DENTED MY RIMS ON THE HIGHWAY!, OMFG IM SO MAD. Options

[Guest_Jason_*]

Ok so, I was doing speed limit in the Construction zone, and they are resurfacing the highway, and the ramps haven't been touched yet, so there's like a 2" difference between the stripped highway and the ramp, and when I went go merge to the ramp, I slammed that 2" bump and it dented both of my front rims.

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Can I bitch to the city? Or what can i do.

This post has been edited by Jason: Jun 1, 2003 - 4:23 PM

[BlackCelicaGT94]

you cant do jack sh*t! basically it just SUCKS TO BE YOU! they would just say you should have been paying attention and noticed the road being different and slowed down

[Guest_Matthew_*]

get taller sidewall tires


yea man it does suck but i dont think that there is much that you can do


someone on here a while back popped a tire and dented his rims on the interstate and the city would do ****.

[95STCelica]

Yeah, you should go with a bigger profile tire so that doesn't happen. Doesn't look as good but it's the price you gotta to pay so you don't keep shelling out money on dented rims ya know?

[HyperDeathKill]

Holy SH*T. ME TOO. This happened to me two days ago and I was just about to post it! I dented all four of my new rims =(. Well I didn't do it, my dad took my celi out for a ride cause I said he could. So anyway, he filed a claim just for the hell of it. Who knows.

Yea, this sucks.

[boosted_K2]

hey jason, im going to move this to general for ya, maybe someone with some good info on what to do will see it there.

[exxtractor]

Just curious what size were the rims and tires? 17 or 18" I posted earlier I was thinking of buying 16" or 17" wheels, but I've changed my mind since my drive to work is around 40 miles total, mixed street, and highway, but the roads in some areas aren't great. But with my 14" wheels and huge sidewalls it gives a comfortable ride, and I'll never worry about denting a rim, though admitadely 14" wheels looks pathetic.

[macavely]

na man they usa has some weird law about construction sites... so if you pass through one you pass at your own risk..

[Blackcelliman]

My tires have a little lip that comes out to give that extra protection for my rims. It's worked really well with small holes in the road, but I'm definately not testing them on deep potholes or driving over curbs cuz I know they're not undestructable.

[hi_rider]

It happened to me too last summer on my vacation trip to New Jersey.....I hit at least 5 step as you talked about on construction spots.....Came back with 3 false rims.....360$ canadian dollars to fix all this... !!(mille miglia action)

That is exactly why I got the Superleggeras from OZ.....they are supposed to be indestructible. It is worth the price to pay extra and not to get scrapped rims on the road. Up to now, they stayed perfectly round !

[coustoe]

Yes, This is why I drive like an old fart all the time, The roads here are worse then paved dirt, at least with paved dirt you dont get random potholes every other day.

Was driving in D.C. and some road construction ignoramous thought it would be funny to put a paved sloping 5" drop hole in the middle of the road #$@#. Scrapped my bodykit and had to get it painted on the underside. Guess enough people got mad that they finally put like 2 cones in the hole so people would mess up their cars.

The best way to go about not letting this happen is:

1. Drive roads you only Know.
2. Drive very slowly like an old fo.


I hardly drive above 60, The only time I will aggressivly drive is on any roads I know are in good condition.

[Guest_Jason_*]

HAH!

Arospeed is going to replace both of my damaged rims for free. BLING BLING.

[HyperDeathKill]

Heh, I'll see if tirerack is going to replace mine... they sound like they might. I'm crossing my fingers.

And from now I'm driving like an old fart in construction.

[funks]

Wheel Techniques repairs rims - might be worth a try?