mother f&%#%ng PA roads....bent my damn wheel!

[jbiird317]

SO yeah, driving home from philly to delaware on 95, on which theyre doing a shitload of construnction, transition from maccadum to concrete bridge is like a 3 inch high ridge, which all of the force my car absorbed on the front drivers side wheel...which is now bent to hell, not to mention my car is thrown way out of allignment...so yeah, probly goin back to the stock wheels til i can get taht one fixed

[vindication]

damn, sucks. what type of rim?

[jbiird317]

motegi trak lites 17X7 (bought from negatize--they were apparently much safer back in florida)

[CasopoliS]

you AND jersey_emt!

[CasopoliS]

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122705

[jbiird317]

you AND jersey_emt!

haha yeah i just saw that... apparently ur just not supposed to have low profile tires and nice wheels in the northeast

[DiS]

Fuck! that sux dude. Everyone started cracking their wheels after I did. Thats just fucked up. I feel yo' pain man.

[Mike R]

That sucks.Right after I got one of mine fixed, I hit a melon sized rock in DC and F'd up the bead on it. That's why I'm rocking stock wheels with 205/55's on 'em!

[DiS]

That sucks.Right after I got one of mine fixed, I hit a melon sized rock in DC and F'd up the bead on it. That's why I'm rocking stock wheels with 205/55's on 'em!
thats the reason why I never take any of my cars to NYC

[Mike R]

I work in DC, so I gotta go. Was looking at 15's and trying to get rid of the 17's I have sitting around.

[NegatiZE]

Damn man, that sucks ass. Hopefully it was the one wheel that was slightly curbed?

If it makes you feel better, I curbed one of my BBS's last week pulling out of a tight Arby's drive-thru. I think I'm going to get a brand new rim.

[NegatiZE]

Oh yeah, www.1010tires.com sells the Trak Lites individually.

[jersey_emt]

Damn...that sucks. But I can truly say I know how you feel ;)

Seems like a lot of MTMA people are bending or breaking rims lately. You, me, AbbyVonNormal, DiS, SIBalla, and probably others too. This can't be good for publicity! 'Join MTMA and bend one rim within 90 days guaranteed!'

[vindication]

damnit, I really hope my rims stay safe until I switch to my winter rims in december

[jbiird317]

Damn man, that sucks ass. Hopefully it was the one wheel that was slightly curbed?

If it makes you feel better, I curbed one of my BBS's last week pulling out of a tight Arby's drive-thru. I think I'm going to get a brand new rim.

yeah sadly it was one of the clean wheels, but when i have this one in to be fixed (if they can do it) ill see if they can refinish the curbage at the same time

[jbiird317]

Damn...that sucks. But I can truly say I know how you feel ;)

Seems like a lot of MTMA people are bending or breaking rims lately. You, me, AbbyVonNormal, DiS, SIBalla, and probably others too. This can't be good for publicity! 'Join MTMA and bend one rim within 90 days guaranteed!'

haha i didnt realize that was written in the bylaws...but i think it goes with the territory of driving on roads that you have to deal with snow plows tearing up the roads...cant wait to get a company car and leave my baby in the garage except for fun driving

[DiS]

Damn...that sucks. But I can truly say I know how you feel ;)

Seems like a lot of MTMA people are bending or breaking rims lately. You, me, AbbyVonNormal, DiS, SIBalla, and probably others too. This can't be good for publicity! 'Join MTMA and bend one rim within 90 days guaranteed!'

I protest to this rule in bylaws! I will sue you now for my rims! (rofl)

[miss_steele_msp]

thats nothing we totaled our car on one of south jersey's raggidy ass streets

[jbiird317]

thats nothing we totaled our car on one of south jersey's raggidy ass streets

damn that sucks, and i was just about to bitch about being back on stock wheels...ok well im gonna bitch anyway.... my car feels so much heavier with these things...not to mention it looks like hell...grr, i guess the winter setup goes on early this year (pissed) (argh) (sad2)

[NegatiZE]

Yeah, once you go light, you never go back!



heh.

[jbiird317]

*update*

well I finally got home and took my wheel to the machine shop, they had it all this week and finally got it back to me today, only to say that its cracked beyond repair... it looks like Im gonna have to lay out the cash and get a new one...ill post pics of the wheel this weekend when i get back to school

if anyones looking to sell a set of 4 17'' rims to sell for less than $350 im interested

[NegatiZE]

Damn that sucks man. Any new updates?

[jbiird317]

Damn that sucks man. Any new updates?

i think that im gonna suck it up and buy the new wheel, but its gonna have to wait til feb or march cuz ive got wayy to many bills right now, sucks tho cuz i was supposed to be buying the sport20 bumber this spring, but now that project is $300 down cuz of the wheel

[zerocover]

Ive gone through 2 cracked wheels and 3 bent ones thanks to NJ roads.

Ive given up on low pros and have just moved on to 16's not even any curb rash in the last year. Although I do miss a set of good low pro tires. Maybe for the summer ill go back.

[jbiird317]

yea if i could go back in time, id probly just get a nice set of 16's... since ive moved to DE its been much better on the wheels, its only when i go home to see my parents that i seem to have problems...

[misbehave]

How does the wheel look like after that?
Do you have pix?

[jbiird317]

How does the wheel look like after that?
Do you have pix?

i dont have any pics of what it looked like with the tire off cuz i didnt have my digicam at home and i left the wheel there, but these are what it looked like with the tire on...it really doesnt look that bad but when the tire came off there was a spiderwebbing crack over 6" long and almost to the center of the wheel

[misbehave]

i dont have any pics of what it looked like with the tire off cuz i didnt have my digicam at home and i left the wheel there, but these are what it looked like with the tire on...it really doesnt look that bad but when the tire came off there was a spiderwebbing crack over 6" long and almost to the center of the wheel

Damn! Your wheels look pretty strong and still manage to bent like this.

The same thing happened to a friend of mine who drives an Accord coupe a while ago. He drove over some construction zone and have the same bent at the inside of the wheel.

[NegatiZE]

Holy shit. That must have been one hell of a pothole.

[zerocover]

Thats not so bad
take it to another shop. That is very repairable.
Although because they are forged it would be better to just get a new one. If they repair it it will never be as stong and just bend again.

[jbiird317]

yeah it wasnt a pothole as much as it was a bridge joint under repair, leaving like a 3" height diff between the road and bridge, unmarked and i hit it at like 55....had i known it would f up my wheel like this i wouldve gotten a police report so i could at least try and get money from penndot

as far as taking it to another shop, one guy said he could do it, but that the integrity of the wheel would be compromised so much that i would probably have to replace it within 6 months anyway, so i figure its not worth the money to fix it once then replace it later...