beejonnybee

Hit one last night and one of the front tire gone flat instantly!
Bent the rim and need new tire, CAD$100 fixing the rim and another $280 for the tire gone down the drain, gotta love it!!!!!
Lesson learned, will run winters next season on 18" max.

BTW, I can't buy the dealer's rim & tire protection afterwards, right?

Adarah

Oh my god - I feel your pain. That so sucks man. The extreme potholes and the terrible roads down here in Louisiana are the bane of my existence now. I swear its like a developing nation. Last year I had to replace my tires from the terrible roads and of all things - the unavoidable Mardi Gras beads that get strewn all over. Some beads got all wrapped around in my wheel well and rubbed against the tire as I drove back from NOLA causing it to blow. I was so pissed.

I doubt that they'd let you buy it now but lol you could always ask.

kozak79

I hit a pothole in New York a few months back, got a bubble on my tire. New tire was $230, small dent on the inside of the rim. I hate potholes.

bop11

My dealer said that one pot hole (right in front of the local BMW dealer, got to love it) brought in 11 destroyed rims in one day to this MB dealership. Thinks next year he may put in his own pot hole! That way he won't need to go get the cars. Only joking?

Cheravian

When you hit a pothole hard enough to blow a tire and/or bend a rim, do you worry about damage to the suspension also? I assume Mercedes are engineered and built to a standard where the tire and rim are the weak link and will fail first. I ask because recently I was driving on an unfamiliar road and went across an incredibly rough railroad crossing at 60 mph. The suspension bottomed out and my GLK took a good jolt. I pulled over immediately to do an inspection. No tires blew out and no rims were visibly bent. I don‘t feel any vibrations at interstate speeds so I don‘t think the rims were warped. Should I be concerned about possible suspension damage?

Road_Ghost

I'm looking for 17" wheels. I'm going to pull off my 20"s and sell them.

bigigg

Yes you can purchase the wheel/tire protection after your vehicle purchase. I was told you must wait XX amount of days until you can put in a claim. Look into it.