3.5" pothole = 1 owned rim
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 12:57 am
Well Wednesday night on my way home from work at 1:30 I hit a pothole. Not just any pothole, a bigass pothole that nearly cracked my rim. I've hit potholes before so when I hit this one, I didn't think too much of it. Little did I know looking at my car at work the next day would reveal the wreckage. The tire was still inflated (and no leakage) but the gash hurts to look at. I managed to drive home (making a grand total of about 80 miles on this wheel) and swapped the stockers back on. (thanks to Louis Zerr for the tires!)
Well I'm at a point now where I'm not sure what to do. For $138 Precision Wheels (www.precisionwheels.com) will fix my wheel and guarantee it for 5 years. (longer than I'll probably have the rims). If I shop around, I can probably pick up a new rim for around $175.
The wheels are 30lbs a piece which is way heavier than I had assumed when I purchased them and I'd like to be in the 16"-17" range. I'm contemplating fixing the rim, then selling the wheels to put the money towards a new set. I'll miss the comments I'm getting now and I love the look of the wheels, being on my stock 16"'s just makes my car seem more agile, which since I plan to autox next summer, will be an awesome thing.
I can still just keep my stock 16"'s I suppose so I'm not sure what to do and I'm starting to hit a stream of conciousness level of typing. Thus I'm going to get to sleep so I can get to Autovations tomorrow.
Thoughts, comments?
Well I'm at a point now where I'm not sure what to do. For $138 Precision Wheels (www.precisionwheels.com) will fix my wheel and guarantee it for 5 years. (longer than I'll probably have the rims). If I shop around, I can probably pick up a new rim for around $175.
The wheels are 30lbs a piece which is way heavier than I had assumed when I purchased them and I'd like to be in the 16"-17" range. I'm contemplating fixing the rim, then selling the wheels to put the money towards a new set. I'll miss the comments I'm getting now and I love the look of the wheels, being on my stock 16"'s just makes my car seem more agile, which since I plan to autox next summer, will be an awesome thing.
I can still just keep my stock 16"'s I suppose so I'm not sure what to do and I'm starting to hit a stream of conciousness level of typing. Thus I'm going to get to sleep so I can get to Autovations tomorrow.
Thoughts, comments?