2000 Jetta front wheel bent

BRETTSHANNON18

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2000 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
FWD
AUTOMATIC

I hit a curb in my 2000 volkswagen and my wheel is bent, what might it be? Any suggestions of what I should check would be greatly appericiated!

Saturday, February 5th, 2011 AT 8:24 PM

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FIXITMR

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When you say wheel bent, you mean it dont look right? If it's tilted it could be strut bent, front hub assembly bent, frame piece bent. If alignment/steering is off, tie rod could be bent. If both off, could be combination of things. The wheel/rim itself could be bent causing wobbly driving.