inaety

Hello, major issue and looking for a quick answer...

My front right tire was basically unbalanced apparently to a certain point where three lug nuts stripped out the studs and the rim practically came off besides one lug nut while I was driving. Long story short, I got new studs and everything, and running on a spare. I am looking to find out if my rim is still in good enough condition to just buy new extended lug nuts and use the rim, or should I go to a wheel shop for them to work on it?



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From that picture you can see that damage was done past the hub



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an exterior picture of the holes for the lugs. I am not sure what to look for, but if anyone could help me out, i'd really appreciate it.

IhateworkingoncaRs

I wouldn't put that on my car.

Tarmac Junkie

Extended wheel studs wont make that wheel any better. I would not want to run it...

inaety

Why is it bad though? How can I get it fixed?

Tarmac Junkie

You wold need to find a shop that fixes wheels to weld up the holes and re dril it. It looks like a panasport so they will need to be able to weld magnesium... I would just look for a new wheel.

inaety

I cant just buy another one. They are SSR Watanabe's...

Tarmac Junkie

Then I would just pay for a shop to repair this one...

zimmy709

Nice wheels! too bad this happened. Yea, what was stated above is the truth, anywhere where metal is deformed/removed you will need to fix by welding and drilling/machining back to spec. Sad to hear about the wheel.

inaety

thanks dude! They're pretty rare and I'd like to make it work with my car as much as possible because of the rarity...but i think it may just be too much to get them machined. unfortunately, now is a bad time for money, so i may end up losing quite a bit with an even trade for Si's