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itsnotmydaddys

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So i was driving home today from bowling on a road im on daily. and all the sudcen theres a HUGE pothole and i hit it dead on. i pulled into a gas station (family friend) and heard all the air coming out. the rim is extremely bent and sitting in theyre bay for the weekend. what can i do. i sold all my factory rims (i know stupid mistake). i dont wanna pay to get it towed. any help would be great and im fcuking really pissed.
 
If your rim is already ruined put a couple of cans of fix a flat and drive it home if you can. I hate paying tow fees myself and have done it before.

Good luck man, I know how you feel :(
 
I'm guessing that this is a front wheel; in that case, throw the spare on there and drive it home. Take it easy, and you should be OK.
 
" i sold all my factory rims (i know stupid mistake)" So i dont have a spare. and fix a flat, this isnt just a bent wheel theres a huge gaping gap. you can almost see in the tire. theyre not my factory rims. is there any way to fix a bent rim or do i have to buy a new rim?
 
Yes a bent rim and be fixed.

And when you say you sold your "factory wheels", you also sold the spare wheel in the trunk? If you say yes to this then I feel sorry for you.

Maybe there is someone in the area who can let you borrow a factory wheel to put on.
 
yeah i sold all 5 of them a HUGE regret. im gonna call around tomorrow and see what people say. i might be able to keep my car in his bay for aweek while i get a new or fix the old rim. im just real pissed. sorry if i sound like im a dick. im gonna go out now and try to drink the pain away, lol. at least im not drinking and driving. (look at that im making a joke about this terrible situation)
 
Well, we'll all commiserate with you on this situation (been there, done that, got the t-shirt and the coffee mug), but we'll also gladly give you a big dope slap for selling the spare. :slam :waving: :) In my impoverished young adulthood, I drove around on more tires that wouldn't pass inspection than I'd care to admit, and a few times I wound up walking home and/or calling for help because the spare was in worse condition than the tire that blew...

The first thing I'd do would be to go buy a new spare and drive home. Then just wait while the wheel is repaired; as mentioned above, bent wheels can be repaired. Try your local yellow pages (or ask you family friend who owns the shop), or check out AutoWeek's Classifieds--I've seen at least one ad for a wheel-repair shop.

IIRC, as long as the wheel isn't broken or cracked, you should be OK. My boss looked into this when his daughter bent the factory aluminum wheel on her 626, and I think they had concerns about cracks in the wheel. (He wound up buying a new wheel, so we never found out how well wheel repair works.)

Well, enjoy your lubrication session, but don't overdo your elbow exercises. And drink as much water as "other stuff" to avoid the hangover; I've only drunk enough to need this advice once (and it worked), but the friend who gave me this advice gave it from experience...
 
you sold your spare tire??????? that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. sorry to be a pri**ck but that's just plain ridiculous. If this board had an ignore list I would have considered adding you to it after seeing you avatar, now I'd certainly put you on the top of the list. goodbye and good luck with your tow.
 
NOW NOW...selling the spare is stupid but he knows that now...no need to ban him.
Why would you pay for a tow. Call your insurance company or cell phone company and add roadside assistance for $4.00 a month and then call them to tow it.
Also, although I never used it, LINCOLN has their own roadside assistance for all LINCOLN cars. I have the info in my glove compartment. It says:
24-hour Roadside Assistance
Lincoln owners receive emergency Roadside Assistance 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. SHould your vehicle need towing, jump-starting, lock-out service, gas delivery, a tire change or other roadside services, a phone call to our hotline will bring assistance, usually within 45 minutes.

Give them a try....just dont tell them the car's been sitting there for a while...they have to think it just happened...otherwise it's not an "emergency"..

Good Luck!
 
beaups said:
you sold your spare tire??????? that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. sorry to be a pri**ck but that's just plain ridiculous. If this board had an ignore list I would have considered adding you to it after seeing you avatar, now I'd certainly put you on the top of the list. goodbye and good luck with your tow.
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OK maybe that was a little harsh:( I'm thinking of selling my keys. Anyone know how much I can get for them?
 
I would talk to the city about that hole... Then call the news and have them do a report on it. I just saw this on TV down here. Same situation.
 
a friend of mine went through this once before. In columbus, in order to have any chance of reimbursement the city must have been notified of the the hole and not done anything about it. A friend of mine successfully got reimbursed for a rim, tire, and lower control arm....but only after a half dozen letters and similar amount of phone calls. When the city finally caved in, the guy told him that out of something like 600 claims, he was the THIRD claim that would get paid. My point is the odds are small. considering itsnotmydaddy's drives that road frequently and the hole just showed up he probably doesn't have much of a case.
 
beaups said:
you sold your spare tire??????? that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. sorry to be a pri**ck but that's just plain ridiculous. If this board had an ignore list I would have considered adding you to it after seeing you avatar, now I'd certainly put you on the top of the list. goodbye and good luck with your tow.
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Go easy, Beaups. He's only 22 -- still dumb, but learning. He won't make that mistake again.

Just out of curiosity, if you don't have a spare, what is in the spare tirewell? Did you fill it with audio amplifiers or a NO2 bottle?
:D
 
Seriously....we're all wanting to know what possible reason you could have had for selling the spare.
 
OK now beaups. ive been on this board for a lot longer than u. first off. and for u to say i should be banned cause i dont like ricers welll fcuk u. i sold my whole set of rims for a good price. the guy gave me an extra 100 for the spare. dumb yes, but i needed money. and go sell your keys, best of luck.
toddg ever since u came along all u do is talk :q:q:q:q. id love u to come to stl and call me dumb and question my intelligence. u never have any thing good to add to any threads. get off the fact that i sold my spare. if i posted a thread saying man im dumb i sold my spare than maybe u could chirp in with your ignorant comments.
i went and talked to the gas station attendant today and he said he hit the hole last week and called the city about it and they said they would fix it but did a :q:q:q:qty job.
the one thing i was wondering was can a bent rim be fixed?

again sorry f i come across as a dick but you guys got me pissed off. talking all :q:q:q:q cause i sold a spare tire. your input is basically worthless when u talk :q:q:q:q about me selling it. thanks to those for the help.
 
hey I admitted I was being harsh, but I was just having a little fun with you. relax. As for your avatar, it's just plain offensive. It sounds like you "may" have some recourse with the city/county.
 
a bent rim "can" be fixed. I had this done once before on an aluminum wheel but I heard it involved cutting a portion out of another wheel...sounds strange? May not be as effective on an aftermarket wheel.
 
Id take pictures of the pothole and note the incident completely...Call the local public relations or whatever department...
 
i just called the city and they told me its a state road so i called MODOT and left a message, so im hoping tuesday theyll call. i need to figuere out how to get to work this week. hey guys im sorry for being a @$$ just a little heated. but hopefully the colts will make that all better.
 
I feel you're paint on the colts. I'm on the edge of my seat right now.
 
Don't worry about it Bill, stuff happens, there are streets like that here as well hope you get it fixed soon and GO COLTS!!!!!!
 
OH MY GOD did you just see that fumble??????????????
 
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