Can i keep driving on this?

BlueDragon

I hit a pothole and a bit of my alloy came off is it dangerous to keep driving on this?
The picture is attached below
Also does anyone know if it is repairable?

Alanstrainor

Your pic isn't showing.

BlueDragon

Sorry how do you upload a picture from your pc?

Hal1

BlueDragon wrote: »

Sorry how do you upload a picture from your pc?

http://imageshack.us/ click on the browse button to locate your image. Then click upload now. It will self generate the links and you can paste it here.

BlueDragon

Hopefully it came up there

Thoie

Personally, I wouldn't drive on that.

VolvoMan

I don't think I'd drive on that to be honest.

Alanstrainor

I really wouldn't. Doesn't look good at all.

TestTransmission

Do you not have a spare?

BlueDragon

The spare tyre i have doest fit it
Is it really bad?
Is it repairable at all?
What should i do? just buy a new alloy or what?

Bonito

Try find the same alloy in a breakers. Take it to your mechanic/tyre centre. Swap the tyre. (considering it's not goosed from the impact.)

Sorted.

Hal1

Yikes :eek:. I wouldn't chance it. Dunno if it can be repaired.

BlueDragon

I tried to find the same alloy before so i could use it as a spare and i was told its a chinese make or something and its very hard to find i cheaked ebay but couldnt find it
Ill upload another picture of it and if anyone could tell me what make it is i would really appricate it thanks

If i drove on it how likley is it that the tyre would blow out or something could happen?

Dannyboy1987

BlueDragon wrote: »

The spare tyre i have doest fit it
Is it really bad?
Is it repairable at all?
What should i do? just buy a new alloy or what?

That alloy looks like it got a good smack. Is your tracking off if ou might of bent something and the alloy will be all over the place i'd get a new one
hope that helps

Thoie

BlueDragon wrote: »

The spare tyre i have doest fit it
Is it really bad?
Is it repairable at all?
What should i do? just buy a new alloy or what?

I'd be questioning whoever sold you the car/spare as to why the spare doesn't fit. I doubt it's repairable, even if you had the missing piece, but I stand to be corrected.

As Bonito says, maybe you could find a replacement from a breakers. Look for a spare tyre while you're there as well.

Drummerboy08

If the outside of the alloy is that bad, I'd imagine the inside is fairly fcuked too.

I dont think its driveable, and if you were involved in an accident I doubt the Gardai or your insurance company would be impressed.

I'd also check your tracking, and suspension as an impact of that nature could easily cause damage that your eye wont pick up from simply looking at the car.

BlueDragon

Dannyboy1987 wrote: »

That alloy looks like it got a good smack. Is your tracking off if ou might of bent something and the alloy will be all over the place i'd get a new one
hope that helps

Yeah it happened during the floods here in cork there were loads of potholes and i was driving at nice and i hit a huge one, I didnt see it at all and it dented the alloy, and now the part that was dented is after falling off after driving over some small potholes which i have to drive over to get to where i live

Hal1

Have a look on adverts.ie theres always someone selling wheels. Found this 4 x17" for €60 5 stud by the looks of them though. Just noticed they are in Kildare.

EPM

Seriously don't drive it. The wheel is probably weakened and could be disastrous if you hit something with that spot

Bonito

What way did you impact the pot hole I can't see damage to the tyre? Did you hit it that the tyres side wall didn't hold and the alloy hit the tarmac?

Try starting a thread in the cork forum to see if anyone knows of a breakers that deals in mostly imports?

Bonito

Hal1 wrote: »

Have a look on adverts.ie theres always someone selling wheels. Found this 4 x17" for €60 5 stud by the looks of them though. Just noticed they are in Kildare.

I think the Op has 18's at the min?

TestTransmission

Bonito wrote: »

I think the Op has 18's at the min?

Correction,he has 3 18's

mickdw

To be honest OP, did you really need to ask if that wheel was ok to drive? It is completely destroyed. Not only the lump gone out of it but another few inches of the lip seems to be coming away too or warped at least so there is a large section of tyre without the required lip. I would drive it to a wheel shop at a speed where it is impossible to lose control. Wouldnt drive any more than that.

Bonito

What is the alloy make? Powes/power/powe8?

Bonito

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=204442&cat=45#thumb

http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=204050&cat=45

mondeo

Common sense would tell you that you cannot drive on that alloy....

Tigger

don't drive on that the bead could let go at any second and you b down to three wheels

tossy

mondeo wrote: »

Common sense would tell you that you cannot drive on that alloy....

You shouldn't have continued to drive on it after the original bad dent during the floods.

peasant

I know, we're in a recession and money's tight and all that ...but, seriously?

One look at that wheel and any five year old would tell you that that's a goner.

Have you no sense of self-preservation?



Also, I'm very much surprised that your tyre is still holding air and will confidently predict that it won't be doing so for much longer, certainly not while driving

PaulKK

How is that not leaking air!?

Is it on an A4?

Definately don't drive on it, pick up a set of alloys on donedeal or something:


New tyres on them:
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/carextras/1100171

slimjimmc

Sweet Jebus why are you even comtemplating driving on that wheel and how come there's even air in it, there's practically no rim there to contain the tyre bead :eek:

If you managed to save to missing chunk you might be able to get the wheel is rewelded by a specialist wheel repairer but I'll hazard a guess and say that wheel is soon to be recycled aluminium. I'd also look into getting that tyre checked too before putting it back into service, the tyre wall seems scuffed where it got hit so there is good chance it may have suffered internal damage.

unknownlegend

Personally i would not risk driving at high speeds. Put on your spare in the mean time.

Hooch

Thoie wrote: »

Personally, I wouldn't drive on that.

+1

Personally i'd seize it! That cannot be safe.

(didnt read past page one!!)

CR 7

It's the same as this I think, with different centre caps:


Should be easy enough find one in a scrap yard, or even to buy a single one new.

These are made by ICE, fairly common too.

-Corkie-

Thats why people are killed over things like this . I hope to god your not driving this........

ninty9er

This happened during the floods and you're asking now??

I'm going to assume you've been out of the country for a few months because driving on a wheel like that is beyond a deathwish.

I dented the metal brace in a tyre one Saturday last august and had to shell out €84 the following Monday for a new one.

On the plus side I'm expecting a bank transfer of €84 from Limerick County Council any day now:D

Turlock

Check out Antan.ie, they can work wonders on wheels and have seen a wheel with similar damage be repaired although they did have the missing piece

Mycroft H

christ that took a right whack.....

Wouldnt tempt fate by driving on that. There could be a multitude of other fractures within the alloy.

Go get a new wheel asap

argosy2006

check ebay

''For buying, for selling
Knowing u can always bid on me
For sure,,thats what ebays for

BlueDragon

Managed to get a spare last night thank god so i can drive on that till i find a new one
And yes its an audi A4
I must of been driving on it a couple of days because i only noticed it yesterday
I dont have the other piece of it
Is there no way at all at all it can be repaired?

Park Ji Sung yeah that looks exactly like it,
Anyone know where i could pick one up?
Or is there anyway i could buy just 1 brand new alloy of that type??

BlueDragon

I know this is a long shot but is there anyway i could try and ask the cork county council for compensation?
Aparently a few people have gotten money off them for their cars getting destroyed by the potholes on the main roads

Bonito

BlueDragon wrote: »

I know this is a long shot but is there anyway i could try and ask the cork county council for compensation?
Aparently a few people have gotten money off them for their cars getting destroyed by the potholes on the main roads

AFAIK You have to pay it out of your own pocket 1st and then they compensate you. Take pics of damage and take a pic of the pot hole you hit. Send copies of receipts and pics to them and tell them what happened.

Hooch

BlueDragon wrote: »

I know this is a long shot but is there anyway i could try and ask the cork county council for compensation?
Aparently a few people have gotten money off them for their cars getting destroyed by the potholes on the main roads

Bonito wrote: »

AFAIK You have to pay it out of your own pocket 1st and then they compensate you. Take pics of damage and take a pic of the pot hole you hit. Send copies of receipts and pics to them and tell them what happened.

As Bonito says you must know the pothole you hit. The Pothold must also have been reported previously......County Council can are only negligant when they know of a defect on a road.

Its a pain....

BlueDragon

Ok ill do that
Ill have to buy a new alloy because the places that i emailed about fixing my alloy said its unrepairable
So it'll take me a little while to find a new alloy so would it matter how long i waited until i emailed them the pictures and what not or should i email them straight away?

Erren Music

WOW
stay off motorways, as soon as you hit over 75mph the alloy will shred the tyre off completely in less than a second.

peasant

Erren Music wrote: »

WOW
stay off motorways, as soon as you hit over 75mph the alloy will shred the tyre off completely in less than a second.

What about 74 mph then ?

Hal1

This thread is epic! 5 pages long.......what is ze fookin problem? :pac:

Dangerdunf

You could try SP heat transfers in ferrybank to see if they could fix it.

Matt Simis

BlueDragon wrote: »

Ok ill do that
Ill have to buy a new alloy because the places that i emailed about fixing my alloy said its unrepairable
So it'll take me a little while to find a new alloy so would it matter how long i waited until i emailed them the pictures and what not or should i email them straight away?

You had a cheap POS of a wheel that shattered like a cheap POS.
So now you are setting out to add another wheel, almost certainly with a different weight and composition (and possibly size too) to a set of 3 POS wheels, further exaggerating the woeful setup your car has.

How about this; stop being so cheap and putting us all in danger and buy a set of 4 decent rims, even second hand OEM makes?
Ive picked up good genuine AUDI and BMW wheels (with tyres) for £200 to 300 on ebay.co.uk while $hitty chinese reps go for twice that cos they are all shiny like.. People are so dumb.

ShayK1

Is the alloy not just an R8 replica? Surely these can be got in any alloy store.
And possibly picked up 2nd hand from a place that takes trade-ins on wheels?

try contacting this guy http://www.tallonwheels.com/

Esel

Try duct tape. On your head.