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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 11:34 AM
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Please identify this and help me?

Actually, I hit a knuckle curve the other night...pitch black and curb had lost it's yellow color with so many others running over it. I was turning out of a parking lot onto the street. This is the left front, left rear also got bent a bit but not as bad as this.

BTW, anybody wanna buy a rim...cheap?



Ouch...but still holds air!!!
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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 11:45 AM
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That will buff out.

Good luck finding a replacement. You may want to check if the rear is still straight.
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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 11:52 AM
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Ouch. I bet that hurt very very badly
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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 11:56 AM
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Self inflicted pain is always the worst...
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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 12:00 PM
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Rear is not straight. i found two replacements already... On order should arrive next week.
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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 12:55 PM
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Wow!
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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 01:17 PM
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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 00Midnight
Please identify this and help me?

BTW, anybody wanna buy a rim...cheap?



Ouch...but still holds air!!!
Wall Art?
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I can identify it - your wheel is toast. Sell as scrap aluminum or as others said, maybe you can make some kind of wall art from it.
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Old Dec 17, 2017 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 00Midnight
Please identify this and help me?

Actually, I hit a knuckle curve the other night...pitch black and curb had lost it's yellow color with so many others running over it. I was turning out of a parking lot onto the street. This is the left front, left rear also got bent a bit but not as bad as this.

BTW, anybody wanna buy a rim...cheap?



Ouch...but still holds air!!!
How did it happen ? Looks like stock wheel , right ?
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My first post explains how it happened. Not stock as it is a chromed wheel. PO had them put on...he said Discount Tire sold him the wheels. But it is a stock reproduction. Upgrade to z06 reproduction wheels is only 450 (plus tax) away from replacing these two. Talked to my son today and he told me to go for it for the Z06 style. Then again he likes to spend my money.
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Originally Posted by 00Midnight
My first post explains how it happened. Not stock as it is a chromed wheel. PO had them put on...he said Discount Tire sold him the wheels. But it is a stock reproduction. Upgrade to z06 reproduction wheels is only 450 (plus tax) away from replacing these two. Talked to my son today and he told me to go for it for the Z06 style. Then again he likes to spend my money.
I'm inclined to agree with your son. The stock Z06 wheels are each an inch wider, will accept your tires and fit and will fit with no modifications. Next time you buy tires you can change to the Z06 size tires.

Good luck... GUSTO
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Originally Posted by 00Midnight
Please identify this and help me?

Actually, I hit a knuckle curve the other night...pitch black and curb had lost it's yellow color with so many others running over it. I was turning out of a parking lot onto the street. This is the left front, left rear also got bent a bit but not as bad as this.

BTW, anybody wanna buy a rim...cheap?



Ouch...but still holds air!!!
Thanks for sharing...glad you got the problem fixed...and ouch to the pic...
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Old Dec 18, 2017 | 06:55 PM
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[QUOTE=00Midnight;1596201046]My first post explains how it happened. Not stock as it is a chromed wheel. PO had them put on...he said Discount Tire sold him the wheels. But it is a stock reproduction. Upgrade to z06 reproduction wheels is only 450 (plus tax) away from replacing these two. Talked to my son today and he told me to go for it for the Z06 style. Then again he likes to spend my money

First sentence too . I have the stock wheels , that’s why I asked .
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Old Dec 19, 2017 | 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by 00Midnight
Please identify this and help me?

Actually, I hit a knuckle curve the other night...pitch black and curb had lost it's yellow color with so many others running over it. I was turning out of a parking lot onto the street. This is the left front, left rear also got bent a bit but not as bad as this.

BTW, anybody wanna buy a rim...cheap?



Ouch...but still holds air!!!

Hammer it

JB weld it

buff it out

Good as new!
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Old Dec 19, 2017 | 10:21 PM
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Yikes.. I’m paranoid about clipping curbs in the vette.. but my dd is sittin’ on 38’s so I do it in that sucker just for the hell of it
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Old Dec 20, 2017 | 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 00Midnight
Please identify this and help me?

Actually, I hit a knuckle curve the other night...pitch black and curb had lost it's yellow color with so many others running over it. I was turning out of a parking lot onto the street. This is the left front, left rear also got bent a bit but not as bad as this.

BTW, anybody wanna buy a rim...cheap?



Ouch...but still holds air!!!
Hang that rim in your backyard shed and it makes an awesome Garden Hose hanger.
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Old Dec 21, 2017 | 12:16 AM
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An excellent idea...thanks!! My front is the one in the pic but the rear is bent. So I have two "hose hangers". One for garden hoses and one for the air hoses in my garage!
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Originally Posted by DaDuck
Hang that rim in your backyard shed and it makes an awesome Garden Hose hanger.
Originally Posted by 00Midnight
An excellent idea...thanks!! My front is the one in the pic but the rear is bent. So I have two "hose hangers". One for garden hoses and one for the air hoses in my garage!
That's the old "making lemonade out of lemons" and will give you the sharpest () hose hangers in the neighborhood!
Seriously, though, bummer about your wheels.
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