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Hit a pot hole and bent my wheels. WTF!?

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Old Mar 3, 2003 | 10:34 AM
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I hit a pot hole saturday night. My front wheel has a very noticable bent lip and the rear leaks air (not sure if this is from a bent wheel lip on the backside.... but pretty sure.) Each one of these sections that are bent have an arc length of about an inch and stick out around a half an inch. I took the C5s off and put on the oem wheels and tires that have never even seen asphalt.

Do you think these can be fixed?
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Old Mar 3, 2003 | 10:49 AM
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I did the same thing last night. A small bend in the front wheel on the lip. I am having it fixed for $85.
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Old Mar 3, 2003 | 11:25 AM
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I notice you have 18" wheels. You do know that one of the drawbacks to tires that are thinner (low profile types) is that they are *much* more vulnerable to the damage you got going over potholes? Every inch you take off of the tires is one less inch of margin for error when hitting a pothole.

Sorry to hear that it happened
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