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Old 11-10-08, 03:05 PM
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Default Guess What? It's bad news

See if you can guess what these pictures are. Its double bad news.



Old 11-10-08, 03:06 PM
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You cracked your rim?
Old 11-10-08, 03:07 PM
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ouch...cracked rim?
Old 11-10-08, 03:21 PM
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gah! that's awful man whatd you hit?
Old 11-10-08, 03:22 PM
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i was way off.. i thought it was a steering wheel at first
damn
Old 11-10-08, 03:31 PM
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you cracked two rims.
Old 11-10-08, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by fuzionn
you cracked two rims.
I would have to agree.
Old 11-10-08, 03:55 PM
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Geez, first So Philly, now you!

Cracked rims?? +1
Old 11-10-08, 04:16 PM
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Yep, double rims. Hid a pot hole hard and both front and rear got cracked. One of those pot holes that was filled with water so it was basically invisible on a rainy. I felt it too, a bone jarring hit.

Unfortunately, rim are no longer manufactured so can't buy new ones. Getting these repaired locally tomorrow from a well known place that specialize in fixing these. I know its not perfect but it'll save me $2800 ($1400 x 2).

That's the price of riding on 20's

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Ouch, that looks painful

So are the tires busted too?
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how about the car? no damage at least?
Old 11-10-08, 05:08 PM
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Dayum AT sorry to hear that!

How long will you be down?
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Originally Posted by Tee
Dayum AT sorry to hear that! How long will you be down?
Should be zero down time, fix while I wait, guess there is a little bit of down time. About an hour to hour per wheel or hour an a half if its bent which they can straighten also.

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how about the car? no damage at least?
No damage to car at all. Not even the tires are damaged (which kind of sucks because I have the Discount Tires replacement tire guarantee which I've used before. Super cool, brand new tires when they can't fix it.) Just the rims unfortunately, otherwise if the car was damage, I would claim it under insurance as I bought a rider for the aftermarket wheels also.

Cost of repair shouldn't be too bad. About $150/each, then mounting, balance, and tax. So in all, under $400. But, I could of used that for some nice new exhaust tips
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Cool, so the air suspension endured the impact too! Nice to know.
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Ouch. I know that pothole feeling oh too well. I need to keep my mouth shut tho i've got some money to kick out my d**n self...


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