Ouch (classic real vs rep wheels moment)

http://jdmchicago.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20513

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EVO IX vs. Fake Wheels = One FREAKED up CAR. Real vs Fake Wheels debate #2.

My sister bought these wheels to use for the winter with snow tires. She been them NEW-used someone bought them and never used them and resold to her) for dirt cheap. At 4AM Saturday night, she was going 35-ish MPH down a 1 lane street. Everything happened in a matter of seconds. The best I can describe what happened is the following:

Car is going straight down the road. The road did not have any pot holes, the driver was not under the influence of any drugs/alcohol. In a split second, the right front passenger side wheel collapsed and made the car pull to the right instantly. The EVO then hit the rear corner of a parked car (the parked car had very little damage). No airbags went off, no one was hurt.

Now the question is, how did this happen? The only educated guess that I can come up with at this moment is that the wheel had a STRESS FRACTURE/HAIRLINE CRACK from a previous POTHOLE/Bad road experience. It then just snapped without warning after the fracture gave up.

Can we say that REAL wheels BEND while FAKE wheels CRACK? Tell me what you think could have possibly happened? This accident could have been A LOT WORST. She could have been on the highway, she could have hit incident bystanders, a biker, etc.

I already know what the FAKE WHEEL lovers are going to say -> "B.S, she probably hit a pothole at 70MPH and BS'ed the story", etc etc =D. As long as ONE person can walk out of this thread and never get FAKE wheels again, I will have made a difference because that person could be DEAD one day from their XXR's going KABOOOOOM.

Here are the pictures:

After seeing this, I would rather any OEM wheel than XXR's.. no offense to anyone who rocks them, I still thought they looked decent though

That was hard to read through. If his sister is as stupid as he is, I bet it wasnt a manufacturing defect. Just sayin...

QMeli907 wrote:

That was hard to read through. If his sister is as stupid as he is, I bet it wasnt a manufacturing defect. Just sayin...

I read this late.. but yeah, who puts XXR's on a $30g car!?? and on snow tires as a winter setup for that matter?

JDMC members.. I am disappoint.

It's annoying when people call XXR's "fake" wheels. They're not fake, they have a legitimate brand name to them. If anything, they are "replicas" of more expensive wheels, just built more cheaply to keep the cost down.

[QUOTE=Ryz;406913]Has it been found if there was a suspension problem that caused it? If a tie rod broke and the wheel suddenly turned right, it would have pulled the car over and snapped the rim sideways against the back of the other car. I would think that that could split a rim pretty easy.[/QUOTE]

good comment

i foresee a lawsuit

I don't see a lawsuit since they were bought from a 3rd party.


But that sucks assssssss.

wheel defect is wheel defect....

the craziest part, look at the center of the wheel, its snapped all the way down like a piece of pottery

Josh, Hannah knows her shit on laws. 3rd party = no lawsuit


lol at JDMC members being stupid. Go figure

rim busted apart from being cheap.. whether it was caused by a ball joint snapping and the tire folding up or whatever, comes down to a very poorly manufactured rim.

if xxr are good enough for drift formula d they're good enough for street use. i had many close calls this summer thinking i ruined my wheels and they're still holding up as good as new.
just cuz one out of hundreds of wheels was defective does not mean they're all bad.
even real forged wheels can crack. just saying.
im not arguing nor do i want to, that just my opinion.
im done lol

I'm really wondering why she put those on for WINTER though...


leave it to a woman.

Lol I was going to say that but didn't wana be rude to our female members lol

It's just me. No worries lol

shit man thats doo doo last week i hit a big ass pothole and my rims didnt even bend a lil .. thank god BUT my windshield cracked it was either hit the pot hole or side swipe the jerk off cop next to me or hit the brakes and have the asshole in the shitty ford behind me hit me......... i should have just slammed on the brakes theres nothing special on my rear end

here's a new story - a Hellafail moment
http://jdmchicago.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20787

maroonCD5 wrote:

here's a new story
http://jdmchicago.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20787

thats ok.. car looks like shit anyways

whole car looks like its made out of cheap plastic.. maybe its just the color but wow its ugly

To the average car guy.. it looks like shit.



There are some cars that most can appreciate; less camber, less stickers, less tackiness, clean body. Everything flows. I like those cars.

like savclaude or SAV, for example.

savclaude


more fitting example, velo/chris


These are tasteful looking cars most can appreciate, but people still like to be different.. and sometimes take it to extremes, like this Z

maroonCD5 wrote:

To the average car guy.. it looks like shit.

Im not an average car guy, and that z still looks like crap.. I think its just that paint job.. who really likes baby shit green as a paint job

Chris, Y U average car guy??

Y so much hate on minty fresh paint. Lol

the ferrari wheels cracked completely, I guess they are fakes