Hello all, first post here at HCF.

First of all, I have identified and fixed my vibration problem. For anyone experiencing something similar I'll expliain my story before asking my question:
Soon after purchasing a 2003 honda civic from a private party, I begin feeling vibration between 40-60 mph and a bit of pulsation when braking to a stop.
After a few mechanics I came to learn that the brand new tires the seller put on my car before selling it was for a reason: the rear shocks were blown. According
to my mechanic, the blown shocks were obviously not "doing their job" by keeping the tires on the ground, and were therefore creating "hotspots" on the tires wish soon
caused them [tires] to get warped, wobbly, etc.

My question is this: I bought the car at 26k miles, and found out it was in an accident of some capacity that caused impact on the passenger side. I don't know if
the blown shocks are an isolated incident or if there is an underlying cause for why the shocks blew, and therefore damaged my tires. Is there anything else I should
have my mechanic look at specifically to determine if my shocks are going to be blown again prematurely???

Thanks in advance!

 

wut kind of accident was it (ie: side swiped, rear ended, etc). could check for frame damage and if so that could be a major problem but i doubt it unless it was a bad accident. check the lower control arms for damage. it may not even be damage to the car itself, could be either just the shocks were blown for some reason and also ur tires may not be balanced or weighted properly.

 

I honestly couldnt tell you what kind of impact it had been. I believe it was side swiped or possible just hitting a curb or something dumb like that. The mechanic said the damage didnt look that bad although both trailing (trailer?) arms had been replaced on the side of impact. I just want to make sure there isn't any part(s) that may still be broken that may cause the rear shocks to blow again.

Thanks

 

There are a couple things that can cause uneven tire wear: wheels out of alignment and worn suspension are two of them.

You have a weird mechanic. Shocks don't keep tires on the ground, gravity keeps your car's body down on the shocks. You could technically remove the shocks from the car and let the car sit on the springs. It would be a crappy ride but the tires would stay on the ground. Shocks absorb bumps from the road. Worn shocks will sag, thus lowering the vehicle, thus putting the wheel at a bit sharper camber to the road.

How to check shocks: push down on the rear corner of the car and then let go. If the car comes up and stops, the shocks are fine. If the car comes up and then down and then up (bobbles), then your shocks/struts are worn. Replace them if this is the case.
Do a wheel alignment after installing new struts.

The strut may be fine, if that's the case, maybe just a wheel alignment will do. The worst case scenario is to bring the car to a body shop to straighten the frame. Yuck. There are alignments kits if the rear struts are far off.