Need help !

[Alan1.2]

Alrighty ! on the way to school this morning in the pishing rain i battered through a meaty pothole giving me what i thought was a slow puncture i jacked it up and changed to the spair and took it into the garage when i got home to see this.








Iv no idea what the extent of the damage is , im pritty sure the tyre is intact and its just the bashed alloy. Can this alloy be repaired and what is it likely to cost. Also this is the b*****d which done it which was right on a bend.

 

[Dan29]

Potholes FTL, probably easier buying another second hand alloy of ebay or something for about 40 squids-ish?

 

[Wick]

Council for damages? Especially as you have photos... Is that possible or not worth the hassle?

That's a massive pothole and a sizeable dent it's made in your wheel!

 

[Birdie*]

You will get fk all off the council no point really.

I'd go eBay or the for sale section here and get a new alloy myself mate

 

[Alan1.2]

Just got a picture of the location from google maps , they pictures of my wheel and more of the pothole to send with a letter to the council telling them i wish to claim the costs of a replacement alloy,funny thing is i never noticed till i got to school about 15 mins later there was any damage at all. Pritty gutted how fucked the alloy is , could i sell 3 with good tred somewhere and then buy 4 new alloys say 172's or something ?

 

[Hi# im steve]

i bet your just as well off buying a wheel offa ebay to be fair...

 

[Y7 ADW]

This happened to me a couple of years ago, in the dark, country lane BMW 6 series wouldn't get over, water laying in a massive pothole and bang. The tyre was fine as the alloy had bent like yours and just let all the air out. I took it to a local garage and and asked if they could do anything, they said we could try knocking it out with a hammer but it might crack, i said give it ago and it was fine luckily.