I had a little fun yesterday. Going to golf practice after school and went to switch lanes at 65mph on the highway, heard a loud bang. 3 Over-corrections later I end up going into the median spinning three times then somehow dodge three lanes of traffic to get on the shoulder. Called my dad who showed up with my S-Lites and his jack, I then switched out all four wheels and tires which are now all either bent, road-rashed beyond repair, or missing a lip, BOTH of my driver's side rims are coming off the tires. Here are some pics:

PASSENGER SIDE FRONT:


PASSENGER SIDE REAR:


DRIVER'S SIDE REAR:



DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT:


Now that I'm going to get new summer wheels I was hoping to go for this sorta look:


Any suggestions?

Thanks

Mikey

 

What happend Mikey ?? Did you figure out what you hit/run over?

Glad you're ok. Can't help you with tire selection, having a hard time deciding for myself Good luck deciding.

 

suggestions? yeah, learn wat caused your accident before you go with
wider, larger wheels. glad you're ok.

 

he hit an 8" nail

 

Glad you're ok, you may want to switch to runflats until Nail season is over.

 

Will post a pic of the nail I ran over tonight. I pulled it out of my driver's side front tire with a pair of needle nose pliers Tuesday night. But the thread i don't want to be about what I hit and the cause. I would like to find some wheels that get this look.

As for the cause, it is really nothing but bad luck, I mean hitting a nail that is eight inches long and 1cm thick on a 40 foot wide highway, is very unlikely. I was switching lanes when it happened causing the nail to rip a diagonal gash through my front driver's side tire. I am okay and other than an alignment, i just need some new summer rims and tires. I will not go with runflats because the odds of something like this happening with the KDW 2s that I had on there were extremely low anyway, and with the same tire I think it will remain a low risk.

I have several questions about what I should do about getting the new wheels. I posted that pic of the DS/B MCS because if I could I would get exactly those wheels. I don't really know where to get them, and I don't even know what kind they are. I don't know how wide I could go before rubbing would appear, which is never good. Most of all I want something that looks more euro, something that sets my MINI off.

Thanks

Mikey

 

Ouch! Your BBS R90s got trashed! Better those than you or someone else. Good save

- Are you planning to repair the R90s?
- What about the latest thread on the M3 CSL rims, those are pretty trick looking. Although not like the wider lipped ones you prefer they are kewl.
M3 CSL rim thread

 

Hotness. I'm looking for something kinda like that myself. I don't remember what those wheels in the above pic are, but I do remember they were $$$. I suppose you could always order some Work wheels custom to get that lip'age. But Work wheels are also $$$.

 

Kerscher KCS

Not sure of price yet...

 

GEE WILICKERS BATMAN $899!!!

 

No suggestions on wheels from me, but I do suggest getting a 4 wheel alignment after impacts like those!