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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 07:20 PM
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doing a little cleaning today and found this



...is that drivable atleast for a while till i can get a replacement?
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 07:38 PM
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the only problem youll have is leaking air if its even doing that. a guy that worked with us used to have a cracked wheel but he didnt have any money to replace it. he just had to air everyday, never had problems with it.
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 07:43 PM
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i dont think it even goes all the way through, never had air leak out of it.
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 11:05 PM
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I would not recomend any high speeds could be bad if that rim came apart.

Good luck with it.
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 05:46 AM
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if it's still holding air, then i would not hesitate to drive it normally until you have the money to replace it.....but you will definitely want to replace it.

but absolutely do NOT do any racing on it, and avoid hard bumps & potholes like the plague....since there's already a weak point there, it won't take near as much force to cause that thing to split open.....and you don't want to do even more damage to your car, yourself, or other people on the road.....
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 09:56 AM
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I know how you feel I live in New Orleans and same thing has happen to me. I had to buy a whole new rim. Just replace it as fast as possible bc one day I came out to my car and I had a flat tire.
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 10:05 AM
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..this looks very dangerous to me - I would not drive on it.
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