Just curious to see if anyone has had this problem w/the stock rims. I've had my car just about a yr now and just replaced a bent rim last month and that was from popping a curb for sure. Now, in the last month, I know I haven't popped a curb maybe just a pothole or 2 but nothing too bad but yet the same rim has just been bent again as well as the other rim same side so are the stock rims that cheap?

 

Nah, I always seem to be able to avoid potholes. This city is very good in patching them up as well.

I always either avoid them, or slow down..

hell I slow down to 5 to roll over water from sprinkler systems so my car doesn't get dirty

so I am used to it.

Stock rims are not really cheap, and no one is really going to sell you just one.

 

WHeel shops usually grind down the lip while repairing bent rims. That thins out the rim and weakens it significantly. More prone to bend afterwards. Stock wheels are made to last. The low profile tires do not help with protecting it.

 

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Problem with this though is usually they can't balance the tire again after something like this.

 

I didn't mean cheap as in buying them I know they aren't ($90/rim from the dealer) I meant as in how they are made.
One of the main roads that I do most of my driving on is potholes the whole way through and they are not avoidable most people do 10-15 under the speed limit (elsewhere drives me crazy but not this road) to help w/the impact... the road needs repaving badly but they won't even patch the potholes so if I've bent my rim anywhere it's on that road and I can't avoid that road ...

so was just curious on the quality of the rims as it seems like they should last longer. Luckily, the rims have taken the brunt, my tie rods and shocks are still in good condition according to the inspection... I wore those out quick in my previous car, a Ford. Also, I checked myself to see if they are bent and they don't appear to be from the outside but thats usually where you see the damage first so I'm just curious that the dealership might be trying to make a buck.

 

Factory rims are usually insanely strong and can take a brutal beating. As with most Honda factory alloys that I have seen/dealt with/had on my cars, you REALLY have to hit something deep, fast, and hard to bend it.

example: I hit a 1 foot tall median of grass late night in a parking lot one rainy day. I was going about 10 or 15. My tire popped so I figured my rim was gone too, but it was still in perfect shape. (This was a 2003 EX with 00 SI rims)

I figure the only thing stronger would be some forged rims.


edit: Funny I brought my old ex up hahaha. I hit a freaking tree probably a month later on the same side of the rim where the tire popped, and the rim was STILL in perfect shape. You can even see in this video where my impact was, and how the rim held up. Honda makes some good **** hehe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMbmC7PqfSQ

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by stephkg84 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I didn't mean cheap as in buying them I know they aren't ($90/rim from the dealer) I meant as in how they are made.
One of the main roads that I do most of my driving on is potholes the whole way through and they are not avoidable most people do 10-15 under the speed limit (elsewhere drives me crazy but not this road) to help w/the impact... the road needs repaving badly but they won't even patch the potholes so if I've bent my rim anywhere it's on that road and I can't avoid that road ...

so was just curious on the quality of the rims as it seems like they should last longer. Luckily, the rims have taken the brunt, my tie rods and shocks are still in good condition according to the inspection... I wore those out quick in my previous car, a Ford. Also, I checked myself to see if they are bent and they don't appear to be from the outside but thats usually where you see the damage first so I'm just curious that the dealership might be trying to make a buck.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You trying getting the city to pay for you damaged wheel?

 

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You trying getting the city to pay for you damaged wheel? </TD></TR></TABLE>

That is 100% normal. NY/NJ have claim forms and cover damages from potholes all the time
they will cover blown shocks etc etc

or a % of the damages

 

My town is nothing like that... unfortunately

well i'm going to have my aunts boyfriend look at them for me and see what he says... hopefully its the dealership just trying to make some money cuz like I said I don't remember hitting anything hard like that and it's only been a month on the one and they are saying it's bent already.

 

why dont you start looking at the road you're driving on and try to avoid potholes, curbs and such.

Not related to the topic but...

It seriously blows my mind how people curb their wheels...if you dont think you are going to make it, DON'T TRY IT.

 

This road that i'm thinking that done it, the potholes are not avoidable with the traffic otherwise I could drive down the middle...

 

I kind of face a similar problem... its not potholes though...

Everyone within 30 miles of my house has a huge lawn, and there is ALWAYS water sprinklers going off running dirty water that has been sitting in the middle of the road that causes instant black spots to appear on my white car if I run over it, so I usually have to drive like 2 mph over water

 

why did u pick the white then?
I didn't realize how bad the atomic blue shows dirt but I wash the car once a week depending on weather so its not too bad. I just get bad timing as soon as I wash it, we get rain

 

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That's if its bent at the hub. Wheel repair shops would not be in business if they can fix the rims and can't balance them afterwards.