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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 03:05 PM
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See if you can guess what these pictures are. Its double bad news.



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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 03:06 PM
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You cracked your rim?
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 03:07 PM
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ouch...cracked rim?
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 03:21 PM
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gah! that's awful man whatd you hit?
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 03:22 PM
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i was way off.. i thought it was a steering wheel at first
damn
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 03:31 PM
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you cracked two rims.
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by fuzionn
you cracked two rims.
I would have to agree.
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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Geez, first So Philly, now you!

Cracked rims?? +1
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 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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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 04:31 PM
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Ouch, that looks painful

So are the tires busted too?
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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how about the car? no damage at least?
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 05:08 PM
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Dayum AT sorry to hear that!

How long will you be down?
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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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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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 05:42 PM
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Cool, so the air suspension endured the impact too! Nice to know.
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Old Nov 10, 2008 | 06:09 PM
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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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