Pothole + Varrstoen BBS Replica = Massive Fail

[dan avoN7]

Originally Posted by phelan

Ah, that is possible. The pothole caused the initial crack on the lip, and as he kept driving, the crack continued to develop and displace to the center disk.

Would be interesting to do a stress analysis on it, but meh, too much work.

It would be very interesting to see and it might be in Varrstoen's best interest (considering how many forums this image has been posted on) to independently test one of their wheels and post the results for everyone to see. This is the only true way we will know if it's a quality wheel or not.

Originally Posted by Econ

yea, must have been a HUGE pothole

these are Konig After Burners. Konigs are not known for being race car quality, however they are mediocre on the quality level. None the less, 60mph and a 6" deep x 12" wide pot hole did this.

I hit a massive pothole/uneven road surface last year in my M3 while going ~70mph on the freeway. The impact was so strong it cracked my windshield, loosened my front camber plate nut, blew my rear strut, bent my rear lateral link, cracked my subframe, and blew the bead on my rear tire. I was running 19" cast aluminum "replica" wheels with a 30 series tire in the rear. Three of my wheels were perfect and the one rear wheel had a bit of run out due to the impact, but no bends on the lips or cracks on the entire wheel.

I hit a moderate uneven road surface in my WRX a few years back going ~35mph with a 17" Volk Racing CE28 forged wheel. Impact resulted in the front and rear wheel having bent lips.

There are so many factors involved that you really need a controlled environment to do the testing if you want to determine the strength of a wheel.

Originally Posted by Liquid_G

I posted this same thread over on our local forum. and one of the guys there found this:

Bunch of fking hack jobs..

Something we finally agree on Good find, that's funny/sad at the same time