WTF?

 

Whoa!

Pic of pothole?

 

Wow... never expect a complete seperation like that from Enkei. Maybe the dented lip.

 

ouch that is messed up....

 

On my way to get it now...

 

How the hell did that happen? Why is the other shredded like that around the lip?

 

i guess it just hit at the right spot, and the metal just cracked, and kept going...... it also may have been a manufacturer defect..... id call the company... although it does look like you were going more than 25 MPH....or that was some seriously weak aluminum

 

It is only one wheel...

 

damn!!!!!!!!!!!

i guess everything is big in texas....even potholes.

 

Oh.. Didn't notice. Why would someone shred it like that?

 

Huh?

Are you smoking that wacky tabacceeee??

 

Here's the pothole(s)...

I tried to dodge the first one by turning to the right, and I clipped the second one with the front passenger wheel.

 

That is really not that big...I would contact Enkei about maybe getting a replacment wheel...

 

ya it shouldn't have came apart like that at all, just dented the wheel at the max, i've hit several big potholes with my konig's at about 50 mph and not even a dent, guess i'm lucky

 

Couldn't drift it?

 

WTF thats horrible i would be VERY pissed if that happen to my SSR's

 

Jayson, Let me send that to a friend of mine before you ship it to Enkei. he works in metal failure analysis and can posibly provide more insight on it for you.

 

How fast were u going? It looks like a wolverine chewed on it

 

wolverines....my uncle and i hunted wolverines.....

and u can't drift in these cars, lol unless ur on a dirt road or something.....stupid FWD cars......

 

Had he been going faster... make a hard, quick turn and pull the e-brake, you'll slide, dirt or not. Then when you're ready, turn into the skid, stomp the gas, and release the ebrake.

 

actually yes, you can drift these cars....... i did a little drifting in my gray 1992 SE Auto.....

 

Yay someone thats not a retard. Drifting can be done in any car. just diff styles. ill take a vid of me doing it in my Max:-p

 

Just make sure you have low pro's when you do it. Doing it with stock tires only works when it's wet outside, or you have no tread left.... not that I would know

 

I was not going that fast...the following picture show the pothole from the opposite direction. I was stopped at that intersection.

 

Okay,

I may try to bring it to you today.

And BTW, do you happen to have a spare window switch? Mine is on the blink.

The master switch can only lower the other 3 windows, not raise them . I can raise them at the other switches, but my passenger rear is already broken, so it's stuck down...and as you know, it rains every damn day here

 

I might have a single rear switch or something, but not sure. we can tear it apart and see if I can't get it resurrected though.


And guys, FWD cars do not drift. they drag a$$. that's not drifting. drifting involves POWER OVERSTEER, not A$$ DRAGGING!

 

Has that damn movie started infecting minds here ALREADY?

 

just because it's a Maxima forum doesn't mean there's no ricers trying to drift.

If you wanna drift your FWD, then go to hondatech.com and stay away from the rest of us.

 

i agree with that ^^^^

that really sucks that your rim broke like that. i have honestly never seen that before.

 

i have known a lot of people that have had similar things happen to them at rather low speeds. they all had Enkei's and they all now refuse to buy them ever again. i wonder if they are not making them as good as they use to? Now out of everyone that i know that it happen to they all had low pro tires on. Wonder if that makes a difference?

 

It makes all the difference. Low profile tires have a small side wall, leaving that much little room between the rim and road.

 

but i like to drag A$$ in my max.......hey at least im not one of those kids asking how to make my max a RWD car with the same motor........ as many know, when i talk, i act upon what i do....... i tried the VE tranny with VG motor...... i tried dropping the VE motor in a VG car... (none worked though)

 

Pothole is really small. But the dent in the wheel is huge. Not the rim but the wheel itself. Looks like the inner wheel is bent too

 

Both should work?

 

i had an auto tranny, and the starter didnt reach the VG flywheel
and i didnt have a FULL wiring harness for the VE motor

 

I hope I never see a Maxima "drift" on purpose, at least until they are made into RWD cars...

 

I used to "drift" my first max.


































RWD L6 FTW!!

 

I'd say that's valid excuse. Modding the VG or VE flexplate would probably be pretty tough unless you got a custom one done

That doesn't mean it didn't work. That means you didn't do what was necessary to finish it up. We all knew that a wiring harness swap was necessary. What part did you have?

The engine harness is pretty seperate from the rest of the car's functions

 

I called them today. They told me to take it to discount tire and have them inspect it and return it to the factory.

 

Wow, thats pretty bad, I would contact Enkei and explain to them the situation, chances are they will replace the rim. That looks to be a manufacturing issue. There is no reason that rim should have separated like that. They should give you a new rim. And if they are a good company, which they are they should help you out, although you will probably have to ship the old rim back to them so they can look at it and try to figure out what happened. Good luck and sorry for your mishap. Bruce