When my rims meet the concrete
#1
11-10-2008 | 11:24 AM
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From: Chesapeake, VA/The Bronx, NY
When my rims meet the concrete
So, it's last Friday on way back home from a night out for my boy's birthday, I fell a sleep at the wheel. I wrote up to a bang no louder than you would heard when you hit a pothole, and I realized I drifted like 2 feet from my lane into the left shoulder. I stopped, put on my hazards and stepped out my G, looked at my rims and I also **** myself. Being that I was only like 2 minutes from my house I drove my hurt G back home. I checked out the damage on Saturday morning when I get up, and it was not as bad as I thought, I chipped some paint off on my front fender, and I have a few other small scars. However it's nothing a little touch-up paint, wet 2000 grit sandpaper, and my Porter cable can't fix. Now to big problem, I have set of new forged rims in my house, but they still need to be striped, and re-powder coated (I already striped one down, and I don't want to look ghetto but throwing them on), and I sold my stock 19" a while back, so I was rimless. Lucky me my friend just got new rims that Thursday, and is stocks were still at the tire shop with tires. So I'm borrowing his stocks for now, until mine new one are powder coated, and I buy some new tires. When I removed my destroyed rims, I was happy to find I have no major damage, no bend Camber arms, tie rods, toe arm, etc. The only thing is a slice in my rear plastic fender cover thing.
And Yes I know you get what you pay for, but when I got these rims 3 years ago, I didn't know anything about forged vs cast rims, the only thing I cared about was non 5 spoke Black rim with a nice Chrome lip.
Thanks to 3Buddha5, Blkout350GT and jtcohen
Now for the pictures.
My rims Before
My front After
My rear after
My slice fender plastic cover and chipped paint
As much as this sucks, It could have been way worst, I'm thankful it was not. So there are two live lessons to be learned here:
My rims were made by Speedy wheels, the model was the Octane, the specs are {Front: 19 x 8.5 + 20 offest, Rear: 19 x 9.5 +30 offest.}
And Yes I know you get what you pay for, but when I got these rims 3 years ago, I didn't know anything about forged vs cast rims, the only thing I cared about was non 5 spoke Black rim with a nice Chrome lip.
Thanks to 3Buddha5, Blkout350GT and jtcohen
Now for the pictures.
My rims Before
My front After
My rear after
My slice fender plastic cover and chipped paint
As much as this sucks, It could have been way worst, I'm thankful it was not. So there are two live lessons to be learned here:
- DON'T DRIVE WHEN YOU ARE TRIED.
- DON'T BUY CHEAP CASTED RIMS
My rims were made by Speedy wheels, the model was the Octane, the specs are {Front: 19 x 8.5 + 20 offest, Rear: 19 x 9.5 +30 offest.}
In the end, it could have been worse. GL finding new rims 
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11-10-2008 | 11:44 AM
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#8
11-10-2008 | 12:49 PM
Glad nothing happened to you. It could have been worse. Just lost a friend (this past week in Florida) because she fell asleep at the wheel coming back from a concert. Both her and a friend (in the passenger seat) died.
I wouldn't say dont buy cast rims though. Solid metal ones would most likely have been bent so they would also be damaged.
I wouldn't say dont buy cast rims though. Solid metal ones would most likely have been bent so they would also be damaged.
#13
11-10-2008 | 08:08 PM
Originally Posted by citymunky
As much as this sucks, It could have been way worst, I'm thankful it was not. So there are two live lessons to be learned here:
- DON'T DRIVE WHEN YOU ARE TRIED.
- DON'T BUY CHEAP CASTED RIMS
My rims were made by Speedy wheels, the model was the Octane, the specs are {Front: 19 x 8.5 + 20 offest, Rear: 19 x 9.5 +30 offest.}
Glad your ok, but i agree with lesson 1 completely. i've done the same and found myslef in another lane, never again will i drive 17 hours straight without sleep prior to that.
but if you had your forged rims and did the same thing the results will be VERY SIMILIAR!!!! forged/cast or anything for that matter are not designed to take that kind of impact. if you had your stock 19's that are forged, i bet it would look like that. maybe not as serve but it will be cracked, bent and/or damaged beyond repair.
be safe, drive safe, glad your still on the road.
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11-10-2008 | 09:25 PM
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