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Old 04-19-2008, 05:43 PM
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Default just got back from a photo shoot!
im normally too lazy to take pictures of my car, but today was a special occasion. i was driving to l.a. to pick up some sway bars and on the way back heard this clicking noise very similar to istan's cracked rim problem. i pull off to the side and right when i stop the car sinks. the rim snapped off on all of the spokes. i was way lucky it snapped after i had stopped. my rims are also powder coated.













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Old 04-19-2008, 05:47 PM
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Ouch, luckily the wheel did not come off while driving.
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Ouch... do you think the powdercoating process weakened it or something? How does that just happen under normal driving conditions?
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Old 04-19-2008, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by annahandres
Ouch... do you think the powdercoating process weakened it or something? How does that just happen under normal driving conditions?
no clue. but i have a feeling it may be responsible. its very similar to istan's experience.
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Old 04-19-2008, 06:02 PM
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OMG!!! That's insane!!! That'll make a great conversation piece.
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wtffffffffffff thats crazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzy
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HOLY SH*T!!! that's crazy .... was your wheel baked in the process of powdercoating?




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Originally Posted by 350Zforlife
HOLY SH*T!!! that's crazy .... was your wheel baked in the process of powdercoating?

i suppose it might have something to do with it. i think ive read somewhere that it happens on non-powder coated stockers also.
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holy fudddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddge

ummm glad u didnt die
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Originally Posted by cwest350
holy fudddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddge

ummm glad u didnt die
seriously. i felt so lucky that it happened the instant i stopped at the curb. what sucked was trying to remove the lugnuts.. i had no leverage with the thing spinning freely.
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omg...i had no idea that powdercoating could possibly cause this.
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Go buy a lottery ticket

glad your ok
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Gawd damn that is not what i was expecting while reading thread title. Damn glad your ok.
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Not what I was expecting either. But glad you're ok and you slowed to a safe stop before the wheel fell apart.
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find out of they baked off the OEM paint (500F+) before PC'ing.. I bet they did
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^Good point, damn even Rota wheels dont break like that...
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holy sh*t that's crazy...

I wonder if nissan will cover the wheels since they are pced.
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OMG. I am so sorry to hear. I don't think it was shortly after I sold you the rims (NON Powdercoated, he did it himself) I cracked my first rim. I was lucky though and discovered all three of my cracked rims before they got to this point.

Those rims had dealer mileage only. They came off of a showroom Z here and should have had <10 miles before you got them.

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Originally Posted by Marino Z
holy sh*t that's crazy...

I wonder if nissan will cover the wheels since they are pced.
probably not.. warranty ended recently. the tire is still good so its not too much of a lost. just need to check the alignment to see if anything has been bent.
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ouch...

this is worse than the time I found out all my lugnuts were only hand-tightened after an oil change & rotation
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