Bending stock rim?
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Bending stock rim?
How hard is it to bend the stock rim? I had my tires rotated and balanced and acura said I had a bent rim. I don't remember hitting any potholes hard. But I did get a refurbished rim to replace a scratched one from www.transwheel.com but I don't remember what rim it was now. So i'm curious now if transwheel screwed me or I did it myself.
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Achance, I'd think if you bent it yourself you would know how.
I'm not sure about the stock rims but I KNOW that BBS rims can take a beating and keep on ticking. Today I was in NYC. I'm going around the block hunting for a parking space down by 14th street when my head hits the roof as car and I plummet into this incredibly huge pothole. My right front wheel takes the worst! (Sh*T, it was so deep it was a heroinhole!) No warning cones, no caution horses, nothing to warn a driver. Needing to go around again, though very carefully, I now see that somebody has since put two cones in front of the hole. Anyways I park, take a looksee at the tire and notice that the BBS rim has but a tiny scratch on its lip. Returning to my car a half hour later I'm very glad that no air has left the tire so I won't have to change a tire downtown during rush hour.
Now my suspension is prolly faddled because some potholes in the city can literally swallow half a car, but that BBS rim doesn't seem bent a bit.
I'm not sure about the stock rims but I KNOW that BBS rims can take a beating and keep on ticking. Today I was in NYC. I'm going around the block hunting for a parking space down by 14th street when my head hits the roof as car and I plummet into this incredibly huge pothole. My right front wheel takes the worst! (Sh*T, it was so deep it was a heroinhole!) No warning cones, no caution horses, nothing to warn a driver. Needing to go around again, though very carefully, I now see that somebody has since put two cones in front of the hole. Anyways I park, take a looksee at the tire and notice that the BBS rim has but a tiny scratch on its lip. Returning to my car a half hour later I'm very glad that no air has left the tire so I won't have to change a tire downtown during rush hour.
Now my suspension is prolly faddled because some potholes in the city can literally swallow half a car, but that BBS rim doesn't seem bent a bit.
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Al Uminum..you might want to take out the tire/wheel and see if there is a slight bend on the inside of the wheel..the same thing happened to me before on a previous car....everthing looked fine on the outside, but when I took out the tires a few months later for rotating...a small bend! Hope yours isnt though..the RX is a dope wheel though...I like it better then the RX-II
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synth: Thanks. Thats a good idea about checking the INNER part of the rim. Will take a look soon. I can only wonder how many cracks or pieces the stockers might have been in had I had them on.
Nicky Pass: Yups. The lip, where the bead seals. Just some tiny nicks on the outside of the lip. Y?
Nicky Pass: Yups. The lip, where the bead seals. Just some tiny nicks on the outside of the lip. Y?
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Originally posted by Al Uminum
synth: Thanks. Thats a good idea about checking the INNER part of the rim. Will take a look soon. I can only wonder how many cracks or pieces the stockers might have been in had I had them on.
Nicky Pass: Yups. The lip, where the bead seals. Just some tiny nicks on the outside of the lip. Y?
synth: Thanks. Thats a good idea about checking the INNER part of the rim. Will take a look soon. I can only wonder how many cracks or pieces the stockers might have been in had I had them on.
Nicky Pass: Yups. The lip, where the bead seals. Just some tiny nicks on the outside of the lip. Y?
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