Pics of the pothole that bent my wheel.

[GoinBoostYey]

Here are some pics of the pot hole I hit in the pitch black that wasnt coned off and bent my rim, I will add some pics of my bent rim later when I snap some shots. These two pictures are of a an area columbia gas dug up and "fixed" Im going to get a hold of them today and tell them the owe me money for a new wheel.

[GoinBoostYey]

Here is another.

[GoinBoostYey]

Now here is some pics of my wheel.

[GoinBoostYey]

and a better clarity pic

[Altiman94]

I, too, would be angry. I hope the city pays for the damages.

[drifter_for_life06]

i would hope to see you get the money for damages, i cant really see how that lip on the hole did damage tho but all-in-all it sucks

[PoorManQ45]

These two pictures are of a an area columbia gas dug up and "fixed" Im going to get a hold of them today and tell them the owe me money for a new wheel.

Though I certainly agree that they should have not left the road like that. I do not think you will/can get them to pay for you wheel. They will probably state that 100s of other people have driven over that same spot without a problem.

I'm curious, what size tires do you have? There are a couple of guys near me that drive Honda's. They have 20in rims. I think they're running 225/35 tires. Coincidently, they both hit the same pothole infront of my house. Both of their rims were completely destroyed.

Moral of the story. Put tires with taller walls on your wheels. This will give you a little more protection when hitting those "messed-up" parts of the road.

Sorry to hear about your mishap. Good luck getting money from the city.

[GoinBoostYey]

Well the speed limit on the road is 45 mph, The lip is pretty deep, and when its pitch black at night and you cant see it. The hole where the lip of the pothole is probally 4-7 inches in spots and I smoked it going 45 so My rim is nice and bent. Although im suprised my tire is holding air.

[UncleBen]

really doesnt' look like that much off a 'hole' per se....

How big is that drop off from the top of the road to the bottom of the hole or whatever? doesn't look that bad to me, but good luck...

[GoinBoostYey]

I have 15'' wheels with 205/50/15 tires. Plenty of wall. also if they dont pay for my wheel or pay for the fix I will contact a lawyer or my local news channel who does storys sticking up for the "little guy" when they are getting jacked around by "bullys".

[PoorManQ45]

Here's a smarta$$ thought. When it's pitch black out, turn your head lights on. This might help you see.

[drifter_for_life06]

:Word rofl very true, i to dont see much of a lip or hole in those pictures. there is a huge "hole" like that in front of my house thats 5'x5'

[GoinBoostYey]

*sigh* They were on Kind of still hard to see.

[PoorManQ45]

When you hit a lip in the road like that at 45+MPH, it is bound to do some damage, obviously. I usually try to avoid them if at all possible. If I can't avoid them, I will slow down to ~5MPH and then go over them.

For some reason, when you hit lips like that on the freeway, doing 70+MPH, they cause less damage then when you hit them at slower speeds. Has anybody ever noticed this?

[drifter_for_life06]

i have

[PoorManQ45]

I will contact a lawyer or my local news channel who does storys sticking up for the "little guy" when they are getting jacked around by "bullys".

I really don't like when the News gets involved in things like this. Unless it's an extreme case, ie. not finishing someones house, or something like that. But all over a bent wheel? I understand where you're coming from, but that might be going a little too far. How much would it cost to hire a lier? ~$500~$1000, probably. How much would it cost to just replace the wheel? Maybe $200. I say ***** at the city. if they don't do anything, contact the local news. If still no response. Just replace the wheel and next time you're in the area of the hole, go slower.

[GoinBoostYey]

See here is the thing, they dug it up the same day and patched it so it was fixed, I dont know if it sunk or what happened, it was unmarked and pitch black outside(I had my headlights on) If I would have saw it, I would have A. slowed down or B. Switched lanes. Its not like I wanted to hit the pothole I mean I dont want my rims all F'd up.

[w1ngzer0]

damn dude and you don't have rubberbands eather you have actual tire. Damn pothole

[Axel Grungy]

yeah the roads in toledo REALLY suck. i thought i bent my wheel on a pothole over on lewis.

[GoinBoostYey]

Eww that area has some ****ty roads LOL. They are fixing byrne but its still pretty ****ty.

[andrave]

yeah they used a pavement stripper in WV and my friend bent 2 of his brand new 18's because there were no signs or warnings and it left like a 4" lip in an interstate highway. but the department of highways bought him a set of new rims.they also fixed my brother's mustang, a salt thrower truck threw a big chunk of salt and it slammed like a 5" dent in his hood.I'm sure they will take care of you.

[skydragoness]

moral of the story: OE tire size is your friend.

I'm surprised you could find a tire in that setup 205/50/15, usually in 15" that size is a summer tire or race tire (at least when i looked on tirerack)

If it wasn't for my chubby tires (205/60/15) i would have messed up rims *and* a messed up suspension by now. For some reason they decided to rip up 4 major arteries in my area, avoiding ripped up pavement, cement joints on a tarmac road, holes, etc is somewhat impossible. Any place that gets snow or cold weather is going to have crappy roads. Hence, when i do get rims for my car, i'm going no bigger than 16" (or if i can find some nice 15x7's i'd go with those). It's just more practical around this area.

[BuudWeizErr]

maybe if you had some tires that are the correct size, that wouldn't have happened. 205/50/15 is NOT a correct size. you've cut down your sidewall 10% from the OEM OD.

[skydragoness]

btw, what kind of wheels are you running?

[StrangeLove]

guy gets his rim bent because of crappy roads and he gets yelled out... right....

[GoinBoostYey]

Actually the tire size is right stock is 185/60/15 now I rush 205/50/15 I have KOnig Greenlights.

Also I was just contacted by columbia gas and they said thier insurance company will be on contact to fin the cost to repair everything that was damaged, So im gonna see if my shocks and everything is good. Is it possible something like that can cause your allignment to be off?

[BuudWeizErr]

Actually the tire size is right stock is 185/60/15 now I rush 205/50/15 I have KOnig Greenlights.

stock isn't 185/60/15.

it's either 195/60/16 or 205/60/15.205/50/15 is way too small.

[skydragoness]

if it's an s13 oe tire specs are as follows: steelies: 195/55/15, se alloys: 205/60/15

Actually the tire size is right stock is 185/60/15 now I rush 205/50/15 I have KOnig Greenlights.

Also I was just contacted by columbia gas and they said thier insurance company will be on contact to fin the cost to repair everything that was damaged, So im gonna see if my shocks and everything is good. Is it possible something like that can cause your allignment to be off?

i'm surprised they're being compliant. Hopefully you'll hear from them again and that wasn't just a one-time call.

and yes, your'e alignment is probably way off now, your caster and your camber that is.

[Axel Grungy]

he drives a civic hatch i beleive

[GoinBoostYey]

I ment to say I dirve a 91 civic si stock is 185/60/14 and I am running 205/50/15

The insurance company contacted me and told me to get a quote and have the company im going to (Pure Tuning) fax them the quote and I guess they will pay for the expenses.