what to do with 4 bent rims?

[JulesMaximus]

I already bought the new wheels. $2000 + $650 in tires plus labor and an alignment well an insurance claim of $500.


But yeah I guess I'll try to sell the rims to a shop. Maybe I can get a couple hundred

Post pics of the damage. I still think you should be able to have them repaired and sell them on for a profit.

 

[hans007]

now im risking lifelong humiliation online by posting these, but here they are...


http://imgur.com/a/L00gl

i hadn't actually looked at them this closely in a while. none of them are cracked, though i think the last picture at the bottom was pretty close to being cracked.

they do look very not round on the inner side though.

 

[PhoKingGuy]

Estoril Blue? Holy crap thats pretty.

 

[hans007]

Estoril Blue? Holy crap thats pretty.

indeed it is.

though i had to get these particular rims (m-sport) to be able to buy that color, it took 3 weeks to get the rear rims since they are not common. and its absolutely worth it! don't think i'd have bought it in any other color honestly.

 

[JulesMaximus]

now im risking lifelong humiliation online by posting these, but here they are...


http://imgur.com/a/L00gl

i hadn't actually looked at them this closely in a while. none of them are cracked, though i think the last picture at the bottom was pretty close to being cracked.

they do look very not round on the inner side though.

I'd bet you serious money those can be fixed if you take them to a good wheel repair place. Probably cost you around $150 per wheel and they would be good as new.

 

[NutBucket]

That definitely looks fixable to me as well.

http://www.truwheel.com/

 

[nerp]

Been thinking about this thread, Hans. Describe the chain reaction of feelings that went through you when you hit that bump. The sinking feeling you must have felt makes me sick to think about.

 

[hans007]

Been thinking about this thread, Hans. Describe the chain reaction of feelings that went through you when you hit that bump. The sinking feeling you must have felt makes me sick to think about.

well some background to really get you into my mental state at the time. it was christmas eve, and we have a christmas party. my brother has an illness and i had to drive to his place (he cant drive or work or act normal) and pick him up and drop him off which took over an hour each way. he is my brother but his illness is outright depressing so the holidays just aren't quite the same for me as other peoples holidays.

i was actually on my way to a bar which is my cousin's and i's xmas eve tradition the last 5 years or so in our hometown (the bartenders there recognize us as that giant group of asians that only shows on xmas eve at this point).

anyway didnt see the bump, TPMS sensors go off, and i knew i blew a tire and thought it was just a pothole. didn't even check the rest of the tires since the car was riding all bad and figured it was just the 1 wheel. it literally felt like a bad pothole , the curb/island thing i ran over was not very high so i guess that makes sense. afterwards i was just like, well its christmas now and i cant do anything about it and my day has been horrible lets just go to the bar and get trashed. i knew i'd have to deal with it later, but what can you do on xmas anyway. got pretty drunk, ended up throwing up apparently. honestly at the time i figured it was just a flat tire so didnt feel that bad.

i'd say the worst feeling was the "damn what a hassle" feeling after i found out the rims were ruined a couple days later at the tire shop. and at first we only checked the front 2 rims (which by then both had blown runflats) and i had them replaced the next day. then i found out the 2 rear rims were ruined too and i had to wait 3 weeks for replacements for those from germany. i'd say the feeling of "ugh what else can go wrong , dont tell me the suspension is ruined too" (it was not luckily) was also terrible when i found out about the rear rims.

i have to say though, it gave me some perspective. after a while i was like, well i have a brand new bmw with 4 bad wheels. its not even a first world problem, its the upper 10% in the first world problem. didnt really miss the car that much while driving another car for a month. dont get me wrong once i got the car repaired i was quite happy, always nice to get to use the nice stuff you bought and its a really nice car, but i dont know i didn't feel that terrible, its just a car in the end. i've had a few other new cars, and i tend to figure its likely in the future i will get a new car again, so i guess i dont get THAT attached. does suck that it happened after just a month, kind of ruins that honeymoon period.