4 Bent rims?
08-29-2009, 12:46 AM
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4 Bent rims?
hey guys, i need help/advice. i Live in NYC and i bought my 05 TL 6speed in the middle of june 09' i brought the car back to the dealer for a supension wobble and find that i have 4 bent rims. they said I bent all 4 rims in about less that 2 months!!!!!! so my questions is, does anyone else have a similar story? are the stock rims really that crappy? i kno enkie makes them, and my friend had a lexus is300(bent the rims too). guess who makes the rims for the lexus is300? thats right, enkie.....
i love the look of the stock wheels and maybe considering buying type s wheels. but before i go buy another set of stock wheels and bend those too, does anyone have a suggestion as to what i should do? aside from dodge potholes. lol. thanks for the help everyone.
i love the look of the stock wheels and maybe considering buying type s wheels. but before i go buy another set of stock wheels and bend those too, does anyone have a suggestion as to what i should do? aside from dodge potholes. lol. thanks for the help everyone.
08-29-2009, 06:55 AM
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The car may have had a couple of bent rims on the back which you didn't detect when driving, then you bent the front wheels.
Many threads on the subject, but yes the wheels aren't the strongest, but the newer wheels ('06/'08) have been improved to withstand more, or a heavier impact without bending. In all the years I've been driving, I bent one steel wheel when I slid on ice and hit a curb, but in the TL, two have gone in one shot. Coming out of the sun into the darkness of an overpass, I struck a pothole with the right side, bent both wheels.
Good luck with the city streets.
Many threads on the subject, but yes the wheels aren't the strongest, but the newer wheels ('06/'08) have been improved to withstand more, or a heavier impact without bending. In all the years I've been driving, I bent one steel wheel when I slid on ice and hit a curb, but in the TL, two have gone in one shot. Coming out of the sun into the darkness of an overpass, I struck a pothole with the right side, bent both wheels.
Good luck with the city streets.
08-29-2009, 09:35 AM
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i had the stock rims for while before i switched to a-specs. THose stock rims are pretty strong to me. i know i hit some pretty mean potholes they came out good.
08-29-2009, 09:39 AM
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thanks for the info on the newer rims.....what did you type in when you search for the bent rims info? i would love to read more about it. any feedback on the type-s wheels?
what about the gunmetal a-spec wheels in both 17" and 18"?
what about the gunmetal a-spec wheels in both 17" and 18"?
08-29-2009, 09:52 AM
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https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-tires-wheels-suspension-97/bent-wheels-need-help-645062/
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-problems-fixes-114/nyc-tl-owners-step-inside-724171/
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-problems-fixes-114/bent-friggin-rim-696394/
https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-problems-fixes-114/07-08-type-s-rims-weak-639413/
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