Sad Day To Be Me

Grindkiezer · 11-14-2012, 04:39 PM

Last night while taking a sharp left turn coming out of my school, my car decided to rub up against the median...

Front driver side rim is bent outwards with curb rash and rear driver side has a curb rash and a flat tire...Hopefully getting the rims repaired soon so I'll try to post updates

6MT · 11-14-2012, 04:57 PM

mmm.... tough luck.

Z-Girl 12 · 11-14-2012, 05:21 PM

Ouch!

dP3NGU1N · 11-14-2012, 05:32 PM

Ouch, hope you can get it repaired! Let us know how it goes!

Jasonle · 11-14-2012, 05:33 PM

That sucks!

GaleForce · 11-14-2012, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Grindkiezer

Last night while taking a sharp left turn coming out of my school, my car decided to rub up against the median...

Front driver side rim is bent outwards with curb rash and rear driver side has a curb rash and a flat tire...Hopefully getting the rims repaired soon so I'll try to post updates

I hate it when my car decides to rub up against things.

Hopefully you can get the wheels repaired without much hassle.

tonybui · 11-14-2012, 05:36 PM

Damn, that sucks. Remind me of my friend who loves to turn extremely close to the curb. Lucky he has an SUV though

LakeShow · 11-14-2012, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Grindkiezer

Last night while taking a sharp left turn coming out of my school, my car decided to rub up against the median...

Front driver side rim is bent outwards with curb rash and rear driver side has a curb rash and a flat tire...Hopefully getting the rims repaired soon so I'll try to post updates

Ouch! Don't let your car make anymore decisions.

TonySlimfast · 11-15-2012, 02:31 PM

post up the estimated costs.... im thinking its probably better if you purchase a set of wheels vs the cost of repairing one...

Chuck33079 · 11-15-2012, 02:37 PM

Any damage to the suspension, or did you just take out the wheels? Double check everything when you've got the wheels off.

Csquared · 11-15-2012, 09:57 PM

Doenst' look too bad, after a crazy typhoon in hk I ran over a giant pot hole at around 40 mph. Bent my wheels in 2 places. fixed it up for around 100 USD. didn't repaint it though.

Grindkiezer · 11-15-2012, 10:40 PM

So as I said before, my Driver's side rear had a hole punctured into the sidewall of it so I put on my spare and went and got a new tire for it today. I talked to the manager of the tire shop I went to and told him that I was looking at a shop down new San Diego that could hopefully repair and possibly re-powdercoat my wheels if needed, to my surprise he has a buddy that does that and runs his business through this tire shop and so he made an appointment for him to come and look at the wheels in the morning to do an estimate on it, as for now my car is in the garage up on stands and is waiting for something to happen. Will post updates

Grindkiezer · 11-15-2012, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by TonySlimfast

post up the estimated costs.... im thinking its probably better if you purchase a set of wheels vs the cost of repairing one...

These are my stock 19" Rays and the dealership are pretty pricey, plus I would have to have them both powder coated again which somewhat seems like more of a hassle. I've looked on the forum and found a couple used sets but they're still listed pretty high so I'm gonna see what it costs for the repair and then hopefully make a smart decision.
I'll post estimates probably tomorrow

Grindkiezer · 11-15-2012, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

Any damage to the suspension, or did you just take out the wheels? Double check everything when you've got the wheels off.

When it first happened, the car was pulling to the left so I was obviously thinking that I broke something more than my wheel. But today after having the flat tire replaced and re-balanced, the car seemed to ride "pretty straight". Now of course I'm going to take it to get a better inspection because the place that I went to today doesn't do inspections or alignments like that plus I wanted to wait until I get the bent rim straightened out, re-balanced, and re-mounted before doing alignment and inspections on it so I could hopefully knock it all out in one trip.

Grindkiezer · 11-15-2012, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Csquared

Doenst' look too bad, after a crazy typhoon in hk I ran over a giant pot hole at around 40 mph. Bent my wheels in 2 places. fixed it up for around 100 USD. didn't repaint it though.

Yeah when I went out and inspected it the next morning I realized that it wasn't as bad as I had thought but of course I thought that I had totaled my car

The wheel that was bent held air perfectly and if it hadn't been for the rear wheel getting a hole in the sidewall, the car would have probably driven the same as before. In theory. But I'm just hoping that this doesn't set me back too much I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

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TonySlimfast Base Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Nawlins' Posts: 158 Drives: 10' 370z black vert Rep Power: 13	post up the estimated costs.... im thinking its probably better if you purchase a set of wheels vs the cost of repairing one...

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Csquared Enthusiast Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 302 Drives: 09 Nissan 370z Y 7sp Rep Power: 15	Doenst' look too bad, after a crazy typhoon in hk I ran over a giant pot hole at around 40 mph. Bent my wheels in 2 places. fixed it up for around 100 USD. didn't repaint it though.