I'm an idiot, hit a curb

[camtech]

So I just picked up my 09 G37xS two weeks ago and I've been having some fun with it, well tonight I was having too much fun and wound up hitting a curb. It was one of those slopped curbs and not those vertical ones. I was going pretty fast, I'd say 60-70mph but maybe a little slower I braked pretty hard before hitting it. I hit it at an angle with my front and back tire, my back rim and tire is completely fine but my front one is scratched pretty good. On the way driving home I could feel a slight vibration in the steering wheel but it didn't pull to the side at all, it stayed perfectly straight when i let the wheel go.

I'm going to go get it checked out right away but was just wondering what your thoughts are on it or how much it could cost to fix.

here's a couple pics

Lesson learned, I'm not going to be doing that again

[logicmobile]

well thing happen all the time, sometimes good and mostly bad, we always learn from our mistake but we cant always learn from mistakes, sometimes mistakes goes too far, anyway thats really bad, you have vibration on wheels due to balance of wheel, i would balance all wheels again and get that rims fix for atleast $100 , ask around ...sorry i havent done it good luck, and drive safe,,

[SVTCOBRA]

Welcome to Nico!!Sorry to hear/see your rim!!Yep, first thing is to get it checked out to ensure you didn't do any suspension damage other than alignment.You can google for wheel repair or possibly take it to Infiniti or Nissan to let them take care of it.

I have somebody coming to my house this Tuesday to straighten one of the rims that I recently purchased. He is going to also touch up some road rash. Straightening the rim will be $120, cosmetics will be another $50 for me.

[pfarmer]

So I just picked up my 09 G37xS two weeks ago and I've been having some fun with it, well tonight I was having too much fun and wound up hitting a curb. It was one of those slopped curbs and not those vertical ones. I was going pretty fast, I'd say 60-70mph but maybe a little slower I braked pretty hard before hitting it. I hit it at an angle with my front and back tire, my back rim and tire is completely fine but my front one is scratched pretty good. On the way driving home I could feel a slight vibration in the steering wheel but it didn't pull to the side at all, it stayed perfectly straight when i let the wheel go.

I'm going to go get it checked out right away but was just wondering what your thoughts are on it or how much it could cost to fix.

here's a couple pics

Lesson learned, I'm not going to be doing that again

I would either put your spare on or swap front to back to see what affect it has on the vibration. If the vibration goes away I would replace the wheel which I know will be expensive, but is good insurance that hidden damage to it will not bite later. The rest of your suspension needs to be checked out for the same reasons. If you try to get this fixed by insurance then you may have to explain what having fun means.

As far as your back rim, you need to have that looked at as well since not all damage is easy to see.

Perry

[camtech]

hopefully nothing is wrong with it, meanwhile this might give me a reason to go rim shopping

[pfarmer]

hopefully nothing is wrong with it, meanwhile this might give me a reason to go rim shopping

Personnally with the type of damage I see and the description of vibration I would not trust that wheel on one of my cars. That being the case my next order of business is to carefully check everything else.

Perry

[joe603]

I'd have the dealer fix the rash...mine charges $250 a rim. Then after the rash is fixed, have the wheel balanced.

[Q45tech]

A single wheel curb hit can damage $150 all the way to $3500 in repairs.It depends on suspension, bearing, and hub damages.

Disaasembly and expert examination is often necessary to find the bends and twists. Many times the shock tower position will be bent and changed minutely causing camber shifts.

They usually never drive as before because not enough parts are replaced.

Things driven out of spec by even 0.001" can cause problems.

[johnparkyourcar]

Look around locally. I'm sure there are shops that do wheel repairs. It should be about $150~200 per wheel to fix the curb rash and have it balanced.

Time to get some aftermarket rims
Modified by johnparkyourcar at 11:16 AM 4/13/2009

[kmech_7]

look localy should only be from 60-100 bucks to fix.

[johnparkyourcar]

Work T1S would look real good on your car

[HG50]

ouch