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Can i keep driving on this?

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    #32
    unknownlegend
    Registered Users Posts: 375 ✭✭unknownlegend


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


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    #33
    Hooch
    Registered Users Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭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!!)


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    #34
    CR 7
    Registered Users Posts: 3,698 ✭✭✭CR 7


    It's the same as this I think, with different centre caps:
    814_image2.gif

    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.


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    #35
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


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


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    #36
    ninty9er
    Registered Users Posts: 9,366 ✭✭✭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


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    #37
    Turlock
    Registered Users Posts: 240 ✭✭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


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    #38
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭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


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    #39
    argosy2006
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,210 ✭✭✭argosy2006


    check ebay

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


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    #40
    BlueDragon
    Registered Users Posts: 206 ✭✭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??


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    #41
    BlueDragon
    Registered Users Posts: 206 ✭✭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


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    #42
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭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.


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    #43
    Hooch
    Registered Users Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭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....


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    #44
    BlueDragon
    Registered Users Posts: 206 ✭✭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?


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    #45
    Erren Music
    Closed Accounts Posts: 384 ✭✭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.


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    #46
    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭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 ? :confused:


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    #47
    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


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


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    #48
    Dangerdunf
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭Dangerdunf


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


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    #49
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭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.


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    #50
    ShayK1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,602 ✭✭✭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/


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    #51
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,107 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Try duct tape. On your head.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #52
    Irlandese
    Registered Users Posts: 538 ✭✭✭Irlandese


    BlueDragon wrote: »
    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?
    Sorry for your trouble. Had a similar experience with low alloys. I am probably late, but you didn't say what car. I would change all 5 at a breakers for something with a higher tyre. Low profile alloys are a serious money eater on bad roads.
    Important:make a formal report to the council and the cops with photos of hole in road and damage and get invoices for all costs and copies of report to cops and to council re the accident and submit them to the county secretary, requesting repayment of damages.
    Keep copies of everything in case you need to get a solr. to follow up, although small claims court should do the trick. Should take 18 months but best start now.


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    #53
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    Irlandese wrote: »
    Low profile alloys are a serious money eater on bad roads.

    I can't let that go un checked,crap low profile tyres fitted to cheap or replica big wheels on bad roads is a money eater for sure,fit decent tyres on decent strong OEM or good name wheels and you will have no problems unless of course you drive like an ejit :D


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    #54
    Sitec
    Registered Users Posts: 2,964 ✭✭✭Sitec


    Obviously those alloys are made of cheap materials. I would be thinking about upgrading if i were you, another pothole and your back to square one.


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