Seriously.. I mean seriously.. Like WTF ?!?!?!? Both front rims are scrap metal ! No caliper contact.. No dents or not even a scratch on the lip.. I dont even drive hard... Seriously ??!!?!?

 

Sorry about that. Could be a number of things maybe imperfection in the metal, weather and suspension,etc. What size? How old? stretched tires?

 

Are they originally black or powdercoated? Some people will say powdercoating weakens the wheel but I've never experienced this.

 

18x9.5 -38 with 255/35 rubber


Powdercoated.....

 

Really hard to tell but are you sure its not just the powdercoat that has cracked? Maybe im just trying to be hopefull in your behalf...

 

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=1793970

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=151053

from what these two thread state, especially the second one, if the powder coating was improperly applied, or if the heat was too hot, you could have weakened the wheel in the process.

 

Ive seen another set of those do that recently too, actually it was the set with the extra ring through the spokes, forget the model #.

 

Thanks for the hope but nahh man, I was diggin my fingernail into them them..lol
This just hurts.. saved pennies for a long time to get some wheels. Wifie now has one in the oven and I spot this today.. I only had them on the car a few months... I dunno what to do...

 

thats weird ive seen 2 sets of wheels last week that had cracked spokes. no curbs or nothing. these weren't performance vehicles either just your run of the mill dd's.

 

throw on some stockers is what I would do. I have seen numerous vehicle accident pictures where the stock wheels only bend. If you had XXRs this wouldn't be such a big deal since replacement is so cheap

 

common for wheels that are powder coated and driven properly. Most evo owners will never push their car hard enough to stress the wheels. We put a camera on a GT3 RSR during testing to watch the suspension under stress and we were blown away when we saw the wheel flexing several millimeters during cornering. The baking process during powder coating ruins the metals ability to flex under cornering demands, thus leading to cracks. But most owners never stress the wheel enough to cause an issue. Congrats on properly driving your car

 

nt03's?

 

Reminds me of my OEMs when it got it's crack.

I live in a city full of covered potholes so it was bound to happen. Good thing about Enkeis are that they hold up pretty well. I've seen XXRs just completely shatter without even having a crack in any spokes to warn you.

 

There are wheel shops that could fix that. Some offer a good warrantee too.

 

The wheels are already compromised due to the powder coating process and cracking. I wouldn't subject them to additional stress from a questionable repair.