# So I Blew Up My Rim...

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923
**Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive
**Created:** [April 27, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923 "2005-04-27T20:55:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![DoriftoX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@DoriftoX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DoriftoX)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/1 "2005-04-27T20:55:49Z")

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I was driving down the henday when all of a sudden _BAM_ my rim blew up :cry

Here are some pics:  
[![http://img163.echo.cx/img163/1851/p10102343jc.th.jpg](http://img163.echo.cx/img163/1851/p10102343jc.th.jpg)](http://img163.echo.cx/my.php?image=p10102343jc.jpg)  
[![http://img163.echo.cx/img163/4548/p10102368ox.th.jpg](http://img163.echo.cx/img163/4548/p10102368ox.th.jpg)](http://img163.echo.cx/my.php?image=p10102368ox.jpg)  
[![http://img163.echo.cx/img163/8559/p10102352ya.th.jpg](http://img163.echo.cx/img163/8559/p10102352ya.th.jpg)](http://img163.echo.cx/my.php?image=p10102352ya.jpg)

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### Author: ![Lo\_2enz0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@Lo\_2enz0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lo_2enz0)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/2 "2005-04-27T21:09:13Z")

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holy crap, there is a first for everything.

which rims were these? looks like a bad case of a curb dent snapping somehow.

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### Author: ![drifto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@drifto](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drifto)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/3 "2005-04-27T21:12:54Z")

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They were his nismo rims, but holy shite I have never seen that happen before

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### Author: ![Nis240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@Nis240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nis240)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/4 "2005-04-27T21:13:49Z")

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:o Maybe riding on curb damaged rims wasnt the best idea.

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### Author: ![Lo\_2enz0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@Lo\_2enz0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Lo_2enz0)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/5 "2005-04-27T21:20:12Z")

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my advans have some damage like that, just not as bad. well time to bring them in to get fixed

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### Author: ![Jason\_Lange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/65b543/32.png) [@Jason\_Lange](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jason_Lange)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/6 "2005-04-27T21:20:29Z")

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How’d that happen on the inside of the rim???

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### Author: ![Slide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slide/32/3301_2.png) [@Slide](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slide)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/7 "2005-04-27T21:59:20Z")

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> [@Lo)2enz0](#):
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> my advans have some damage like that, just not as bad. well time to bring them in to get fixed

little curb chips are not bad laurier

josh had a chunk missing from his nismos

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### Author: ![SRBURG13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@SRBURG13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRBURG13)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/8 "2005-04-27T22:03:31Z")

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Lol, I wonder why that would occur. Hmmmmmm.

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### Author: ![DoriftoX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@DoriftoX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DoriftoX)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/9 "2005-04-27T22:08:47Z")

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ya but that wasnt the rim with the chunk out

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### Author: ![SRBURG13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@SRBURG13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRBURG13)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/10 "2005-04-27T22:11:38Z")

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So then I guess we’ll see another post like this in the near future with that wheel?

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### Author: ![Chromedragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@Chromedragon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Chromedragon)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/11 "2005-04-27T22:38:53Z")

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So you jumped another curb and slammed the inside of this wheel into it?

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### Author: ![DoriftoX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@DoriftoX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DoriftoX)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/12 "2005-04-27T23:03:33Z")

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no i was just driving down the road normally then all of a sudden its went BAM

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### Author: ![DeathBy240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@DeathBy240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathBy240)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/13 "2005-04-27T23:13:28Z")

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I dont think that happens. Maybe it was related to one of your other mishaps? Its a good thing the rim blew because now you can see how shitty your tires are. Drivers side front?

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### Author: ![DoriftoX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/74df32/32.png) [@DoriftoX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DoriftoX)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/14 "2005-04-27T23:14:25Z")

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ya it was

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### Author: ![DeathBy240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@DeathBy240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathBy240)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/15 "2005-04-27T23:23:41Z")

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By the camber of that wheel, you must have hit something.

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### Author: ![arabian\_ryda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@arabian\_ryda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/arabian_ryda)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/16 "2005-04-28T13:21:19Z")

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damn that tire is bold. poor nismo rims.

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### Author: ![RS13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RS13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RS13)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/17 "2005-04-28T14:46:20Z")

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Wow  
I’m suprised you would even drive on those tires, and with the chunk missing out of your rim but its your car

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### Author: ![Apexi240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Apexi240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Apexi240)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/18 "2005-04-28T16:24:10Z")

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You have so much negative camber its not even funny. Get that corrected or it will happen again…

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### Author: ![Nis240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@Nis240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nis240)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/19 "2005-04-28T18:42:08Z")

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> [@Apexi240](#):
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> You have so much negative camber its not even funny. Get that corrected or it will happen again…

how is camber gonna effect the rim?

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### Author: ![Apexi240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Apexi240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Apexi240)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-i-blew-up-my-rim/138923/20 "2005-04-28T19:26:04Z")

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It’s not. But that tire has been like that for quite the while… So I don’t doubt that it blew out. A bent rim like that won’t cause a blow out. I’ve seen alot worse and people have driven on them for probably longer then the author of this thread…

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