in a bad situation
 

I had to get to work today and there was a snowstorm that was supposed to be rain. I had to drive anyway and was less than 1000 feet away from the office when I skidded and lost control and smacked my left back wheel into a curb. I managed to park it in the garage at work. it took huge chunk out of the wheel so I need a new one. I can put my spare on for now I think but does anyone know of a single wheel with tire for sale? 19" rays wheel from 2009-2012

and tire is the bridgestone potenza re015 or whatever it came with

I guess I could get one new tire and if anyone has just the wheel that would work as well but I think new wheels are over 900 right? and a set goes for like 900 here


of course I had winter tires up until two weeks ago so I am pissed at myself and the snow

Didn't want to call your insurance?



it has scratches but it's a wheel.

damn. at that price I might have to jump!

Make sure you get a wheel alignment as well.

I didn't want to go through insurance because I would probably lose my good drivers discount of like $65 a month (thats what they said when I asked about a front bumper)

so for 3 years that would be like $2k+

sorry to hear. :(

with those tires, i would've just called in even if you HAD to go to work. you could've killed someone.

in my area this time of year is iffy with ice, snow, or rain. i have an app in my phone that i check a couple of times a day to monitor temperature for the entire week. any time rain is forecasted at temps 35F and below is pretty much dangerous without snow tires.

yeah I know I should have:( now I know to never drive it in any cold weather... I need a second car

Yea man I don't see why everyone doesn't at least have a beater for work. No shame in my game, I drive a 98 civic with 160k miles for work.

yah.. :( or just a set of snows like Blizzaks for the colder months. you can use all season tires like DWS if light snow, but if prone to freezing rain and snow, id just get dedicated snow set.

all season is like a halfarsed jack of all trades.... :ugh:

all season tires: hi i am a guy with many talents. i can do this and that and that and this and this. i am cool.

real tires: yah, but you aren't an expert at anything... :ugh:

all season tires: i know... :crying: i suck.

real tires: yes you do. :icon17:

I have dunlop winter sport tires that were on until mid march lol

I only have one parking spot at my apartment but next place I move to will have a garage and a driveway

RE050A: hi i come with the car. :tup:

real tires: yes, now :gtfo2: :mad:

RE050A: :ugh:

ahh... damn weather. :mad:

sounds good at the next place. :tup:

haha I liked the RE050 in the good weather

yah, the standard RE050A does okay for the most part.

RE050A PolePosition was a big improvement vs the standard RE050A... but today, the S04's are huge improvement from both RE050A and RE050A PP's. :tup:

Shoulda left the winters on a little bit longer. I'm much further south than you and have yet to make the switch.

I was planning on making the switch on Saturday but all the rain prevented me from doing so. Which ended up being a good thing because I got caught out in that freak snow storm yesterday getting groceries. Barely raining on my way in to snowing like crazy and a couple of inches of slush on the road on my way out. wth mother nature.

shoulda coulda dont help at this point.. :ugh:

I got caught out in the same storm, on summers... Did not fare well.

Glad to hear you only need to replace a wheel though. :tup:

Yeah I took it to a tire shop although I am holding pressure the wheel is digging into the sidewall now. And they don't make Bridgestone potenza re760 anymore. Is it ok to put a similar tread pattern but different brand (like hankook) on?

Probably not actually lol the sidewall is touching the damaged area but I think it can be saved because the psi is holding at 35

of all the people to have pick on you for posting something unhelpful....

:tiphat:

might be good to get that wheel replaced just in case. also getting the rear suspension checked out. highly possible it's out of alignment too.

you talk to your insurance yet? or just doing everything out of pocket?

guarantee the alignment is thrashed along with the wheel.

you are mistaken. he already posted his lessons learned on his original post. your shoulda woulda post is the useless post in your example.

:tiphat:

update:

I took it to the tire shop and they dismounted, sanded the part where it was digging in, mounted and they said it was fine

they put it on their balancing machine and tested and they said it is fine to drive on but looks ugly

I do hear a little bit more road noise at higher speeds (60+) (might be out of alignment?)

I might get another wheel but luckily my tire is fine and I can still drive on this for now, I will get my alignment checked also


also i am never driving in snow on summer tires again I thought I could swing it once and learned the hard way

btw its like 44 degrees and roads are clear now

I dont see why anyone even swapped tires yet, anyway. This week is the first week we'll have north of 60 for every day of the week (so far), and even THEN, the colds will be in the 40s.

What's the rush? I won't even bother driving my car on summers when temps are south of 50 or so. Summer tires are **** below there, until they are warmed up, which certainly isn't going to happen in the rain/sleet.

yah, extra noise is most-likely from new camber/toe angle from the impact. you'll want to get the suspension checked out for any damage too. GL and drive safe!!

thanks for making me look stupid. :shakes head:




:rofl2:

A few weeks ago on a Saturday night I got caught out at a friend's place after and during a snow of about 1-3 inches on accumulation with slush. I didn't think it was supposed to do more than light flurries. I had a 10 mile drive in town home. Thankfully at 11:30pm it was light traffic, but holy hell do I never want to experience that again. "Wait, why the crap is the rear end feeling like it wants to overtake the front when I'm going up a slight incline!" "Oh no, why does this feel like I'm driving on top of a writhing marshmellow?" Thankfully <20mph and smart routing I got home without issue, and I'm also very thankful about how much the car communicates to me about what is and isn't going well.

Still, never again. (My car was otherwise stored all winter, so summer tires were on it.)

During the last snow storm here, I saw a slammed S2000 driving around on the ice skating rink that was 97S, on summer tires.

He made it. But he was going about 5MPH at best, and was more of a ******* hazard than anything else.

It sucks I thought it wasn't gonna snow anymore I got up ,seen snow outside and I decided to stay home .. good luck with ur search for wheels

:icon17:

Ah, Florida....

Ahhh sink hole....

Well my wheel bearing is shot now and a diff leak

Dealer quoted 533 and 201 respectively plus 180 to fix the wheel from someone else great I hate myself right now

That's a lot of got dam money for a wheel bearing.

They quotes like 230 for the part I found it online for 160 but it was the labor that drove the price up not sure if I can find it cheaper