Many of you guys may know that my car was caught in a flood and thank god

the car drives fine again. However, i was on my way to the supermarket and

hit a damn pothole. I was only driving about 40 mph and look at this damage.

I hope that this wheel is fixable cause they stop making the volk gts

phantom edition.

 

i called my insurance company and submitted a claim but i doubt they will cover it. I will

go to a placed called wheelofamerica where they can fix the bend but i am a little

worried that they can't fix the bend cause its a two piece wheel. Wish me luck

 

Damn it, must of been a big @$$ pothole, that's a goner...is those Volks if so F33k they ain't cheap .....

 

You've got no luck with your car lol Gotta learn to dodge them potholes.

 

wow poor GTS's. it should be repairable. if not you gotta start looking for a spare or a barrel.

get rid of those garbage tires and bump up your tire pressure a few pounds.

 

thanks for the reply.....specs are volk gts 18x8 with 225/45/18 general exclaim tires all around.

 

Yeah get rid of that garbage and watch them holes,reminds me of my drive to work

 

I've never even heard of "General" Tires...

Sad to see the wheel messed up though. Hopefully it can be fixed.

The guy I bought my max from tried to sell me some 18" TSW's that had similar damage on them for $500 with tires. I passed as they were chrome and tacky and he wanted way to much for the damage caused. He also said it was a pothole that had damaged the wheel.

 

Must have been one huge pothole. Good luck with fixing it though

 

I'd venture to say the rim is toast. At best they will fix it but the rim will be out of round. At worse is the center piece is cracked which will make the rim unfixible. If anything you could always buy one rim and have it colormatched to your other rims.

BTW I would also venture to say that tire is toast. With that amount of damage the sidewall has to be bruised. That is something that can make the sidewall of the tire blow out.

 

shiet!! thats tough **** right there son you screwed up some volks like that...but this helps the argument GH and i had about daily on some expensive rims lol...theyll still bend, so give me the cheap ones, no skin off my back to rock the cheap ones, if i like the look

 

Damn son! Looks fixable though

 

I made the mistake of buying rims without really looking at em. One was bent pretty bad. I used alloy wheel repair. They work mobile and did a great job. The wheel was as close to perfectly round as i can imagine possible after several people told me it was unfixable. See if they are in your area and give them a call.

 

I got my car towed to wheels america in Philly and they told me that it can be repaired. The tire was still holding air. I checked the psi yesterday which was at 40 and it is still the same today.

 

Ever since i my i35 i never kept the stock wheels on too long. I always had rims on my car but since i am getting older it not cool to have rims anymore. Its all about safety now.

 

You can still have the best of both worlds, just gotta find the right wheel. Maybe a different model Infiniti oem wheels?

 

Man that was pretty bad, I just had one of my 19's repaired because I hit a damn pothole, it actually cracked my wheel, but they did a great job repairing the damage. At least yours are repairable!

 

if i know that im rolling on rare and expensive rims id dodge pot holes, debres, and cunstruction trucks better than the matrix. i once got pulled over for doing so and cops asked me am i drunk and i said listin here sir im rolling on low pro tires (245-40-18) and do not want to ruin my expensive rims (gold rays gramlights), and he said yeah alright that makes sense. thought i was going to get breathorized bahahha!. lol

 

i just came here to tell you to ship it to them. think they have a $120 flat repair fee including return shipping. from what i've heard they are one of the best in the business. why did you tow the car? you could have just taken the wheel there. told you it could be fixed, ditch those tires afterwards

 

OP, you gotta lower that tire pressure. 40psi is too much. It should be around 28-30psi IIRC. It looks like your tires are wearing out more in the middle and that's probably why.

 

This ! I have noticed over the years the higher the pressure the better chances you have against bending the wheels.

Chrisman287, im rocking 43 psi for sometime now... no problems...
225/40/18

 

You're crazy. 30psi for me on the same sized tires and I've never bent a rim. Y'all gotta learn to drive lol

 

40 psi? 43 psi? You guys need to bring that tire pressure down a little bit. Seriously.

 

lower the pressure the easier to bend a rim....i mean wtf...

i run 40 psi generally i havent bent a rim, yet, in my 10 years of driving.....IVE BEEN DRIVING 10 YEARS...JEEZ I'M OLD!!!!!!!!

 

OP, hope it all works out cause those GTS' are amazing. <3 GTS Phantoms.

Prophecy, 43 psi is kinda dangerous as you're probably not getting a good sized patch on the ground. Most cars spec is around 32-36, I usually run 37 all around to make up for slack in the sidewall.

Ignorant statement.

 

'getting a good size patch on teh road'...why are the psi recommendations put on the tires if they havent considered the 'right size patch' that that specific tire should have in order for good traction. for the most part...its not like we're racing..we're daily driving, achieving MPG running the recommended PSI per tire manufacturer...

 

OP, if the rim isn't fixable but the face is good, maybe you can try getting another phantom barrel from Volk? Don't even know if it's possible, just a thought.

Expensive rims bend and are usually repairable, cheap ones are more prone to cracking. Not talking any ****, hell I'm running XXR's, just saying.

 

lol IJS i'd rather damage cheap rims opposed to expensive ones...i can get a crack repaired better than a bend ALMOST.

not that i dont feel what you saying..IJS, damage for damage, id rather damage cheap

 

'traction' has more to do with softenss of the rubber than contact area. manufacturer's dont put PSI limits based on right size patch, LOL. its a limit recommended to avoid too much stress on the structure and possible explosion. do you really think the PSI rating would give the same contact patch on all cars? knowing that a maxima weights 3000lbs and a toyota tercel weights 1500lbs?

VOLKS are not indestructible but they sure as hell take much more beating over generic wheels. OP bent this rim because he has crappy tire and probably tire pressure was low.

 

Well, this is the first thread I have seen on the org or elsewhere that bashed General Exclaim UHP's - they're certainly the darling of the tire thread in the tires and wheels section. Sidewalls could be stiffer though, granted.

This being said, I hit some pretty nasty holes on mine (which are 17" SE stock size) and even on my admittedly crappy Kazera rims nothing has broken yet, knock on wood.

 

I agree that the compound has to do with it, but if you're tire is underinflated or overinflated, you're not putting down a good patch.

And I wouldn't go as far as saying Exclaims are a bad tire. Soft sidewall yes, bad tire no.

 

this is maxima.org, where people are cheap and look for bargains. did you expect them to praise Pilot Cups ??

UHP's provide decent traction but soft sidewalls suck and this thread is clear proof. Also seen one too many of them randomly blow up.

 

There are a decent amount of people here buying fairly expensive UHP summer tires. Pilot Cups aren't in the same category to be fair, but for a summer UHP tire, the Exclaims do pretty well when comparing to the rest. And just because a tire is more expensive, does not mean it is superior.

 

well assuming they are two different passenger cars, i'd assume that tire size would be different hence why there are passenger car tires and truck tires, etc etc...but your point has been taken into consideration, but ill take my 40psi..kthxbi

 

agreed...my Federals were i guess the cheapest among the tires that i got when i got my 19s...but the sidewalls were hard as shiet

 

This thread is beginning to remind me of a saying. "...just enough information to be dangerous." Where are some of you getting your information from?






Theguilty1swillbethe1st2replyw/adefensivetone.

 

And that tread pattern

The super stiff sidewall were another thing I loved on mine as well.

 

I think you're confusing DD use with track use. Generally what's good for one purpose isn't the best for the other. I sure would not want to be driving anything close to a track-specific setup in any car in the DC area public streets. Even my H&R+Illumina setup on 17's can be jarring at times around here.

 

these are not even summer tires to begin with sir. Exclaim UHP's are all season tires. I dont care where tirerack list them to boost sales. I never compared Cups with exclaims, there is no comparsion between the two. my point was that u wont see people in that forum talking about significantly more expensive performance tires.

glad i dont have to elaborate further

 

Geeze... thanks you just made me realize I've been driving for 19 years junior.