Bent rims

[jinkazama]

So today omw to class I hydroplaned into a cemetary.. true story


http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d4...285_345984.jpg


Other than going to hell, I'm worried about my rims. There are no scuff marks, but I did have three flat tires after all the sliding around. Im wondering if just the force of the dirt and shit pushed the tire off of the rim or if theres a chance i fucked all of my rims up. If anybody has experience with this give me some insight please!

[Chun Liroy]

Man crashes into cemetary, 300 dead.

[*Shinzon*]

The only way you're going to be able to check if there's any damage to the rims physically is to jack the car up and remove each rim and inspect each. It's unlikely that there's any damage to the center of the wheel but if they ground into anything hard it's likely they may be dented, chipped or anything like that. If the tires were completely flat you'll have to take it to someone who can thoroughly inspect them because if you try to put new tires on they may flatten again and do more damage to the wheels but something that bad would be obvious to most people.

Simply put they need to be removed and checked.

[jinkazama]

oh yea its getting checked out right now, wont know until tomorrow. i had to drive the car back veryyy slowly but they werent all the way flat until we got there, so going 10 miles/hr I cant imaging hurt them too bad.. but yea the slide seemed pretty smooth, dont think I really hit anything and they didnt ram in to anything. There was a small lip between my tire and my rim I dug dirt out from between it, so I think just the force of the dirt pushed it off the rim.

[*Shinzon*]

Well if you were driving on flat tires, there's likely to be some damage no matter what the speed because there was very little cushion between the road and the wheel. How flat the tires were would determine the amount of damage, but riding on flats is never a good idea if you value your wheels. You're probably gonna need to change them. The bulk of the damage would be either on the inside or outsides of the rim because the tires would be less secure on the edges.

[Warudo Ecksu]

do you not have 24 hour tow service with your insurance or car company? I get free towing from both Honda and from my insurance. Driving on flat tires just seems like a bad idea.

[_chuchu]

don't need no steenkeen inshoorans

[Atreides]

looks like you need

a rimjob

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[Headspace]

Serves you right for driving that.

[Cadsuane]

Only way to tell is to put them on a balancer. Slight damage can be corrected with wheel weights.

[GRT]

wow, if you didn't screw up those rims with the skid-n-crash, you most definitely did driving with 3 flat tires

way to go

[LiquidFriend]

Serves you right for driving that.

owned

[Woozie]

Man crashes into cemetary, 300 dead.

rofl

[Karshe]

I'm glad you're ok but I can only imagine what was running through your mind...

As you start hydro planing, "Oh shit oh shit oh shit"

As you start heading into the cemetery "OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT"

[jinkazama]

it gets better.. the plot i landed was this guys little daughter, he was out there meeting the headstone guy and saw it all happen lol. I felt fucking awful

[zoobernut]

The only thing that could have made it worse is if when you got out of the car you promptly threw up on the grave due to the accident and adrenaline rush or scared or whatever.

[jinkazama]

haha yea.. the way my day was going I wouldnt have been surprised.

[Colenzo]

looks like you need

a rimjob

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

thread over, man ive been looking for a reason to use that joke

[Slapper]

poor rx8

[Senji]

Unless you smacked the rim on something, then they should be fine. Your tires probably rolled off the bead a bit at the very least, they may be damaged. Take a good look at the sidewalls with them inflated, bring them to a competent mechanic to check out to double check if you want. A blow out down the highway isn't fun.