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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 12:11 PM
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i hit a curb at about 35-40 ish and it totally curb the living crap out of my wheels not only that it broke my camber arm so now the rear right rears are bent in towards the front. hopefully thats all the damage it did to the suspension. now my question is that are these curb damage repairable and where is a best place to get it done

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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 12:13 PM
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oh and i dont mind shipping it out to get repair. im just looking for a reputable quality shop
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 12:14 PM
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omg man thats insane, how the f*ck!

anyway, no its probably not worth fixing that much curb rash.God dam chunks missing. Especially on horrible looking wheels that look like the ones on my mongoose in 8th grade

god did you a favor, sell them to some idiot for as much as possible and buy nice looking wheels
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 12:17 PM
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Kind of remind me of Advan SA3R's if your going to scrap them send them my way I will pay shipping
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 12:31 PM
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Racing Hart S3 Pros are a 2 piece wheel. Maybe there are some rebarrel options you can look into if you want to save them. Pretty rare to see nowadays.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 01:20 PM
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i actually really like the way they look on my z.

and i just contacted rimspec.com about he repair and they say that can fix it and repolish it for 320 with both shippnig included. i see how that goes
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 01:22 PM
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^^^ per wheel?
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 01:26 PM
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thats for both
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 01:59 PM
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If you hit a curb at speed you should do a runout of the wheels to make sure they're not bent in any weird ways. I bought some wheels off of someone that had them on their 240SX and the barrel was bent weird on one wheel because he hit a wall. Luckily it was repairable though.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 02:07 PM
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i spoke with joe at rimspec and he said that 165.00 per wheels include straighten out all the bends repainted my centers and fixing the curb. hopefully it will turn out nice. shipping it off saturday and probably getting it back wed. ill let you guys know how it goes.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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Please do. That's a quick turn around.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 02:17 PM
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That's not too bad then. Hope it comes out looking good!
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 03:06 PM
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Wheels can be refinished but you will have to do 4 so they look the same. Wheel in photo needs a new barrel. About $800/4.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 03:15 PM
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Info on how you curbed going 30-40?
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by deeno
Info on how you curbed going 30-40?
it wasnt necessary 30-40 but felt like it. i was trying to catch the green light for the left turn. but i guess i forgot the road was wet form the rain earlier so it slid right into the curb.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 03:38 PM
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Not a fan of your wheels...
On the curbed one,trash it.
Unless you want to settle for it looking bad with a fix that will
not match the others.
Buy a new wheel,if you can find one.
Or,better yet,get a new st and start over.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 04:18 PM
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i also have a set of volk gts but i love this look so much more.
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 04:24 PM
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I must exit the thread now because I hate curb rash so much this hurts me. Hope everything works out.

Find a reputable company you trust to help you out with your wheels, read reviews etc. It will be better to just get them fixed before whenever you sell them (if you decide to). You will get all sort of lowballs with that amount of curb rash.
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Originally Posted by BavanaghCndra
Wheels can be refinished but you will have to do 4 so they look the same
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Old Feb 23, 2012 | 04:32 PM
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Holy ****in sh**!!! That looks horrible!!! Good luck hope they come out how they were before! If not ill buy them .
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