I was driving to BWWs on Thursday and on the way there I thought I swerved and avoided a massive crater sized pothole, only to hit another massive crater sized pothole directly on the left side of the lane.
Bad news is my left side wheels both fell into this 7 inch deep by 3 ft long pothole at 45mph. I'm amazed that my Blizzaks didn't blow out with that kind of force. It was enough to knock my rearview mirror out of adjustment on my LS400 and its not even lowered, just all stock.
Immediately afterward, the car had a pretty bad shake at 45mph. I got back and jacked up the rear and my LR wheel is bent on the inside. My LF is also slightly bent, not as bad but I think its still going to need to be looked at. Luckily no bent control arms or anything major.
Has anyone ever had a shop straighten a wheel before and had it fixed? or would you only recommend replacement of the wheel? Tire from my inspection looks fine, no bubble or anything.
Massive Pothole I hit...had to go take a photo of it since its my first one to cause this kind of damage
Massive Pothole I knew about for a week, that I swerved around
Bend in my wheel, isn't leaking but a definite hop now
Bad news is my left side wheels both fell into this 7 inch deep by 3 ft long pothole at 45mph. I'm amazed that my Blizzaks didn't blow out with that kind of force. It was enough to knock my rearview mirror out of adjustment on my LS400 and its not even lowered, just all stock.
Immediately afterward, the car had a pretty bad shake at 45mph. I got back and jacked up the rear and my LR wheel is bent on the inside. My LF is also slightly bent, not as bad but I think its still going to need to be looked at. Luckily no bent control arms or anything major.
Has anyone ever had a shop straighten a wheel before and had it fixed? or would you only recommend replacement of the wheel? Tire from my inspection looks fine, no bubble or anything.
Massive Pothole I hit...had to go take a photo of it since its my first one to cause this kind of damage
Massive Pothole I knew about for a week, that I swerved around
Bend in my wheel, isn't leaking but a definite hop now
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