i want to see how many of you have went in for a rotation and found thats there s-lites were bent... it is pissing me off... i have never bent a rim in my life and now all of a sudden i have 3 bent rims???

 

Take it as a sign to get rid of those crappy things. Get some better (and lighter) rims...Better yet, ditch the runflats.

 

Given how heavy they are I though they were milled from a solid piece of granite. You must be doing some Dukes of Hazzard type stuff to bend three of them.

 

i know thats what i was thinking how the hell could i bend 3 rims ... its nuts ... true but other circumstances prevent me from getting new rims mainly the $... what do you guys think of the side walks rims? ... the ac schnitzers i want are way to expensive and the same with the hammons ... i was on the show your rims post and i wanted to keep the ride the same so i didnt want to go with 18's and 40's ... trying to stay 17 with 45's... any recommendations?

 

I just ditched runflats and noticed how dinged my crown spokes are. I'm going for Rota RB's in a few months.

 

I'm a fan of most things BBS.
On the cheaper side of things I really liked the Konig Britelites and was going to get them but instead gave in to temptations when the LMs I have now came on the market.

 

Pics? Didn't know you can bend S-Lites that easily

 

there still on my car and drivable its just what morristown mini told me when i went in for my inspection...so i dont have any pics... honestly i drive to work and home and am always wary of potholes...i dont know how i could have bent them either ... and thanks guys for the recs i will check into those rims

 

I just recently replaced my S-lites because of catastrophic bending. I don't generally run over huge bumps or potholes, but some how the rims were bent all to hell. They were so bad that the entire car was vibrating. They seemed extremely easy to bend, and when I had taken it in to the dealer when I first got it, they warned me about the S-lites...

Crappy rim IMO.

-Chase

 

yeah they wanted me to get rim insurance when i picked up my mini ... and i told them i have been driving on 18's with 40 pro and never bent a rim... now i know why... its just unbelievable that they wont admit its an engineering defect in the rim... well ill fight the good fight and see what happens

 

Does your car have a vibration issue, or is this just the dealer telling you?

 

I have bent one, think it was when I hit a pot hole (more like a sink hole) at around 20mph. Still feels fine though and the bend is slight.

 

Rim insurance?! From a dealer..Who would have thought....

 

yeah its kind of got a mild vibration ... yeah i know rim insurance makes the whole deal that much more fishy ... im still amazed like i said i have been driving on 40's and 45's for years and never bent a rim ...

 

When I had the pre purchase inspection done, we found two 'out of round'.

I replaced with new set of R105.

 

arrgh, join the club. I just went to balance them yesterday and found 2 and figured. Darn, I'll put them on the rear. Found one good one and then th 4th was bent... time for new wheels.