i have never bent any rim before.

My question is, how bad does a pothole have to be to bend a rim?

In particular with a 225/40/18 tire.

I've never owned aftermarket rims before, and I have no clue what is safe to go over, and what is not.

I want to drive slowly to protect my rims, yet I dont want to be going too slow.

I know this question is really hard to answer online, with words, without pics..but if you guys can give it a shot, to try to give me an idea.

There are potholes everywhere, how do I know which will harm my rims, and which wont?

 

dude, just use common sense. you have a ~3500~ pound car... drive at a velocity at which you feel metal wont bend when hitting whatever it may be in your path.


ps.... I've bent THREE stock rims ...

 

So its safe to say you lack common sense? :P :P :P

 

I’m being REAL careful with my new RIMS right now.

I bent BOTH front aftermarket RIMS on my Daytona Shelby-Z about 10-years ago.
There was road construction nearby where I worked and they had a 12” wide trench dug clear across the road.
It had rained really hard the night before and washed most of the stones away.
I was following close behind a truck and didn’t see it until he hit it.

It bent BOTH front rims and ripped the cords in each 50-series tire.
It cost about 1,000-bucks for (2) rims and (2) 16” Goodyear Eagle “Gatorbacks”.

I tried to claim under insurance, but they would have considered it a “collision” that would have been on my record for 5-years.
I didn’t want that, so I paid it off out of my pocket.
I was too young & stupid to think about going after the construction company.

Shawn S

 

What kind of rims, Amir? The heavier the rim with less rubber to protect it...the more likely it is to dent/bend/crack. If you have a forged rim....the inherent strength of forging and the fact that it is lighter give it a better chance of not denting. However, if you are running on some bling blings...all chromed out with those 40 series tires...drive really slow...

 

yo i live in new york and if there are big potholes it would be here. i thought i saw one the size of rhode island the other day. just make sure you miss as many as you can, really small ones i would not worry about but sometimes you cant tell so i just avoid them all.

 

my rims weigh 1 pound less than stock rims each.

 

If they are cast....and if you hit a fair sized pothole at 40...they're gonna crack.

 

did you put em on yet?? any pictures?

like the other guy said, if they are cast....be careful. pump the tires up to 40 pounds

if they are forged, theyre probably stonger than the factory wheels

 

amir,

I saw your wheels on a black SC430 this weekend..

OMG those are hot.. good choice!

 

Its realy easy to bend them, I have bent mine last summer with the same tire as yours. It sucks. I hit a pothole at about 30mph. but I hit it as I braking, wich makes it worst.

 

I've written some posts about this. I have personaly cracked 2 rims in the last 6 months. The fact that they are discontinued mades it even worse. Atleast you can order more of yours if they do break But seriously, chroming the wheels makes them brittle, and add the fact that we all wrap them with just a little bit of rubber and you got some cautious driving needed. (well you can drive cautious now, or you will after you've made the mistakes that I did) By the way both cracks were caused by potholes.

 

i'm putting the rims on real soon..tires are gonna be here in a few days.

you all scared the shit out of me...thanks

fuck.

 

Scan the roads before you put them on!!!!!!!