Crap. Wheel gouged...literally.
#4
Picture this: You're cruising happily down the center lane of the interstate, in light traffic, but at speed (65?).
Then, all of the sudden, the car is front of you swerves slightly...you see various debris bouncing from under the car and scattered in your lane and the lane to the right.
You quickly check your left mirror for lane clearance. ****, blocked in! Your eye keys in on one large and very solid looking hunk of metal spinning in the right half of your lane from it's last victim and approaching rapidly...you have just enough time to jerk the steering wheel left and hope "spin right, dammit, right!"
CLUNK! You hear metal-on-metal contact but it looked like it was heading for the wheel. Why the metal sound you think?
Then, all of the sudden, the car is front of you swerves slightly...you see various debris bouncing from under the car and scattered in your lane and the lane to the right.
You quickly check your left mirror for lane clearance. ****, blocked in! Your eye keys in on one large and very solid looking hunk of metal spinning in the right half of your lane from it's last victim and approaching rapidly...you have just enough time to jerk the steering wheel left and hope "spin right, dammit, right!"
CLUNK! You hear metal-on-metal contact but it looked like it was heading for the wheel. Why the metal sound you think?
#7
You're both absolutely right...Whatever that thing was, if it were one inch over it could have shredded my tire. At 60. In traffic!
Not to mention the possible damage if I had pacman-ed it... I measured the distance from the edge of the tire and it was 6.5-7". Not sure I could've cleared that even at the stock ride height.
What is so odd to me is how soft it looks. Such a clean cut, like playdoh. But if you push on it, it's rock hard. Doesn't even wiggle a bit.
I don't know what to do with it now. Should I try to hammer it back in place or Dremel it off?
Not to mention the possible damage if I had pacman-ed it... I measured the distance from the edge of the tire and it was 6.5-7". Not sure I could've cleared that even at the stock ride height.
What is so odd to me is how soft it looks. Such a clean cut, like playdoh. But if you push on it, it's rock hard. Doesn't even wiggle a bit.
I don't know what to do with it now. Should I try to hammer it back in place or Dremel it off?
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#8
Originally posted by 350Zenophile
You're both absolutely right...Whatever that thing was, if it were one inch over it could have shredded my tire. At 60. In traffic!
Not to mention the possible damage if I had pacman-ed it... I measured the distance from the edge of the tire and it was 6.5-7". Not sure I could've cleared that even at the stock ride height.
What is so odd to me is how soft it looks. Such a clean cut, like playdoh. But if you push on it, it's rock hard. Doesn't even wiggle a bit.
I don't know what to do with it now. Should I try to hammer it back in place or Dremel it off?
You're both absolutely right...Whatever that thing was, if it were one inch over it could have shredded my tire. At 60. In traffic!
Not to mention the possible damage if I had pacman-ed it... I measured the distance from the edge of the tire and it was 6.5-7". Not sure I could've cleared that even at the stock ride height.
What is so odd to me is how soft it looks. Such a clean cut, like playdoh. But if you push on it, it's rock hard. Doesn't even wiggle a bit.
I don't know what to do with it now. Should I try to hammer it back in place or Dremel it off?
#9
If you can match the paint on the wheel, you could use the Dremel to smooth it, fill it with JB Weld, smooth it , sand it, and paint it. Even if you pounded it smooth, it won't fill the gouge completely.
#14
Originally posted by Da Gimp
...its the perfect excuse to get some nice new aftermarket wheels!
...its the perfect excuse to get some nice new aftermarket wheels!
That and I've got the car going into the shop tomorrow finally to have the headers and HF Cats put on...that's kinda eating into the 'discretionary' budget right now.
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