I was on my way to the beach last friday and I had a tire blow out. At least
that was what I thought. When I changed the tire I just happen to take a look
at the inside of the Rim. To my surprise part of the rim had broken off and hit
the tire. I am thinking that the rim breaking was why the tire blew out. Anyway
long story short I had to drive to Wilmington NC where the nearest Acura Dealer.
The replaced the rim for free but made me pay for the tire. As soon as I find out how to post pictures I will

 

Here are the pics.

 

That is incredible!

 

it looks like it is made out of plastic. i have never seen a wheel break like that before. did u hit a huge pot hole at like 70 or somethiing

 

holy shit...x2 on it looks like plastic...wonder what made that happen. ive hit rims hard before and they have just bent...

 

Looks like what happen in this post:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...5348&p=1439744

 

What the hell...I've ever seen that happen to a wheel before and I thought I dealt with a lot of wheel problems as the garage.

 

that sucks they made you pay for the tire

 

True, if he could prove it was due to a defective rim. However, the other link I posted in this thread shows similar damage to a rim when another person hit a rock the size of a grapefruit.

Perhaps he did not see the road hazard and BOOM, thought he had a blow out.

It can happen in the blink of an eye. See my thread on Joined the Ruin Tire Club.

 

The TL rims are very strong, I have hit some nasty pot holes/bumps without any damage. I once hit something in the work van, I JUST got a glimpse of it but had no idea what it was. I hit it with my right front wheel, and it shot over and blew out my left front tire (instantly).
I pulled off the interstate into the first place I could, and 3 other people had flats!

You are not going to see a rim just break like yours, you have to hit something to cause it, although you could hit something and start a crack and have it fail at some point in the future I suppose...

Brett

 

I am thinking that either I or somebody else hit something prevously and it cracked.
I promise you I hit nothing in the road. It was bright daylight on HWY 95. My passengers are I saw nothing in the road.