Accident on motorway last night here is the damage

[Gazman1011]

Hi all. I was driving along the a43 last night going back to Portsmouth. When I hit a rock in the road. It has rote my alloy off and prob done more damage to caliper as it makes a funny noise and I don't mean telling jokes lol. Here is my alloy


Anyone selling a single 17" monza alloy.
Ps sorry cant go to ultimate dubs now as I need to repair the car.

[RENNTAG]

WOW never seen an alloy do that before 

Lucky did not result in something more serious.

Sorry not got a spare alloy.

[apples12]

can second never seeing an alloy do that before! guess its a good thing they were genuine and not aftermarket! probably a good thing your tires didnt decide to shred themselves to pieces too... can you not claim against the highways agency because of the rock?...(in a similar way how people claim against councils etc for potholes? just an idea...)

[Gazman1011]

I never seen it ether. And there is no damage to the tyre at all. Lol. I have called the highway agency and I was told there is no evidence to suggest its there fault. No witness's and no rock lol. My word against there's. Well possed off. It's ruined my caliper to I think.

[Deako]

What the hell is a hifly tyre? 

Glad you were ok, could have ended up much worse.

[jedi-knight83]

Bloody hell...

But seconded... why on earth do people put such crap tyres on powerful cars!

[Gazman1011]

There suppose to be comfort sports tyres. And it could of been worse yes. I did loose control but kept it straight just. Was lucky no other traffic. I sh*t myself.

[apples12]

chaps....whats with the tyre bashing?!

if these were such 'crap tyres' then they wouldnt have held up to such ridiculous abuse which resulted in the alloy having a tear in it! if anything i'd say those tyres are pretty good for taking that kinda hit and not shredding at speed!

[Gazman1011]

I'll tell you now. Not sh*t tyres far from it. These tyres prob saved me crashing. And causing more damage. I had the tyre removed today and it's good enough to go back on lol. But I'll buy a new one anyway. Same brand!

[Tamiyoman]

Wowser, thats some hole (No pun intended), it will be impossible to claim from highways unless someone saw you hit it and you have the rock as evidence, I tried to claim for a new tyre a few years back when I hit the mother of all potholes on way back from manchester (there were about 15 of them in the stretch of half a mile), it damaged the sidewall as when i got home there was a 2" egg sticking out from sidewall. I called local authority and was passed from pillar to post they all kept claiming that it was not in their patch, I gave up eventually after 20 emails and 7 phone calls, if I had more time I would have pursued it, but for the sake of £100 I could not be bothered to...

My phone calls must have worked tho as 10 days later that half mile stretch was completely re-surfaced 

[tony_danza]

There's an argument to say the tyre being so crap/soft is what's ruined your alloy. Certainly is in my opinion.

I ran over a brick on the M56 years back, it ruined the tyre's structure, but the rim was perfect.

[Gazman1011]

Well tbh I'm safe not as much damage as first thought so buy a new alloy and might even buy a full set. While I got caliper off I'll get it painted and fit the lowering springs.

[tony_danza]

I'd be checking the alignment too, that's some hit it's taken.

[Gazman1011]

Well I'll strip it all down have a look just incase get it all re aligned tracked and everything. And I'll keep my old alloy as a plant pot on my drive lol.

[Top Cat]

Surely something is not right their?  did you have any air in the tyre. Even if you hit a kerb at high speed it would just buckle the wheel.  That looks like a missile strike.
Is it a OEM Monza.