of the steering wheel) is much better now, but I still have the rubbing sound, and now it seems to start happening around 45-50mph and up. Could it be something as simple as an unbalanced wheel, or maybe a messed up wheel bearing? It seems all 4 wheels were kind of effected, unless they just didnt know how to align it.

 

have a mechanic or dealer check it out. you probably bent something, but i'm surprised the alignment ppl didn't say anything. something is out of wack.