I had someone watch and the control arms are fine. The wheel does not seem to move back in the arch...

After some careful looking, it looks to me like the wheel is hitting the top of the wheel arch. I don't see any tire remnants, but I do see a faint "groove" which I am almost certain is the tread pattern of my tire. This has to have been when I hit metal gratings on the freeway going downhill at 75MPH. It was a horrifically loud skid and after that I vowed not to go freeway with this car again until I figure this out.

Is it safe to assume that my front shocks are toast? I guess that would also explain why my front bumper hits when going over speedbumps at faster speeds. My wagon would never hit so I thought it was strange.

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If it is my shocks, should I stick with OEM? I don't feel like dropping this car quite yet, and I couldn't do H&R's on the front only, I'd have to do both front and rear, right?

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