17" SE wheel owners?????

just curious if this has happened to anyone..

 

I never bent a stock SE wheel, but I did trash a pair of Mille Miglia EVO5's.

 

2 and counting.

NYC streets suck.

 

you're serious? damn.

I am looking for these wheels just so I can hopefully put up with the horrible roads in this damn city..

word is nothing compares to OEM in durability.. now i don't even know what to look for.

 

add me to the evo list

 

I got one of my stock 17's bent from last winters potholes. Got the rim fixed but it's still not the same.

 

I bent 2 rims last winter. I hit a water filled pothole down the street from my house and blew out both right side tires. I had both of them repaired and I replaced ALL of the tires. (At least it was an excuse to get rid of the Potenzas.)

 

last winter, pothole
bent my 03 TE wheel
needed new tires anyways.

 

I bent 2 TE 2003 rims in January. Both wheels on the right side of the car. Cost $1,200 to replace. Insurance covered it.

 

I am in the EVO list too, cost me $600 USD to bent back 2 of the EVO rims.

 

I've hit some $hit and have NOT had a problem with my 17 SE rims

 

Yep - one of mine is slightly bent (less than 15k on the car). Suspect it was one of the various nasty holes in the Houston freeway system...fortunately it's still within the range of balancing.

 

Bent all 4. Didn't see the dip coming out of Chinatown on Delancey and wam, in, out lift off and broken ego. $436 spent on fixing all 4 wheels, sold them for my new wheels.

 

A good place for you guys to stay away from is New Orleans. Thats where im living right now....Roads F*cking Bl*w

 

Can you tell me where you had the wheels fixed? I replaced my Evo's with SSR's, and I'd like to see if Evo's can be repaired .

 

I bent a rim on my 2k3 Titanium SE a couple of weeks ago. I went to Buffalo for a business trip and ended up buying a defaced rim from MIke Barney Nissan for $100. Brought the rim back to CT and threw on a new tire and was good to go. In the interim i sent the bent rim to a local place here in CT. They repaired it for $150. I threw that back on and now I have a full spare in the trunk as opposed to that donut!!!
If anyone needs information about the rim repair shop do not hesitate to let me know.

 

I haven't bent one, but I broke one! took a 3" piece out of the front drivers rim. Hit some construction debris in Houston on 45 in the Woodlands lots of traffic and no emergency lane to go to, it was either the debris or the wall....I took my chances with the debris. Actually, I had to have 3 rims and 2 rubbers replaced. The rear drivers tire was skinned down to the belts half way around the tire. Man, a blow out at 70mph with traffic and a wall sucked!

 

wcasskicker, $600 to bend back 2 rims? why didn't you just buy news ones, that's what i ended up doing

 

crazy!

I'm looking to get some of these wheels just because i want something really durable for daily driving in NY. Roads are quite bad around here and I was hoping these 17s would be suitable for daily driving but evidently all rims have flaws.

OEM is supposed to be stronger than anything aftermarket, and if that is the case, perhaps it's better to just get some 16s

 

a friend of mine had an old Z26 Berreta (i think the number is 26...) anyway, i was racing him in my old 1994.5 Sentra Limited Edition with the 1.6L...

I kinda accidentally forced him off the road, and he bent the rim on his berreta..

oops

My boss saw it, and it was in the company parking lot (ok, he was a Gunnery SGT, and we were Lance Corporals in the Marine Corps, and it was the Squadron parking lot)

We got a little talkin to afterwards...

-vq

 

Never bent any of my stock rims, but I bent 2 18's, and craked 1 19!

 

Sweet - how ****ed off was he?

 

Wheels America
1 888 3 FIX RIM

Automatically direct you to your closest wheel repair center francise.

OEM wheels are $109 to fix and paint OEM colors.
Aftermarket wheels, depending on the color, they may charge you extra for them, esp gunmetal grey. I bent two of my Kosei K1s, and when I got the bill from them they pegged me on gunmetal as 'special paint' 109+60/wheel = could've got them @ cost for that much, instead of repair.

 

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my friend did in his car we were coming back from club we hit the curb so bad whole rim was like almost < it was at night and thank god that we hit the curb at our apt... and we drove for like 50 feet.. cost him about 1700 bucks with all the damage underneath....

 

I bent one SE 17" rim so far in Brooklyn.........NY streets definitely suck!! Counting the 2 that were stolen from me before this is my third rim and 5 tire in 8 months

 

thats why i got my stock 16's....
the roads suck were i live...but they are great for around here...with all the ****ty *** roads