So I'm driving down a road after I dropped my brother off at baseball practice, being a good brother, when I come upon some road work. I'm driving 25 in the 30, when I see a lil trench in the ground, so I slow down a lil, thinking its just a small cut, well, I was wrong. The trench was a good 6 inches deep, and a good foot wide. Needless to say both of my passenger side wheels are bent, and the front is totally f**ked. I need some suggestions guys...

 

welcome to the club of bent rims. See what it feels like to bend rims and cost money to buy/fix a new pair.

Dixit

 

First two pics are the rear, second two pics are the front. My dad says I need to call the city of scottsdale and make a claim about the ****.

 

Welcome to the you are a loser with Konigs and need real wheels !

 

LoL, thanks guys...

 

Anytime Phatman, anytime. And cut down the F'in resolution on these pics, ****!!! You gonna kill the modem users. Make that jooker 640x480

Dixit

 

yeah your not gonna get **** from the town...i tried and they said "yeah, check is on the way" its been 5 fuking months....dont count on it...sorry bro...kloogy's right...get some new wheels...it will make you feel better too!

-V-

 

Wow that sucks dude. I guess you can tell steve to give you a refund .
No you should take pictures of that place and take the city to court. They should pay for the damage. Thats what my friend did and it worked. They paid for his from passager wheel.

 

Yeah, well we'll see what i can do with the city. First I'll go in by myself and see what they say, then I'll get my parents and whatnot involved. I'm going to go by and take pics of the area tomorrow, hopefully they don't do any work on it or i'll be ****ed and f**ked. I'm off to cry myself to sleep now. Late guys...

 

Steve will want a hand job or some Bukaki from you Zach !

 

I'm going through this crap right now. The DA of LA told me that it would take 6-9 months. I'm on month 2 right now, I took pictures of the pothole and of the city crew that was fixing it and sent those in. I also turned in an inspection copy of the rim shop that took a look at my bent rims. I didn't take pics at that time. I'm going to search for a city work order to fix that pothole. What ****es me off right now is that the DA won't answer my freaking calls!

 

Yep, when I was on the hondaprelude boards for a couple years, this would happen to many guys and got reembursed by their respective city's because of it. I have seen it happen. Might depend on the city though, obvisouly.

 

Sorry to hear about that (wtf are you doin goin 25 in a 30 , there is no excuse going 5mph under man ) I guess you got 1st dibs on steve's new 19's whenever he gets them

Something similar happend to an old friend of mine a while ago, but the hole was like 6ft deep and a good 8ft wide (I still say he's a blind dumb@ss) Needless to say he drove right into is and was kinda stuck.

Guess you gotta get new rims man, sorry.

 

Sucks man.

 

Well at least now you have a good reason to get some new phat rims

 

 

yeah you're lucky someone didnt tailgate you and flash their high beams at you.


ps. sorry about the rims dude.

 

LoL, this was different guys, there was no round around for me to **** off, just me myself and the whole in the ground!

 

Been there, done that. Here's what you do. IMMEDIATELY! Take detailed pictures of the construction zone. Include detailed photos as well as area photos, i.e. pictures of the zone as you approach from 1/2 mile, 1/4 mile, 1/8 mile, etc. Include any photos of warning signs if any and their exact placement. Take all photos at your eyelevel height as if you were sitting in your vehicle. Pictures standing my give a better view of the hole. File an accident report with the police. Maybe they will have others on record. Send a letter to the City Manager and include a copy of the police report and your repair estimates from three reputable repair shops. CC: your correspondence to the City Manager to all City Council Members and Mayor. Do not threaten lawsuit in this letter, just be polite and request necessary repairs be paid by the City. If no reply, Go to City Council meeting in open forum and plead your case. No voted in politician wants it on public record that they don't take care of their people. Finally, if all else fails, and you have kept detailed records, take the City to small claims court. Good Luck and don't give up.

 

Try that its worth a shot....

 

Went to discount tire. The repair on the rims is gonna cost more than new ones. They wrote me an invoice for $531 after tax and 2 new rims, and I just got off the phone with Scottsdale police. They are gonna have an officer contact me. Discount said my rims are undriveable, so John, Hitmanse, is doing me a huge favor by helping me swap the rims with my stock ones! I'll keep you guys posted!

 

You don't have a tire jack?

 

Here are some pictures of the area. I was a lil off on my calculations, the dip is actually 4 inches deep and 53 INCHES WIDE! There are no signs other than 'BUMP' which I will take a picture of, AND the road was partly paved today, meaning yesterday, when i hit it, it was EVEN DEEPER!

 

I'll be going back in a bit, once my camera battery gets so more juice!

 

Nice pics man. Those should really help out your cause.

 

You'll win...trust me you will....see in my case i didnt get pics...thats prolly why!! you should getthye money back... if they let you drive on the road..then you show them those pics...you will win!

good luck!

 

I just pulled these wheels off and those things are really jacked up. Alignment might be off as well (most probably is) I THINK THE TIRES ARE BAD TOO ZACH!!! YOU NEED NEW TIRES< *cough* THEY should pay for those to *cough*

 

Here are some more pics...

 

 

File a claim in the City which it occured in and call out a failing Trench. It is supposed to be no more than 1" below the existing surface. I hate when contractors don't do their job. I guarantee there is insurance and a deposit on file for this job. Don't buy new rims, have the city buy them for you. It's the imspectors fault. Good luck....

 

Ok thanks...failing trench, i'll remember that! Any others with obvious things they can point out?

 

You'll have to deal with risk management. They are impossible to deal with and are trained at screwing you. I would be shocked if you see a penny from them if it doesn't go to court.

 

As far as I am concerned, i did nothing wrong. This area was not properly lit, was not properly warned, and was not properly covered. If there really is a law that the trench can't be more than an inch deep, this shouldn't be hard, ITS 4!

 

lol

 

I have some kick *** potholes in Tijuana with 4+ people in my car and I have 19's on rubber bands..... That looks like a piece of cake to me..... You need better quality wheels... Dont get Evo 5's or I will drive to Scottsdale and dent them myself !

 

 

YEAH THOSE WHEELS SUCK!!!!! LOL

 

Yeah as if those little kids and old dudes callin you a Gringo and cleaning your damn windshield 400 times isnt bad enough. I cant belive you took your ride the TJ man

We were gonna go last time, but the time be4 one of the idiots was drunk coming back to SD and while trying to cross the border, the guards asked were we were from every1 said the right answer except for that idoit who said kuwait ( still dont know why) and held us up for 3 hrs Screw that place, still fun to go club hoppin though. As for Zach gettin the Evo5's, Giovanni dont worry, im sure whatever Zach gets he will go off roading or something of that sort and need new rims a week later AGAIN. I still say Zach has first dibs on the rims steve hasnt bought yet

 

I have first dibs on those rims.

 

man TJ is coo but Rocky Point is just better.
And the EVO's are played out is all bout the EVS