Hi guys,

30 minutes ago I was on the way to Palm Spring to enjoy my weekends but guess what? I hit something on 10 freeway and had to comebck with bent rim.
this is already second time that happend this year. I can belive it.
how are you guys doing with 17x7 / 205 45 17 OEM wheels?

 

Dude! Sorry to hear about your mishap. Did you run over a pot hole?

 

My 18" R113 have a few bends in the lip, when I paid 3000 for a wheel package I didn't expect them to bend so easy.

 

Sorry for your bad luck. Any low profile tire especilly RF will be a jolting ride and will have less tire area to protect the rim. I had 16's and went with 205/55 vs. 195'55 RF. It mad a huge difference and many have said going non RF was the best mod they have made. It was for me too.
The large rims with the low profile looks cool, but wasn't as functional for me.

YMMV

 

in my opinion stock rims are made of butter lol. I bent one last winter, and sold the rest of them. Even cheaper aftermarket wheels seem stronger and are lighter

 

The OEM wheels are made to bend and not come apart when you do hit a pothole or very hard object.

It goes all the way back to when the auto makers stopped using steel wheels and started using other material like aluminum.

It is a safety issue that is not enforced very well on a lot of wheels made in foreign country's not used as OEM.

 

to be honest I dont even know what it was.
I was on a 10 freeway making lanechange and bang!

 

R111 here. two frikin times already. I wonder Mini knows about their OEM wheels.
so are you just living it with bent lip??

 

yah so today I got 15" clean used OEM wheels from some lady and you probably can guess the rest of the story. I got clubman S..... hahahah laugh at me....

 

when I first sew my car in the show room. I didnt couldnt look around for other cars. one main reason was rims were looking fabulous! eclipse grey w/ R11,
but when I knew how heavy it was . heavy & butter

 

hm...I give props for the tires. By the sound and the rattle I though for sure tire exploded but it got me get off the freeway and some locals. mabey like 10 miles.