I hit a pothole in my scion only a month after I got it. It bent both front and rear rims on the left side of my car. I have TRD 19' rims and it cost me $1200 for both. I was having a vibration while driving because of the bent rims. The question I have is, since i've replaced both rims, it still feels like I have a vibration in the rear of my car. Does anyone have a guess on what could cause it?

 

Did you have an alignment done when you had the wheel replaced?

 

did you get all 4 wheels rebalanced?

maybe the right side needs rebalancing since you have new wheels on the left side

 

That shouldnt effect it unless it lost the wheel weights but I would have it done anyway.

 

I'm getting the alignment this weekend. I didn't plan on balancing the right side, but will have that done also.

Thanks

 

may i am incorrect, but arent a set of the 19" wheels 2000. And that includes tires the last time i checked. 1200 for two wheels, even with tire i think that is a ripoff. I have loved my toyota cars, but the service and parts departments are terrible.

 

I don't know where you are but call the city and report it! In Los Angeles, they have a pot hole dept. that goes out to repair the potholes but if you have damage because of it, the city WILL pay you back if there are more reports about the same pothole doing damage to their cars. I have a friend who just got paid back for 2 front wheels on his car. Report it!!! If my customer comes in again, I'll ask him what dept. he go ahold of and get a number.

 

WATCH OUT FOR POTHOLES! I hit one in my xb a couple of weeks ago....it didn't bend the rim, but it put a gaping hole in the side of my tire. It was 165$ for 1 friggin tire! next time, i'm gettin 40 or 45 series tires :?

 

A set of 4 trd rims and tires is $2000, but buying just one rim and tire is $614 with tax. I'm here in VA and I took pictures of the pothole and my rims and sent in receipts, a letter and the pics to VDOT asking for them to pay for the damage. I just have to wait 60 to 90 days for a reply.

 

you can do that? awww man, they already filled in the pothole that i hit :?

 

I hit the pothole at night, and went to take a pic of it the next morning, but it was filled. So i took a pic of the filled pothole.

 

Why do you expect the state to reward your inattentiveness? Or to put it another way, why do you expect ME (a taxpayer in VA) to put tires on YOUR car? Why don't you go around door-to-door in your neighborhood, and ask your neighbors, face-to-face, to pitch in for new tires? It amounts to the same thing....

If you want insurance, BUY it. Don't use our government (namely, us) as some sort of free lottery.

C.F.

 

i would say hitting a curb is one thing, but the gov should be responsible for gross negligence. The roads shouldnt get so bad that it trashs your car.

 

It was a pothole I could not see because of traffic and it was dark. I wouldn't have been able to avoid it if i had seen it, because traffic was to the right of me and no where to swerve to the left of me. As a taxpayer, I believe part of my tax dollars are for keeping the roads fixed and safe. I also have insurance, and I am not turning it over to insurance so I can go another 3 years of paying a higher rate. My driving record is finally clear as of this year, and i'm doing all i can to keep it that way.
I'm not using my government as a lottery. I just think this a pothole the size of this, should have not been there.

 

Are you kidding me? Our taxes pay those workers good money to maintain highways. Next time a pothole comes out of nowheres, I'll be sure to swerve to miss... and accidently hit the mini-van full of small children next to me. Or maybe I can slam on my breaks and put flatspots in my tires, spin out of control and hit the guard rail... damaging my car... making your insurance rates go up... and then you have to pay to have the guard rail fixed...

 

part of the scion warranty will pay for your first alignment and wheel balance in the first 12 months or 20K miles. you may be able to work that in depending on how you schmooze the service dept.

 

Oh really....

Al.Truistic
aB

 

Unfortunatly, I live in the state of lawyers, so such stupidity happens quite often. People put big wheels on their cars with low profile tires, hit a pothole or rock in the road, and expect the state (that is, me!) to pay for it. Meanwhile, people with less radical taste in wheels come out unscathed.

My feeling is that, if you are going to make your car more fragile with fancy wheels and tires, you shouldn't complain when you collide with the Real World.

 

This is why I am opting for a nice 16" inch set of enkeis, and not some gawdy huge rim.

 

Man I hate it when I agree with George. The 35 series radials look great, but they are a liability. It takes VERY little effort to damage them.