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[08rookie]

the worst hit ever. my car took it like a champ. i got out and checked all the front rims and tires. all is fine. drove the remainder of the drive fine...just wondering if that pothole did damage to my rims/tire would the damage be present immediately? is it possible for my to keep driving and then 3 days later have my tire sensor to come on like "yeahhh remember that pothole you hit a couple days ago...umm im back"?

am i in the clear??

[Express]

probably busted a run flat. wait for it.

[dcorn]

You might be fine. I hit a huge pothole going around 80 on the highway and when I stopped to check on everything, I had a bubble in my front tire. Car drove fine for over a month, but when I took it to the dealer for a HPFP replacement, they informed me the strut and knuckle on that same corner were both bent (and they'd fix it for $1400...). Car has still driven fine since then, but I do plan on fixing it all myself at some point.

[VMRWheels]

The pot could have possible bubbled the tire on the inside or cracked/bent the wheels slightly on the inside. I would remove the wheel/tire to double check.

-Charles@VMRWheels

[shockin330i]

Check your headlights. I broke one.

[howiedds]

Originally Posted by shockin330i

Check your headlights. I broke one.

yep...i broke one too..my passenger side. Brackets broke like a bitch.....

[Mr. ///M3 RD]

you could have a hairline crack that will open up eventually then give you a flat (air escapes slowly thru the crack). You may have to take the wheel off or get the car up on a lift then clean the inside rim and check if there is a crack.

The only way to be sure is check the inside vertical outside of your inner rim. Look at the wheel with the crack on page 2 and 3 in my garage).

Both my rear wheels cracked (I run 19 inch style 296 wheels with RFT)

Good luck

[vraptor567]

Been there done that, caught a nice pothole on a curve lets just say going bmw speed rather than legal speed, knocked the fob out of ignition stuff flying all over the cabin. Felt a small vibration between 45-80mph pulled the front wheels found a very substantial dent on the inside of the rim. I was really surprised the tire was holding air and how little I actually felt the damage. its only $$

[Ink330]

Hit a pothole last night. Hard. Drove home fine; no loss of tire pressure and no sort of shaking. I inspected the tire when I got home but it was dark and couldn't see much; however, when I drove to work this morning, I checked out the tires in the parking garage and found a crack in the sidewalls of both passenger side rfts. Took it to the dealership and had to replace both tires and have the rear passenger wheel straightened. I've had the car two weeks and this was a costly pothole!! At least I didn't have to buy a new wheel!

[vraptor567]

new tires on one side of the car, hope you were not planning on moving to another brand of rft's, on the other hand you can now replace your tires 2 at time instead of 4 :-)

[Mr. ///M3 RD]

Originally Posted by vraptor567

new tires on one side of the car, hope you were not planning on moving to another brand of rft's, on the other hand you can now replace your tires 2 at time instead of 4 :-)

replacing 2 at a time at the back was sort of a standard on my M3 and will be the same on my Z4

My BMW dealer service manager said "Guess you are driving your M3 like it should be driven" I simply said "you bet I do"

[Ink330]

Originally Posted by vraptor567

new tires on one side of the car, hope you were not planning on moving to another brand of rft's, on the other hand you can now replace your tires 2 at time instead of 4 :-)

They moved the two new tires to the front (along with the re-straightened rim). Not what I wanted to be doing after two weeks, but it could have been worst...I could have ended up in the side of the road!

[Tom K.]

Originally Posted by Rolf-Dieter

replacing 2 at a time at the back was sort of a standard on my M3 and will be the same on my Z4

My BMW dealer service manager said "Guess you are driving your M3 like it should be driven" I simply said "you bet I do"

I thought everyone's BMW wore out the rear tires twice as fast as the fronts. All of mine have.

Tom

[Mr. ///M3 RD]

Originally Posted by Tom K.

I thought everyone's BMW wore out the rear tires twice as fast as the fronts. All of mine have.

Tom

I do agree, however, it all depends how often your horses spin the rear wheels I say

[kpsquared]

Originally Posted by Leprechaun

Hit a pothole the other day and got a bubble. I so much want to file a claim through the state of Virginia, but I know it is not worth it to go through the process without knowing whether it'lll work out.

Just have to deal with it. The potholes are just blackholes for tire repairs.

Fairfax county is one of the richest counties in the coutnry, so the roads should be much better. All that bailout talk. Come on, they should fix the damn roads first.

Roads suck in this area.

I just bought my first BMW, an 08 335i (huge step up from an 08 Ford Fusion!) three days ago.... when I test drove it, the tire light was on. The dealer said that they would take it off and check it out for me... well today I hit a pothole and the run flat, well, it went flat and began to shake. The front tire also has a small knot in it. Ended up getting BMW to tow it under warranty.

BUT

If you take a picture of that pothole and send it in to VA, they will reimburse you at least a pro-rated price.

As for my situation, I called the dealer and turns out he never had it looked at, just put air in it. SOOOO I am expecting them to replace this for FREE since they did not do what they were supposed, thus sending me out in dangerous, faulty equipment

[Lenaxia]

Make sure to check the insides. I just replaced all my tires to find that two rims were bent, one of which was also cracked (developing a leak) which I hadn't caught before, outside looked fine.

[ROE BOT]

I drove for 3 days...total of 120 kms roughly with a flat (RFT) only because they didnt have any in stock.....even though the ride it shit....they are pretty durable.

[hdrewh]

OP, if you're still around on this thread, just curious if you have ZSP and what size wheels you're running.

Thanks