what to do w/ a bent & cracked Enkei RPF1?

[jac-Fit]

I ran over a deep pothole in Jersey City going ~45mph. I couldn't switch to the other lane since there was a car there. The damage was on my passenger side wheels. The front was cracked and bent. The rear was slightly bent. Got a flat tire in front and leaking tire at the back. Strauss was able to "beasealed" the rear tire. The wheels were re-aligned, and I'm gonna have a local body shop check the suspension, brakes, struts, etc.

My questions:
1. what is "beasealed"? That's what it said on the workpaper ("passenger rear tire was beasealed"). I called Tire Rack and they were not familiar with the term. Google didn't yield any useful results.

2. Is the rear wheel/tire fine? Should I be worried over that slight bent?

3. What could I do with the damaged front wheel? I already ordered and installed a brand new RPF1 to replace it. Should I just throw it away? I doubt I could sell 1 broken wheel. I looked at various wheel repair websites and it seems that the cost to repair it is ~$150 (vs $230 brand new RPF1 shipped from Tire Rack).

4. Also, the Strauss invoice says that I have to bring back my car after 100 miles so that they can re-torque the wheels. Is this necessary? They scratched the area around the lugs. The scratches are small and negligible. But the RPF1s installed by the dealership was scratch-less and I didn't have to come back for a re-torque (or at least Honda didn't mention anything about it).

Pics:
The front passenger side wheel




The rear passenger side wheel

[dewthedew]

thats sad to see.. i have those wheels..

offtopic: are thoses 15"s and where did you get those center caps?

[trancedsailor]

I ****ing hate New Jersey. I'm sorry bro, looks like you will need a replacement wheel ;/

[kelsodeez]

1. melt it down to a billet block
2. make shift knobs on a metal lathe
3. sell them to people
4.???
5. profit

[Fitting]

That first wheel is a goner. The lip is almost touching the spokes.
Second one is repairable.

[mimpi]

coffee table

[vtecfit1]

be glad you can still buy replacement wheels still, i have two Kosei K1's that a friends wife mashed a pothole when i lent them to him to track the car, 16 x 7 4-100 +43 = no longer made, and we've looked everywhere!!!
just buy two new ones man = fixind one isn't worth the time

[wdb]

Originally Posted by kelsodeez

1. melt it down to a billet block
2. make shift knobs on a metal lathe
3. sell them to people
4.???
5. profit

Best answer!

Throw the really bent one out, or find a clever use for it. Get a glass top and make a coffee table out of it or something. The other one should be able to be properly fixed, assuming it is financially feasible.

"Beasealed" is more than likely "bead sealed" without the middle "d". It means they got the bead to seal back up so that the tire/rim would hold air.

[jac-Fit]

Thanks all for the input.

Originally Posted by dewthedew

thats sad to see.. i have those wheels..

offtopic: are thoses 15"s and where did you get those center caps?

They're 16x7 43mm offset riding on 205/50R16 General Altimax HP. The tires are awesome on wet roads. It rained almost the whole of June and they performed magnificently off the box.

The center caps are from Tire Rack. They have it for $25 a pop.

[dewthedew]

will those center caps fit on the 15"s?

[stevet47]

Bead Sealer is basically silicon adhesive that is used to glue the bead of the tire to the wheel to make it hold air.

[jac-Fit]

Originally Posted by dewthedew

will those center caps fit on the 15"s?

It should fit 15" since TR has the caps displayed alongside the 15"-18" RPF1s.

[VTECJunkie]

Just replace them.