Originally Posted by phelan Ah, that is possible. The pothole caused the initial crack on the lip, and as he kept driving, the crack continued to develop and displace to
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06-29-2011, 01:12 PM | #48 (permalink) |
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I had XXRs on my 350Z and I've hit some of NYC's finest potholes with them. No problems. XXRs are actually pretty damn strong wheels. There were guys on the 350Z forum that tracked them and abused the piss out of them.
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Honestly, any wheel will shatter like that after dropping into a 2-foot crater that collapsed from underneath the car. I remember a 350Z guy with Volks that got ruined after he hit a massive pothole like the one the BMW hit. When the severity is that high, there's no escaping massive damage like this.
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yea, must have been a HUGE pothole
these are Konig After Burners. Konigs are not known for being race car quality, however they are mediocre on the quality level. None the less, 60mph and a 6" deep x 12" wide pot hole did this.
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I posted this same thread over on our local forum. and one of the guys there found this:
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We don't. I'm very suspicious of the whole claim. That damage just doesn't look like it was caused by a vehicle traveling 25mph. Likewise, we don't know how big the pothole really was, or how the car hit it... or any real details whatsoever. We just have some dude saying something on the internet, and I've been around way too long to take that seriously.
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I hit a moderate uneven road surface in my WRX a few years back going ~35mph with a 17" Volk Racing CE28 forged wheel. Impact resulted in the front and rear wheel having bent lips. There are so many factors involved that you really need a controlled environment to do the testing if you want to determine the strength of a wheel. Something we finally agree on Good find, that's funny/sad at the same time |
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