sorry for the long delay. only just got to go look over the car with all your ideas today. jacked up the front end and pulled on the wheels a bit. didn't notice anything unusual. am i supposed to pull front to back or side to side?

i wasn't able to try prying the wheel with a long bar because the only place i had to work on the car was a parallel parking spot with not much room in front. i also didn't have a helper to turn the wheel while i looked. tomorrow i'll get both those thigns and find a parking lot where i can spread out.

when i put the car back down i could see that the FR wheel is definitely leaning in at the top.

i guess i'm wondering how many of the possible scenarios could be an easy DIY fix? Normally I'm up for the challenge but right now myself (and the car) are in NYC...and it seems difficult to find space to work on a car...in the winter. from the threads i've been reading it seems like most scenarios might involve specialty tools of one or the other?

in any event, i'll take the car to a parking lot tomorrow and hopefully have more updates...