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Old Jan 6, 2004
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Bent rims!!

Well yesterday I went to the autoshow and the roads there just sucked really bad. Anyway I just got off the freeway and im goin about 30mph on the street. All of a sudden i felt i went over like a pot hole or somethin. It felt like my car was gonna break thats how bad this f8ckin sh*t was when i went through. Well i didnt notice until today that i had bent 3 rims. Now im on the those wonderful steelies.

Does anyone know a good place to take my rims to get repaired and not get charged up the ****
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DAmn that sux! How bad are the bends? If theyre pretty bad i would just get some new ones cuz I think its pretty expensive to repair.
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omg 3??? shieehh I might know a place that can repair rims, but depending on what rims you have it might be more worth it to just buy new ones.

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well there not that bad really. Its not losin air or anything its just the balance was really off.
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i know exactly where u are talking about its offf the 8th/9th exit right. my friend was driving on friday and he did the same thing, nothing happened to his rims tho
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ya man that same f*ckin exit. Theres like no warning either. No sign or anything
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yea my friend and i thought he for sure bent his rims on his gti, but lckly nothing happened, and neither of us saw it cuz we were both looking at all the bums under that bridge
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ouch.. what kind of rims do you have?
there's truwheel in north hollywood www.fixarim.com
also this place called custom wheels or something on lankershim in north hollywood. they quoted me $150 to fix 18s
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150 just for one rim?
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yup thats the going rate
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man thats a lot of money. Id rather buy new rims for that price
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yup... exactly...
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I went there and I paid $120 for a 17 and they would of repainted my rim if they could of color matched my rim. Took about a week.
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take it to magmasters here in santa ana @ www.magmasters.com or take them to speedway in orange county. they charge like $40 to repolish the lip and repair depending if the damage is more signficant. here is their number(714)542-7778
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Potholes in the street just bent your rims?


TELL ME WATCHA GONNA DO?!!??








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Cant I like complain to the city for havin that bad of a road in that section. Without even a warning. They should freakin pay for this
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I paid $60 for mine, they proably craked if you losing air, might be alittle more costly for a repair. try going to where you bought them they might have a hookup for you, thats what i did. Good luck kat.
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nobody has done **** for the l.a. county roads in years.
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Velox bend that easily.. or was it the street? Anyway, good luck with your rims! I'm going to ask Christian whats the name of his place tonight!
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If you want to check how strong your rims are take the 8th and 9th street exit you will know for sure
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Originally posted by VTECTypeR
If you want to check how strong your rims are take the 8th and 9th street exit you will know for sure
nah im good man
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Freaking streets around here suck too.
My rims have never been curbed (I'm a damn good driver) but have pothole damage.
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i got off on the street too, and saw exactly what you are talking about, drove over the potholes in fact...i love my rims...
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ok heres what you do, Call up the city, Im not sure what department it is, you have to do they resurch and complain about the street that bent your rims, I've hurd of the city reimbursing you for the amount damaged to your car because of there roads..thats right a refurnd to get you new rims..
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anyone know the number for it?
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I just called the place etrnlderek reccomened. Very good prices. He said 20-50 bucks to repair. Thx a lot
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just remember how thin ur tires are..they could blame it on you
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Originally posted by VTECTypeR
I just called the place etrnlderek reccomened. Very good prices. He said 20-50 bucks to repair. Thx a lot
where?
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o sorry i meant to say alloriginal. He has a number to call
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hehe np man.
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