not for the weak stomached...

story behind this
i was driving beside a cab who doesn't know how to stay between the dotted lines when the road curved. He started driving into me and would have hit me on the left side if i didn't swerve to the right and curbed both rims at around 40km/h.


here's the result.








pretty much half the front wheel scraped


oo metal shavings...

 

Are those 2 piece wheels? Can you call the company and replace the lip?

 

OUCH!!!!!

 

Find a wheel repair shop in your area. A detail shop should have some recommendations. Maybe not make it like new but damn close. I've taken wheels my wife have curbed and really had to look hard to see the flaws.

 

sucks

 

ouch

 

sorry to hear that, but on the good note, no body-repair work for you.

 

you could call the manufacturer and replace the barrel...ready to drop around $400 probably for that. Or you can go to a shop and get it fixed..not sure how much that would run. Definitely cheaper then replacing the barrel though. You just need to find someone thats got a good rep.

I hated seeing those pics by the way...pisses me off knowing how it happened.

 

Damn that hurts my eyes.

 

damn that sucks, those are beautiful rims
gl with the fix

 

The pics and the size of them are an eye sore.

 

The stretched tire is cool.

 

What are the offsets of those vs-xx just curious.

 

honestly that looks like you curbed your rim parking.. i've seen people run their car into a curb at moving speed and it'd go all around the wheel

 

Ouch that second picture made me cringe!!!! Especially since I just got those exact same wheels yesterday!!! So what are your plans on fixing them now?

 

It's a 3 piece

 

No sense in purchasing new barrels, take them (all of them including the ones that were not damaged) to a wheel repair shop and have them repaired. I suggest you take them all to the wheel repair shop at the same time so that the shop ensures that all 4 wheels match in appearance/finish when they are done.

I curbed a set of GTCs I had for this car back in '04 and I had them repaired like new. FWIW I curbed my wheels pulling into an incredibly tight gas station island at >5mph and they looked way worse than your wheels.

 

thanks for the comments, it gives me hope that it's not as bad as it seems... i'll take it to a shop to get them fixed. thx for the tip kwame, i'll take all 4 rims in when i winter my car.

sizing is 19x9.5 + 15 , 19x10.5 +17

 

+1.. exactly why I said the rashes he has looks like they came from parking.

 

I'm sooooo sorry for you and your awesome wheels!!!