Just blew a f**k**g tire!!
Originally Posted by ttrank
I'm going to try. One of them just quit and the other is trying for a manager's job so favors may be slim right now.
oh **** that sucks, man... last time i bent my rims (le37t), my G ended up sitting on jack-stands for 2 weeks... thankfully i was able to get it repaired (and later sold). do you think the rims is repairable? - doesn't like like it is from the pics... 
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Originally Posted by codeflux
oh **** that sucks, man... last time i bent my rims (le37t), my G ended up sitting on jack-stands for 2 weeks... thankfully i was able to get it repaired (and later sold). do you think the rims is repairable? - doesn't like like it is from the pics...
I don't think it can be fixed but I did send an email to one place with pics to make sure.
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Originally Posted by ttrank
Well this sucks...
On my way to work this morning I looked up for a second to adjust my mirror and hit what I think was a piece of wood. It was big enough to scare the $hit out of me but I was able to stay in my lane. I was pretty sure the tire was a goner but my wheel might be bent too. I was almost to work and made it in without having to stop but my pressure light had already come on. It's out in the parking lot with a flat now. I sure hope the wheel is ok. The damage must be on the inside because the outside sidewall is fine. Unfortunately the inside lip of the rim is weaker so it will bend easier.
To make it even worse, I got my front tires with the wheels from AutoMotiveMods so I didn't bother to go buy road hazard.
Time to order up a new tire.
And there is my Monday rant...
Hope your day is better than mine.
EDIT: The rim is trashed too, pics below
On my way to work this morning I looked up for a second to adjust my mirror and hit what I think was a piece of wood. It was big enough to scare the $hit out of me but I was able to stay in my lane. I was pretty sure the tire was a goner but my wheel might be bent too. I was almost to work and made it in without having to stop but my pressure light had already come on. It's out in the parking lot with a flat now. I sure hope the wheel is ok. The damage must be on the inside because the outside sidewall is fine. Unfortunately the inside lip of the rim is weaker so it will bend easier.
To make it even worse, I got my front tires with the wheels from AutoMotiveMods so I didn't bother to go buy road hazard.
Time to order up a new tire.And there is my Monday rant...
Hope your day is better than mine.
EDIT: The rim is trashed too, pics below
Once I was driving east on the 10 in Santa Monica heading into LA, and a car in front of me drove over some kind of square metal tile (don't ask me WTF it was doing on the highway). Anyway, the thing went airborn and started spinning head over tail like a ninja star. It ate the front headlight and hit the little bit of metal body that resides between the windshield and the glass. Luckily I was driving my dad's SAAB 9-5 and the G was safe at home in OR. I was just happy to be alive because if that damn piece of metal had been any lower it could have shattered the windshield and either directly or indirectly killed me.
Just a tire, that's getting off light, damn highway debris can be deadly.