kileil

Ok, i constantly see people ragging on others here because their wheels don't cost $500 ea and often saying anything cheaper will crack/bend/explode/kill their kitties/etc.

So if YOU have messed up a rim or hit some impressive stuff and rolled away fine, share the brand, diameter, tire sidewall and situation that caused it. No "my guy..." or "this dude i heard about.." stories.

Here's my experiences:

- 89 4Runner/15" 7 spoke Progressive/ 31" mickey tires - Airborne many, many times and never a problem

- 91 civic/enkei 16" mesh/40 series - Hit potholes all day on Skunk2 coils, never a problem.

- 91 civic/rota 16" circuit's/40 series yoks - Hit potholes all day on Skunk2 coils, never a problem.

- 05 tC/19" Axis/35 series falken's - Hit a pothole that made my frame ring like a freaking bell (seriously, loud metal BOOONNGGG sound) which pinched a little nick in the tire but otherwise rims perfect and still round.

fiendskillz

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pixx?

ack154

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I drove over a curb with my OEM wheel (one of the lame, sharp granite ones) and cut a tire and screwed up one of my wheels. Nothing totally awful, but the shop always has trouble balancing it now so something is out of whack.

Some jerkoff tried to turn into me in a parking lot and I swerved a little too much to avoid him.

Jlowe

Great idea, now maybe everyone will see that the damaged rim pics they always see are not common.

and pics should only be needed if it was damaged?

Ro_Ja

I ran over a large rock on the freeway. Totally bent my front tow latch near the splash guards, dented my exhaust a little, and scraped the hell out of my undercarriage, but my wheels and tires were fine.

davedavetC

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was taht with the BBS wheels ro ja?

also i rolled on stockers, and 2 different set of Volks Racing wheels, i never bent a wheel but then again im not an idiot and i dont hit pot holes or curbs.

Ro_Ja

Yes it was Dave.

davedavetC

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i t hought so.

Ro_Ja

I saw the rock shoot out behind me at 70mph. When I pulled back on the freeway after checking everything, I saw the VW Beetle that was behind me when it happened, pulled over on the side of the road. lol

kileil

Bump for more! If you've wrecked a cheapie, pics sell your story.

Oh, totally forgot that back on rota's I got caught in a surprise snow storm and curbed one at about 5mph. Aside from some rash, still good to go.

Timebomb

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watching...

I always hear "omg your rotas are gonna shatter and you're gonna die!!"

I wonder how common it really is to completely destroy a rim not just bend/warp etc.

shupes31

watching, cuz my rims were only 170 a piece. lol

ScionJim23

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Rocked crappy ADR's for a few weeks as some company....wont say names, screwed up an order on a nice set of wheels on me so I never got them but did get my money back. Anyways, The ADR's were fine for a while but I could never get them balanced. always seemed out of wack. Hit potholes at night before without issue. One day I was coming home from work, hit an awkward hole in the road and bam, my wheel was shaking like a ****. Looked at the wheel and tire and it looked fine. hmmmm, i thought all was well and maybe something with my steering was wrong. got home with the bad vibration, removed the wheel and inspected. Found the inner wheel had bent. Removed the tire from the wheel and the inner wheel was a mess. the Kumho tire was fine, passenger front wheel was a mess. Put OEMs back on. no issues with the OEMs though up till now. ADVANS this summer.

Air2TheThrown

I hit a concrete island in the the middle of the road going 10mph head on. Besides me screaming like a little baby, nothing happened. Impressive enough?

Oh, and I paid $650 for all 4 wheels with tires... yes brand new. lol

Ro_Ja

lol nice story

nebster

not really. 10 mph isn't that fast

yellowxhoodie

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lol, theres been 2 stories so far.
one going 5 mph
one going 10 mph

i bought some motegis off ebay, never even bothered buying tires for em.

kileil

Which could be proof that cheap rims aren't exploding left and right like some ppl say

kiss_kiss_kill

Hit a 12" deep by 5" wide pothole right when I went over a hill on some 18" Tenzos when I had my civic. My rim bent into somewhat of a taco & my tire was done-zo (the wheel was, too). When I got towed the guy told me I was the 7th car he'd towed that day because of "that damn pothole".

I got new wheels, & took the old wheels to the recycler & got like $80, lol.

yellowxhoodie

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haha, that guy prob made that hole himself then sat down the road in his truck and waited for un-suspecting victims.