What a f*cking day...

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:42 pm

Alright, well, ya'll remember my experience last year with the bent lip on my rim... If not, well, there's a thread somewhere... But anyways... I was coming home from Cleveland yesterday on I-90 and hit a pretty rough dip right before a bridge and tweaked it a bit more and the bastard went flat. Well, the bend is a bit more noticeable now so I figured the wheel was hopeless. I tried to fill the tire back up and when I reached about 35 psi, the air blew out the side of the wheel where the bead sits.

Well, I took the wheel and tire to a local tire shop and the tire's destroyed. The inner rubber lining or whatever was a pile of rubber dust in the bottom of the tire. They told me that I was lucky I couldn't get 50 psi of air in the tire because it probably would have blown up in my face. Okay. So the tire's shot... Is there anything they can do about the cheap ass rim? Sure! What I was thinking - Take a BFH (Big F*cking Hammer) to it. Three whacks into the deal, all the paint flaked off the area of the bend and the edge of the lip was all chewed up. I stopped the guy and said, "You know what? Before you put much more labor into this, the wheel's trashed and I can't put it back on the car looking like that - Functional or not."

So that's where I stand - Minus a wheel and a tire. I guess I'll go back out tomorrow (when I'm not all pissed off) and put the winter tires and wheels back on. Now WheelMax (where I got the pieces of trash) had a policy where you can only buy wheels & tires in packages (except under certain circumstances), but they discontinued the Exel RH-5 wheels, so I guess that doesn't really help, does it?

Ugh. What a pain in the ass. So even if the wheel was repairable, the lip would have to be sanded down and the whole wheel would have to be repainted to match the other three.

I guess what I'll probably end up doing is selling the three remaining wheels and tires and write this off as a lesson learned - Never buy cheap wheels. I already tried looking for any individuals selling just one wheel and the only luck I had was someone selling a complete set of the RH-5's in White - Which, obviously, will not work.

This sucks. I've gotta' come up with something before Carlisle in July because the car definitely will not be show-worthy will black steelies.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:44 pm

Damn dude, that sucks

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:47 pm

That sucks man. But it doesn't only go for cheap wheels. One of my 155 dollar each rims is bent pretty good.

Post by **Canada** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:05 pm

I'm sure you'll find something Mike.

Either a new wheel, or someone selling a set cheap.

If not, let me know, I have 5 different sets of wheels for my car, and I'll bring a spare set to Carlisle with me, and we can put them on your car

heyitsstock · Post by **heyitsstock** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:12 pm

thats what i like to see good ol fashion rage

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:27 pm

if it's aluminum it can be straightened ... even if the metal is chewed up a bit .. but heavy scarring cant be easily repaired without welding .. thats when the question of ... is 200$ labor worth it on a 100$ wheel

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:29 pm

sorry to here that man, that really sux. glad to hear you learned a lesson from it though!

01WhiteNe0n · Post by **01WhiteNe0n** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:55 pm

road hazard plans own ?

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:49 pm

EclecticBlue wrote:If not, let me know, I have 5 different sets of wheels for my car, and I'll bring a spare set to Carlisle with me, and we can put them on your car

Wow, that's a lot of sets!

I'm half tempted to just pick up a set of SRT-4 wheels or something if I can find a set for a decent price. Will my tires (that I had on these) fit SRT-4 rims? They're 205/45/17's...

01WhiteNe0n wrote:road hazard plans own ?

Any Road Hazard Warranty probably would have done me no good since the wheels are discontinued from the only retailer that sold them.

Post by **jonnymopar** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:59 pm

Damn dude, Carlisle is gonna turn into a wheel trade fest!

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:04 pm

jonnymopar wrote:Damn dude, Carlisle is gonna turn into a wheel trade fest!

thats what i was thinking.

sucks about the wheel mike, good luck finding something for it.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:56 pm

damn dude. that does suck

FTWNeon · Post by **FTWNeon** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:53 pm

03sxt wrote: I'm half tempted to just pick up a set of SRT-4 wheels or something if I can find a set for a decent price. Will my tires (that I had on these) fit SRT-4 rims? They're 205/45/17's...

Should fit.

KrackstaR · Post by **KrackstaR** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:58 pm

dude im not a told you so kind of guy but if i recall correctly you posted a thread before you got the rims stating that you were getting them from wheel max and i told you in that thread dont do it cause wheelmax discontinue rims and the excel rims are softer and wheel max is the only people that makes them for some strange reason.

When i had my rims and the same problem happend they told me that i was SOL but i called again and talk to this really kewl dude, he said that the excel rims are made twice a year so if they are discontinued around spring then you would have to wait till fall for them to come back out, or vice verse.

They are going to come out with more ask to speak with the owner and see if he can locate you one in the warehouse thats out of a set. I had him check for me but he told me Naw we dont have that color we have crome

Good luck man!

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:06 pm

KrackstaR wrote:dude im not a told you so kind of guy but if i recall correctly you posted a thread before you got the rims stating that you were getting them from wheel max and i told you in that thread dont do it cause wheelmax discontinue rims and the excel rims are softer and wheel max is the only people that makes them for some strange reason.

When i had my rims and the same problem happend they told me that i was SOL but i called again and talk to this really kewl dude, he said that the excel rims are made twice a year so if they are discontinued around spring then you would have to wait till fall for them to come back out, or vice verse.

They are going to come out with more ask to speak with the owner and see if he can locate you one in the warehouse thats out of a set. I had him check for me but he told me Naw we dont have that color we have crome

Good luck man!

short version: I TOLD YOU SO

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:46 pm

Wow, that really sucks, I do remember that thread too... I vote for looking for some SRT-4 rims, 2003silverneonsxt might sell you his black ones...

I say get new rims and get a1 new tire, and you are set... Didn't you buy those just under a year ago, I think it was when everyone was getting their tax refunds.

Black sRT-4 rims owuld look hawt.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:44 pm

silver's wheels are already sold...i cant remember to who though.

that sucks about yours though. Id just keep an eye out for some nice aftermarket ones. but not excel's or any cheap brand. Some brands do hold up well, but there are others you should avoid. im very sorry to hear about your wheel...hope you get new ones soon! did you try some other wheel sites to see if anyone has an extra left? then you could sell your whole set.

OB · Post by OB » Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:04 am

Sorry to hear it Mike, but thats why you simply dont buy cheap wheels (or cheap shit in general). Hope you find a way to work it out bro.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:03 am

just by two wheels that you really like and join the mismatch club.... its not like you see both sides of the car at the same time

and then when people see one side after seeing the other side a few days ago you can say that you just alternate different wheels

Post by **racer12306** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:52 am

dblsg wrote: and then when people see one side after seeing the other side a few days ago you can say that you just alternate different wheels

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:50 pm

Hahaha... No mismatched wheels for me.

Thanks everyone... I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do while I continue to try to get a human on the phone at WheelMax. I guess I'm just going to do keep my eyes out for a decent set of wheels in case any deals come up. Hey, eclectic, are you interested in selling any of your wheels?

Post by **Canada** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:34 pm

Hate to be a bastid Mike....but No.

I am officially attempting to become 2GN's official wheel whore.

If you want me to bring you a set (or two

) to pick from for Carlisel, let me know which set you want

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:42 pm

EclecticBlue wrote:...I have 5 different sets of wheels for my car, and I'll bring a spare set to Carlisle with me, and we can put them on your car

Here is an example of what is so great about the people on this site. Makes me proud!

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:32 am

That sucks yo... the only wheels that I'm gonna be sellin real soon are my stockers.
15" w/ what appears to be new tires...
Not show worthy unless for the stock car portion..

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:31 pm

EclecticBlue wrote:Hate to be a bastid Mike....but No.

I am officially attempting to become 2GN's official wheel whore.

If you want me to bring you a set (or two ) to pick from for Carlisel, let me know which set you want

What do you have?

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:03 pm

Here are some pictures I finally took. The situation makes me sick to my stomach so I've never felt like taking pictures...

You can see that just after a couple whacks with the hammer, it took most of the bend out of the lip - It just chipped the shit out of the paint around that area. Maybe with a bit of sanding and some paint, it'll look as good as new?

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:22 am

might as well try instead of letting a "decent" set of rims go

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:40 am

Opi wrote:might as well try instead of letting a "decent" set of rims go

Yeah, I'm just trying to figure out what would be the best way to 'sand' the wheel down... Sandblast? Sandpaper?

And then I'll probably have to repaint all of them in order to get them to match perfectly...

BTW, someone would have my nuts in a sling and never get in my car again if I joined the 'mismatched wheel club.'

Post by **racer12306** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:46 am

and would probably take something else away

mztykal · Post by **mztykal** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:36 pm

Any wheel repair place worth something should be able to have the bend almost perfect for less than 100 bucks. Then just have all your rims powdercoated for 300 more and you're all set.