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.

http://www.boomspeed.com/setonioboy45/z33/2.jpg

http://www.boomspeed.com/setonioboy45/z33/3.jpg

http://www.boomspeed.com/setonioboy45/z33/4.jpg

http://www.boomspeed.com/setonioboy45/z33/5.jpg

http://www.boomspeed.com/setonioboy45/z33/6.jpg

http://www.boomspeed.com/setonioboy45/z33/7.jpg

http://www.boomspeed.com/setonioboy45/z33/8.jpg

Ouch, luckily the wheel did not come off while driving.

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.

OMG!!! That's insane!!! That'll make a great conversation piece.

wtffffffffffff thats crazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzy

HOLY SH*T!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: 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.

holy fudddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddge :icon11: :icon11:

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. :)

omg...i had no idea that powdercoating could possibly cause this.

Go buy a lottery ticket

glad your ok

Gawd damn that is not what i was expecting while reading thread title. Damn glad your ok.

Not what I was expecting either. But glad you're ok and you slowed to a safe stop before the wheel fell apart.

find out of they baked off the OEM paint (500F+) before PC'ing.. I bet they did :(

^Good point, damn even Rota wheels dont break like that...

holy sh*t that's crazy...

I wonder if nissan will cover the wheels since they are pced.

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.

:(

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.

ouch...

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