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Old 02-27-08 | 06:27 PM
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This afternoon I balanced all wheels and made a trip of about 80 miles.
But the whole car vibration at 60-70 mph is still destructing...
I had balanced others wheels in this shop before and was perfect.
But that's not all... in the trip I feel any other pothole but not to worry... until my son noticed this.
Lucky the tire is ok... can't understand

Will return to the originals 17"
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Old 02-27-08 | 06:33 PM
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wheel brand and model is that?
Old 02-27-08 | 06:34 PM
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bummer man.....
Old 02-27-08 | 07:03 PM
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wow, what wheel is that....
Old 02-27-08 | 07:16 PM
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I bought this rims second hand. No idea what the brand. I inspected all and was in pretty good shape with new tires
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Old 02-27-08 | 07:18 PM
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That sucks, but you can still fix that. It happend to me once, got it welded and was fine after that.
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Old 02-27-08 | 07:20 PM
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well, I've just cracked 2 OEM 17 5 spokes 2 weeks ago, now I'm on my spare and a rim bought here, so I'm with 3 chrome and 1 silver(spare).

Anybody know if OEM 17s are strong? I'm still debating if I should buy another one....

Kinda like in the case of the OP, I didn't even feel any pot hole.... and 2 was then leaking over night and found cracked....
Old 02-27-08 | 08:27 PM
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I heard somewhere iForged are the strongest. But don't take my word for it.
Old 02-27-08 | 08:33 PM
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All wheels can fail. That depends upon what is strike.
The problem with big rims is the clearance from the ground. Tomorrow will install the originals 17" back.
Old 02-27-08 | 08:33 PM
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damn...sorry about that man...
Old 02-27-08 | 09:10 PM
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Wow... Those are some fat tires too. I can only imagine what would have happened if you were running stretched tires. At least you're OK and there is no damage to the car.
Old 02-27-08 | 10:43 PM
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if you guys like does wheels there is a company MRR that has one. its called HR2. MRR has some nice rims ive seen some on GS too.
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Originally Posted by kenkaniff
I heard somewhere iForged are the strongest. But don't take my word for it.
They are good, not the strongest.

Sorry to hear about the weel. Those look like old ADRs? Not sure.
Old 02-28-08 | 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by kenkaniff
I heard somewhere iForged are the strongest. But don't take my word for it.
i dunno man.. people call those things "iForgery's" for a reason. but regardless, given the right (or wrong) circumstances, you could snap the strongest HRE or the cheapest ebay special in a heartbeat.
Old 02-28-08 | 01:19 AM
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wow.. on the outer lip. thats crazy... did the tire still hold air?



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