EVO IX vs. Fake Wheels = One FREAKED up CAR
EVO IX vs. Fake Wheels = One FREAKED up CAR
Here is a repost from another forum:
My FRIEND bought these wheels to use for the winter with snow tires. She bought 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.
XXRs are the BOTTOM OF THE BARREL kind of wheels. They are only $500 brand new. 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:
My FRIEND bought these wheels to use for the winter with snow tires. She bought 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.
XXRs are the BOTTOM OF THE BARREL kind of wheels. They are only $500 brand new. 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:
Last edited by T.Marie; Nov 15, 2011 at 09:26 AM.
Holy ****! That looks like a terrible deal there.
Im not an engineer or anything, but I dont think any wheel can just collapse like that going 35. There had to be some sort of crack or some defect to it. Prolly why the previous owner sold them, maybe?
Im not an engineer or anything, but I dont think any wheel can just collapse like that going 35. There had to be some sort of crack or some defect to it. Prolly why the previous owner sold them, maybe?
Should have bought better wheels. That damage is going to cost more than if she bought legit wheels. Like you said over time going over potholes prob stressed the cheap *** metal they used. Then like you said eventually 3400lb evo was too much for it.
I don't have a problem with rotas. I know track cars that run them, however buying some no name brand that is new to the scene just because the hella flush crowd likes them obviously didn't pan out too well.
Even rotas cost 800-900. These are 500. What do you think was cut out to make the wheels cheap? quality control, quality metal, quality casting process...sucks but live and learn. This is not the first set of XXR's that did this.
I don't have a problem with rotas. I know track cars that run them, however buying some no name brand that is new to the scene just because the hella flush crowd likes them obviously didn't pan out too well.
Even rotas cost 800-900. These are 500. What do you think was cut out to make the wheels cheap? quality control, quality metal, quality casting process...sucks but live and learn. This is not the first set of XXR's that did this.
Oh my Lord that is terrible glad you were safe! I'd say your guess is pretty accurate. Cheap wheels usually = weak wheels which would translate into your assessment of what probably happened... 
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Live and learn. I'm glad everyone is ok! At least it was a parked car and not a person that she hit : /