OUCH I hit a curb....!@$%#
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OUCH I hit a curb....!@$%#
Whats up fellas,
Last week I was late to a meeting, I was about to merge onto a road and I got a little to close to the curb and hit it HARD.....attached are the photos of the right rear 20x10 3 piece wheel that took the hit. Here is the problem around 60mph it feels like the car is gonna fall apart. For obvious reasons I swapped out my wheels back to stock (it runs smooth again) until I can get the rear wheel fixed I tried to have it balanced and it did "zero out, but still no luck. Obviously the wheel is bent that is my problem. Does anybody know of anyone which does good quality work to take the rear wheels apart and rebuild them. I will need both rear rim lip rash fixed and re-chromed and the wheels straightend back out. Also when I took the wheels off the wear pattern was a mess which porbably tells me A - I need and alignment and B- the wheels when I put them back together were not done right so need to be redone. take a look at the photos and tell me what you think about the damage and the wear also where I should send them to be fixed??? Both rear rims would need to be taken apart fixed then put back together. Your help is appreciated.
Last week I was late to a meeting, I was about to merge onto a road and I got a little to close to the curb and hit it HARD.....attached are the photos of the right rear 20x10 3 piece wheel that took the hit. Here is the problem around 60mph it feels like the car is gonna fall apart. For obvious reasons I swapped out my wheels back to stock (it runs smooth again) until I can get the rear wheel fixed I tried to have it balanced and it did "zero out, but still no luck. Obviously the wheel is bent that is my problem. Does anybody know of anyone which does good quality work to take the rear wheels apart and rebuild them. I will need both rear rim lip rash fixed and re-chromed and the wheels straightend back out. Also when I took the wheels off the wear pattern was a mess which porbably tells me A - I need and alignment and B- the wheels when I put them back together were not done right so need to be redone. take a look at the photos and tell me what you think about the damage and the wear also where I should send them to be fixed??? Both rear rims would need to be taken apart fixed then put back together. Your help is appreciated.
Last edited by jfendis430; Sep 15, 2008 at 10:33 AM.
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First issue the Bent wheels..
HEy tough break on that one.. I know you recently put those on.. too bad to hear about the incident.
The bas news is you are going to have better luck getting new wheels than repairing those. IF you find someone to do it which I doubt, they won;t be the same ever.. and it will cost you the price of a new wheel.
As far as the wear goes..
YOu didn;t indicate which tire was which so I'm guessing here.
the first pic and the last pic just looks like wear.. ( normal ) the wear is even all the way across.. Then second pic looks like you have been running overinflated tires. Thats why the wear is exactly in the middle and not as much on the ends.
Thats not to say you dont need an alignment, you should always have that done especially if you lower your car more than an inch.
The bolt kit has done wonders for wear my staggered with my 20's
HEy tough break on that one.. I know you recently put those on.. too bad to hear about the incident.
The bas news is you are going to have better luck getting new wheels than repairing those. IF you find someone to do it which I doubt, they won;t be the same ever.. and it will cost you the price of a new wheel.
As far as the wear goes..
YOu didn;t indicate which tire was which so I'm guessing here.
the first pic and the last pic just looks like wear.. ( normal ) the wear is even all the way across.. Then second pic looks like you have been running overinflated tires. Thats why the wear is exactly in the middle and not as much on the ends.
Thats not to say you dont need an alignment, you should always have that done especially if you lower your car more than an inch.
The bolt kit has done wonders for wear my staggered with my 20's
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thanks for your reply. What "bolt kit" are you talking about? I have located a guy here in town that own a wheels shop I have an a apointment of Friday to have him view the wheels, he said since they are 3 piece the actually are easier to fix then one piece wheels because you can actually replace the bent parts. He said 95.00 to repair bent wheels but has to see the damage I think I m better off ordering new rear lips and have the wheels re-built about $600.00 to have this done.
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thanks for your reply. What "bolt kit" are you talking about? I have located a guy here in town that own a wheels shop I have an a apointment of Friday to have him view the wheels, he said since they are 3 piece the actually are easier to fix then one piece wheels because you can actually replace the bent parts. He said 95.00 to repair bent wheels but has to see the damage I think I m better off ordering new rear lips and have the wheels re-built about $600.00 to have this done.
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Thats hardly worth it unless you are in love with those wheels, I'd just file an insurance claim and get a new set.. you can tell them it was something in the road and file it under comprehensive...Especially given the amount of damage you have..
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First issue the Bent wheels..
HEy tough break on that one.. I know you recently put those on.. too bad to hear about the incident.
The bas news is you are going to have better luck getting new wheels than repairing those. IF you find someone to do it which I doubt, they won;t be the same ever.. and it will cost you the price of a new wheel.
As far as the wear goes..
YOu didn;t indicate which tire was which so I'm guessing here.
the first pic and the last pic just looks like wear.. ( normal ) the wear is even all the way across.. Then second pic looks like you have been running overinflated tires. Thats why the wear is exactly in the middle and not as much on the ends.
Thats not to say you dont need an alignment, you should always have that done especially if you lower your car more than an inch.
The bolt kit has done wonders for wear my staggered with my 20's
HEy tough break on that one.. I know you recently put those on.. too bad to hear about the incident.
The bas news is you are going to have better luck getting new wheels than repairing those. IF you find someone to do it which I doubt, they won;t be the same ever.. and it will cost you the price of a new wheel.
As far as the wear goes..
YOu didn;t indicate which tire was which so I'm guessing here.
the first pic and the last pic just looks like wear.. ( normal ) the wear is even all the way across.. Then second pic looks like you have been running overinflated tires. Thats why the wear is exactly in the middle and not as much on the ends.
Thats not to say you dont need an alignment, you should always have that done especially if you lower your car more than an inch.
The bolt kit has done wonders for wear my staggered with my 20's
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S430 Sold :(
Really they will cover this?
Either new wheels or like the other guy said buy a new lip if this rim company sell em....good luck
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Well the good news is I took them to a rim shop and he said they are not bent just the back tires are shot because of over inflation. I spoke to the rim company and he said these wheels brand new were $5,800 so if might be worth investing in a new lip for 350.00 .....I am just gonna sell them as I am looking at getting another car. I will sell them to anyone with tires the front are brand new for $1000.00 I think thats a good price considering the wheel rash on the back right. So anyone with interest PM me.
