Damn, for a second I thought these were the factory forged wheels and wondered if you had actually hit a crater instead of a pothole. An impact that bad, you should definitely get an alignment ASAP for safety sake, even a curb strike from parking can/will knock the alignment.I "modified" one of my wheels on a Minnesota pothole yesterday.
Luckily it was my cheap winter set, but still a bad afternoon. I'm thinking I should get an alignment next week.
I love cars, especially ones from before the 80s. My dad and uncle both raised me around cars from the 70s and 60's. My uncle had a 1972 442, a 1968 GTO, and a 1969 Dodge Charger, while my dad had/still has a 1978 Trans Am and a 1969 GTO. We used to go to all kinds of car shows that specialized in older muscle cars.Yes sir - good eye! 1972 442 Convertible. My parents were the original owners of it.
I took my car out for a drive after the alignment from an independent shop(price mentioned earlier, $220, $160 more for corner balancing - $20 for a car club membership discount). No more darty front end or any other issues.
Are any of the chips on the doors, or just on the lower rocker panel part of the door? I have the front fenders done, lower rocker panels, and the boomerang looking thing done in ppfThink you don’t need rock guards? I didn’t either. Bought some today. I suppose PPF would work, too. This isn’t a long term car for me, but the ZL1 rock guards are cheap to prevent any further damage.
This is only with about 500 miles on the new wheels.
Can only see when looking from the bottom up for what’s its worth.
Don’t be me. Buy rock guards or PPF with a wider stance.
If you're on the fence about the front zl1addons.com rock guards, I say get them. They mount behind the factory trim and are almost invisible. Here's about the ugliest angle for the front rock guards:
This happened to me back when I was like 17 years old. My buddies and I heated the damaged area with a torch and hammered it back into shape!I "modified" one of my wheels on a Minnesota pothole yesterday.Luckily it was my cheap winter set, but still a bad afternoon. I'm thinking I should get an alignment next week.
~ Great post.Think you don’t need rock guards? I didn’t either. Bought some today. I suppose PPF would work, too. This isn’t a long term car for me, but the ZL1 rock guards are cheap to prevent any further damage.
This is only with about 500 miles on the new wheels.
Can only see when looking from the bottom up for what’s its worth.
Don’t be me. Buy rock guards or PPF with a wider stance.
A.. what?
I would have to double check what Toyota/BMW recommend, but more and more manufacturers are starting to specify an recalibration/programming of the Forward Collision Monitoring/Adaptive Cruise Control/etc. systems when an alignment is preformed. I think as of around 2015 or so Chrysler say specifically that you "Must" recalibrate them when an alignment is done on a vehicle with those options. Now most aftermarket or independent shops won't bother since there really isn't a need to 99 times out of 100.
Unfortunately, there is actually a crack clear through the center of the rim. You can see it in the center of the first picture. There is no saving this one.
