flat tire, but punctured rim. wtf? *pics*
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This seems so impossible, like one in a million chance that this would happen. I mean the bolt would have had to have been sticking up at just the right angle and how the heck would it go through the rim??!? Freaky!. Too bad dude, this blows.
I wouldn't go trying to sue the manufacturer, I would file a claim with the insurance co.
I wouldn't go trying to sue the manufacturer, I would file a claim with the insurance co.
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Originally Posted by stick_1NZ
Originally Posted by Toji
sue scion for that ^^
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How is a person going to sue Scion for that?
Still how in the holy heck did you manage to do that? The freakin bolt isn't even self-tapping and went cleanly through the rim!!!
Check you local salvage yards, you live in Atlanta, there's got to be 1 or 2 wrecked tC's around there somewhere.
Still how in the holy heck did you manage to do that? The freakin bolt isn't even self-tapping and went cleanly through the rim!!!
Check you local salvage yards, you live in Atlanta, there's got to be 1 or 2 wrecked tC's around there somewhere.
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SUE THE WORLD!!!!
j/k Why is everyone so sue happy? The rims are durable, but when you have a bolt sticking up and hitting a tire with 3,000+ pounds pushing down, of course it is gonna go through the tire and rim.
Chances are, it fell out of the back of a construction truck or something like it and landed upright just waiting for a nice tire to hit it. But suing Scion for "faulty rims" because of something like this is like suing them for getting a dent in your car after a head on collision saying it had a "faulty body" because it bent. The bolt has nothing to do with Scion and rims can only take so much.
I would get ahold of your insurance company and get it taken care of that way. Sorry to hear about your car and good luck getting everything taken care of.
j/k Why is everyone so sue happy? The rims are durable, but when you have a bolt sticking up and hitting a tire with 3,000+ pounds pushing down, of course it is gonna go through the tire and rim.
Chances are, it fell out of the back of a construction truck or something like it and landed upright just waiting for a nice tire to hit it. But suing Scion for "faulty rims" because of something like this is like suing them for getting a dent in your car after a head on collision saying it had a "faulty body" because it bent. The bolt has nothing to do with Scion and rims can only take so much.
I would get ahold of your insurance company and get it taken care of that way. Sorry to hear about your car and good luck getting everything taken care of.
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I have seen much worse and do not sue anybody, you will not win as you have no case so do not waste your time. You would have to find out who dropped the threaded rod and prove their negligence to even begin a fight over this.
I have seen far worse than this happen. An improper placement and no ramp buildup of a two inch thick steel plate over a hole in the road, city repair job, guy broke three HRE(very expensive) wheels and quite a bit of body damage on a new Ferrari, still did not win and he had the money to fight it.
A buddy spent nearly $10k repairing his Accord show car, one of the few times out on the road, hit a bent piece of rebar, when through the CF lip, through the fender liner and through both sides of his wheel which broke it off from the center bolt mounting area, slide off the road, hit a pole, bent the A pillar, etc. Since he had $40k into the car it as cheaper to fix it than build a new one. At last it was done right. He had not driven the car on a public road in two years and had no coverage for such things, it was a trailer queen usually, one time takes it out and that happened.
Terrible that it happend but just hve to suck it up and go on with your life;)
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I have seen far worse than this happen. An improper placement and no ramp buildup of a two inch thick steel plate over a hole in the road, city repair job, guy broke three HRE(very expensive) wheels and quite a bit of body damage on a new Ferrari, still did not win and he had the money to fight it.
A buddy spent nearly $10k repairing his Accord show car, one of the few times out on the road, hit a bent piece of rebar, when through the CF lip, through the fender liner and through both sides of his wheel which broke it off from the center bolt mounting area, slide off the road, hit a pole, bent the A pillar, etc. Since he had $40k into the car it as cheaper to fix it than build a new one. At last it was done right. He had not driven the car on a public road in two years and had no coverage for such things, it was a trailer queen usually, one time takes it out and that happened.
Terrible that it happend but just hve to suck it up and go on with your life;)
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sorry dude -- but it is what the tire and wheel industry calls a road hazard, just like hitting a curb and bending the lip of your wheel. I used to work for a tire company and
have seen that happen more than once -- the laws of physics -- sorry
have seen that happen more than once -- the laws of physics -- sorry
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aluminum is a soft metal
i'm sure you could hammer that bolt threw any aluminum wheel
nevermind hitting it with some speed and the weight of the car
you must have hit it at just the right angle
i'm sure you could hammer that bolt threw any aluminum wheel
nevermind hitting it with some speed and the weight of the car
you must have hit it at just the right angle
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$623 is what toyota wants for a new rim and potenza ($192) I'm just gonna buy pirellis or proxes 4s and a new rim on ebay, unless anyone here has or knows someone who has a stock rim for sale
