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Old 03-20-2013, 12:43 PM   #1
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Angry Hit a curb last night on the way home DAMMIT!

I was hit with a surprise blizzard while at work and all the roads were just covered on top of that we had frozen rain earlier so it was basically snow covered ice. I was heading on a road with a lot of curves going at least 10 under to avoid sliding. Well I was not so lucky I slide and hit and went onto a sidewalk/curb near a guardrail (just coming a few inches away from hitting that ). I backed up back on to the street and drove a few blocks nothing seemed out of whack, alignment was fine I pulled into a parking lot but with the snow so thick I could not tell if I did any damage.

well this morning after shoveling my driveway and backing out I noticed I was low on one side, I got out of the car and saw my rim was on the ground with a nice little bend in the lip of the rim enough to let all the air leak out of the tire overnight. so here I am with less than 2hrs till I have to go to work with a car that I cannot drive. I am getting a ride thankfully but finding a rim that is a direct replacement for my factory 16" alloy is tough.

GOD I HATE WINTER
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Old 03-20-2013, 01:02 PM   #2
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Update: a local shop that fixes cars and sells tires found me a wheel shipping in from Pittsburgh I should get it in a few days, I still hate winter tho.
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Old 03-20-2013, 01:03 PM   #3
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get it fixed and get winter tires next time, this is my first winter with my camaro and no accidents or what not and I'm in Alaska
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Old 03-20-2013, 05:09 PM   #4
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You should just sell the other 3 rims and get the 20inch. My SUV has 16's lol.
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Old 03-22-2013, 11:57 AM   #5
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Update: my wheel came in Thurs but it came in while I was at work so this morning I drove over had them swap out the damaged rim and also topped off the air in my other tires and all is good was in an out less than 30 min.
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Old 03-22-2013, 12:19 PM   #6
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Good.
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