Hey CL! I just bought some Vossen wheels for my 2008 is250 but as luck would have it, a pothole decided to do some damage. The roads in Mississippi are pretty terrible (they aren't dirt roads!). I wanted to ask you all's opinion about the damage done; Is the wheel repairable or should I just get a new wheel entirely? I have added some pictures to help evaluate the decision. Thank you in advance CL!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63470549@N03/5774025140/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63470549@N03/5773486853/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63470549@N03/5773486791/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63470549@N03/5774025090/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63470549@N03/5774025068/
Additional info: In the last picture, it is hard to see, but the "barrel" is protruding towards the center of the wheel.

 

Wheels: 0
Damn potholes: 874785874561234798324897563786547896349586678354783475.

 

How deep and sharp was the pothole to create this much of the damage??

 

tire is toast...wheel should be repairable. Find a good wheel shop, should be way cheaper than a new wheel

 

the vossens held up

 

Ouch, that must have been a huge pothole.

 

Damn... that sux!

That tire looks like it has plenty of meat left... it's a shame that it went to waste also.

 

KTake it to a shop and see what they say. That's a pretty brutal pothole. Never seen anything like it!

 

ouch, that looks like it hurt

 

Get a new wheel for sure

 

honestly, the wheel held up pretty well for it to hit a pothole that hard to destroy the tire.

i'd get a new rim/tire for piece of mind.

 

rim looks fixable

 

Tires trash but I've seen worse wheels!!!

 

rim looks repairable, but tire is gone

 

Wow, must have been a nasty pothole. The wheel is definitely repairable though, just take it to a good place.