# need help QUICK please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [June 4, 2013, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142 "2013-06-04T10:52:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/61 "2013-06-05T11:32:13Z")
While I like Mike, he has not an engineer. I had defective Volks I was gonna put on my Subaru that balanced out just fine, but I still didn’t run them. I just sold them as a set of three for what I paid and threw in the defective wheel for free. Send the wheel to RimPro or WheelPro in Massachusetts to get their professional opinion, or even back to BBS. When it comes to safety, I wouldn’t trust pretty much anyone on Shift over someone who gets paid to do it for a living. You’re driving a Viper. Unless you did it solely for attention so people will look at you, and you never plan on driving on a street with any sort of pothole, or never plan on putting the pedal to the floor, get the damn wheel checked out. ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/62 "2013-06-05T11:41:35Z")
better safe than sorry. esp when spending the money on such a wheel and car in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/63 "2013-06-05T11:44:09Z")
/\ I agree 100% and no offense was taken Chris. Why I told him the moment I got the call from dave was to try and contact Adam since he knows metal, machining and the like. I pictured them as forged aluminum objects more so than wheels and how the metal was effected. ---
**Author:** ![madwabbit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/madwabbit/32/6654_2.png) [@madwabbit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/madwabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/64 "2013-06-05T11:48:17Z")
> [@love4boost"](#): > > are you retarded?? read the thread, im not mad or complaining about anything lol… I asked for advice, got advice from people who saw it in person and decided to run it… Only thing that slightly made me angry was madwabbit sayin you cant ball on a budget which seemed like it was directed towards me… Seems like hed rather see me in a rusted d15 civic with a 6" fart can then a viper with bbs wheels ``` I wasn't directing my comments towards you in a literal fashion. You make it very clear that spending money is not something you are scared of. I like that. I applaud your wheel choice (and the Viper), I just don't want anyone getting hurt and/or watching the eye of the shitstorm focusing back on Mike if the wheel fails at speed. I wouldn't have weighed in if I didn't have first hand experience. Hell, I would have ran the wheel myself. But last year someone brought me an RS2 with a 6" split in the barrel. The split was on the groove FROM A BROKEN CARRIER BOLT. The damage was more significant than yours... But had the same inflection as yours around the whole barrel. A Rochester pothole was the nail in the coffin for that wheel. A new barrel was ordered even though I was pretty confident I could fix it. It's just not worth it. ``` Finding an 18x10 LM barrel is not going to be as easy as an 18x9 RS2 barrel. I have some contacts that may or may not be able to help you. Ill do a little leg work if you would like. Why do dudes keep bringing up Honda civics? I’m so lost…I’m not sure if that’s being directed at me or not. I have never and will never own a Honda civic. ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/65 "2013-06-05T11:56:31Z")
arnt these wider than 10"? more like 12-13" ---
**Author:** ![madwabbit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/madwabbit/32/6654_2.png) [@madwabbit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/madwabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 12:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/66 "2013-06-05T12:01:23Z")
> [@Unofficial 2008 Olympics thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unofficial-2008-olympics-thread/52893/20): > > arnt these wider than 10"? more like 12-13" They could be. I just assumed 10" for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![sbardy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sbardy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sbardy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/67 "2013-06-05T12:15:05Z")
10 in front… 13s out back. It’s a front wheel. ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/68 "2013-06-05T12:16:32Z")
> [@Hey Jay, pass the Deet?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-jay-pass-the-deet/52932/5): > > 10 in front… 13s out back. It’s a front wheel. no one asked u ---
**Author:** ![love4boost](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/love4boost/32/6658_2.png) [@love4boost](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/love4boost)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/69 "2013-06-05T12:18:54Z")
> [@madwabbit"](#): > > I wasn’t directing my comments towards you in a literal fashion. You make it very clear that spending money is not something you are scared of. I like that. > > ``` > I applaud your wheel choice (and the Viper), I just don't want anyone getting hurt and/or watching the eye of the shitstorm focusing back on Mike if the wheel fails at speed. > > I wouldn't have weighed in if I didn't have first hand experience. Hell, I would have ran the wheel myself. But last year someone brought me an RS2 with a 6" split in the barrel. The split was on the groove FROM A BROKEN CARRIER BOLT. The damage was more significant than yours... But had the same inflection as yours around the whole barrel. A Rochester pothole was the nail in the coffin for that wheel. A new barrel was ordered even though I was pretty confident I could fix it. It's just not worth it. > > ``` > > Finding an 18x10 LM barrel is not going to be as easy as an 18x9 RS2 barrel. I have some contacts that may or may not be able to help you. Ill do a little leg work if you would like. > > Why do dudes keep bringing up Honda civics? I’m so lost…I’m not sure if that’s being directed at me or not. I have never and will never own a Honda civic. if you could find one reasonably priced thatd be sweet… and civic is the first car that came to my mind considering 90% of broke punk kids drive that have rusted quarters with 6" mufflers… no offense to anyone here that has a legit built or stock civic. > [@Hey Jay, pass the Deet?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-jay-pass-the-deet/52932/5): > > 10 in front… 13s out back. **It’s a front wheel.** thank god, id never find 13" BARREL LOL ---
**Author:** ![d\_gage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d_gage/32/6321_2.png) [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/70 "2013-06-05T12:29:25Z")
> [@love4boost"](#): > > no offense to anyone here that has a legit built or stock civic. > > t Fuck you! ---
**Author:** ![sbardy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sbardy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sbardy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/71 "2013-06-05T12:39:20Z")
> [@Hey Jay, pass the Deet?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hey-jay-pass-the-deet/52932/6): > > no one asked u I’m gonna drano bomb the fuck out of your house later. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/72 "2013-06-05T12:46:39Z")
no real reason for posting this here: ![http://octopup.org/img/mexico2005/m/Mexico-2005--0946-0224-Eronga--Guy-Riding-Donkey.jpg](http://octopup.org/img/mexico2005/m/Mexico-2005--0946-0224-Eronga--Guy-Riding-Donkey.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Yetti\_VR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yetti_vr/32/6357_2.png) [@Yetti\_VR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Yetti_VR)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/73 "2013-06-05T14:31:29Z")
deadbeat is definetly one of the people i would actually listen to about structural integrity of components or defermation of material. But whatever no one seems to care ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/74 "2013-06-05T16:44:15Z")
> [@sbardy"](#): > > I’m gonna drano bomb the fuck out of your house later. Don’t u have a lake to drive into or something? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/75 "2013-06-05T17:08:40Z")
So many techs in this thread lol , I would look for a barrel if it has a issue plain and simple esp cause of the forces the front wheels has ! It’s turning side loading etc . Metal is designed to bend yes and that’s y certain things are engineered to do . A barrel having a gouge out of it all the way around is gonna weaken the wheel no matter how u look at it ! I have personally seen what a wheel can do when it comes apart . Dave I know it sucks but think of the others on the road before u drive on that wheel ! Being a friend with u or not if my wife was driving next u and ya lost the wheel and hit her I would beat u with a pipe lol ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/76 "2013-06-05T17:57:11Z")
I’ve beat ur wife with my pipe too!! ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/77 "2013-06-05T21:47:47Z")
:facepalm this thread ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/78 "2013-06-06T02:25:30Z")
Well that bolt or whatever was used to deform the forged material was more than likely on there awhile while this dude was racing around the track and heating up. This gave it time to plasticly defore the metal. By the time he noticed it it had time to air quench and harden that spot all the way around the dia. So now he could have a potential harder spot all the way around the barrel. Being harder it’s also more brittle. So if you were to ever hit a large bump or pothole, while the rest of the wheel flexes, this spot could crack. My two cents mean nothing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sbardy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sbardy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sbardy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/79 "2013-06-06T05:46:56Z")
![http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Feet-Reiters_syndrome.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Feet-Reiters_syndrome.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-help-quick-please/267142/80 "2013-06-06T05:53:02Z")
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