Can the installer bend a 162 rim during install

kabhatti · 04-27-2007, 07:31 PM

I just had my 162's rims installed, about 50 miles ago, just noticed the rear left one has a slight bend on it. Is it possible for them to bend it with a pry bar during installation?

Del@Creative · 04-27-2007, 07:39 PM

highly unlikely

kabhatti · 04-27-2007, 08:11 PM

Wow, 2 for 2 on unlikely eh? I don't remember hitting anything, no pothole or speed bump. In a short 50 miles, seems very strange.... and it's the rear wheel.

kabhatti · 04-27-2007, 08:37 PM

Yes, purchased them brand new. Only noticed it today after washing them, could see the location was facing upward, at about 11 o clock. It's not noticeable in any other direction.

kabhatti · 04-29-2007, 10:04 PM

Here are pics, still not convinced it's a pothole since there is a "rust" stain the size of the bend.

montreal_bimmer · 04-29-2007, 10:16 PM

yup thats a bend....

unlikely from our installer, most probable from your roads....

txusa03 · 04-30-2007, 07:19 AM

installer (maybe). Pot hole would caused more rashes.

David Yong · 04-30-2007, 08:14 AM

This definitely the installer screwed it up.

khafner · 04-30-2007, 08:19 AM

It sure looks like the installer did it. With all of the automated equip that is used if you are not careful it is possible for it to happen. We've done it on our equip and I know others who have also. It could have also been damaged in transit by being dropped.

rwwong · 04-30-2007, 11:36 AM

It is highly unlikely that the shop damaged your wheel. The other side of your wheel is really the only place that gets touched by equipement, or should atleast. When the rim goes on the mounter, it should be put face down, with plastic or rubber feet to protect its finish.

I think you hit a pothole my friend. It happens, I hit one a few months ago, and bent two rims, one lost air.

shragon · 04-30-2007, 11:46 AM

highly doubt the installer caused it.

Richwm · 04-30-2007, 11:47 AM

I got a nail in my rear RFT mounted on a 162 while trying to get the RFT off the installer bent my rim a little but distroyed the tire it had a 2" bouble in the side wall after he was done.

txusa03 · 04-30-2007, 12:00 PM

I am not a tire installer but installing FRT seems very difficult due to the stiffer side wall. I hope all installer place the tire onto the mounte face down so that if anything should happen, it does not show when the tire is put back onto the car. Sorry to see that. Speaking of new tire, I had 2 new rear RFT replaced with RFT this weekend. I better go inspect my rim after work (knock on wood).

kevE90 · 04-30-2007, 08:04 PM

Could the rim have been dropped on the shop floor prior to installing tires?

DIRKD · 04-30-2007, 08:36 PM

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Could the rim have been dropped on the shop floor prior to installing tires?

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kabhatti · 04-30-2007, 09:16 PM

I don't believe the rims were dropped. I was standing nearby watching the install. He took them out of the boxes infront of me. I stopped by again today, they checked the balance, it was off on all 4 wheels so he redid them.

Furthermore, they explained that if any metal part touched the rim, such as a pry bar, it would make the bend inward, not outward as shown. I guess I believe them, what I can't believe is that I hit a pothole and not know I even did it.

kabhatti · 05-01-2007, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Richwm

I got a nail in my rear RFT mounted on a 162 while trying to get the RFT off the installer bent my rim a little but distroyed the tire it had a 2" bouble in the side wall after he was done.

Which way did the rim get bent? Was it inward or protruding outward?

kevE90 · 05-01-2007, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by kevE90zsp

Could the rim have been dropped on the shop floor prior to installing tires?

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Originally Posted by kabhatti

I don't believe the rims were dropped. I was standing nearby watching the install. He took them out of the boxes infront of me. I stopped by again today, they checked the balance, it was off on all 4 wheels so he redid them.

Furthermore, they explained that if any metal part touched the rim, such as a pry bar, it would make the bend inward, not outward as shown. I guess I believe them, what I can't believe is that I hit a pothole and not know I even did it.

You could of told us you were there watching the install. Maybe the rims were damaged before he took them out the boxes.

kabhatti · 05-01-2007, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kevE90zsp

You could of told us you were there watching the install. Maybe the rims were damaged before he took them out the boxes.

We will never know.

04-27-2007, 07:31 PM	#1
kabhatti Second Lieutenant 7 Rep 203 Posts Drives: 325i Alpine White Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pennsylvania USA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 325I [0.00]	Can the installer bend a 162 rim during install I just had my 162's rims installed, about 50 miles ago, just noticed the rear left one has a slight bend on it. Is it possible for them to bend it with a pry bar during installation? __________________ Car handles so well, I always have to "stop short"
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Del@Creative Private 3 Rep 77 Posts Drives: CBR600RR Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego iTrader: (1)	highly unlikely
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kabhatti Second Lieutenant 7 Rep 203 Posts Drives: 325i Alpine White Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pennsylvania USA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 325I [0.00]	Wow, 2 for 2 on unlikely eh? I don't remember hitting anything, no pothole or speed bump. In a short 50 miles, seems very strange.... and it's the rear wheel. __________________ Car handles so well, I always have to "stop short"
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kabhatti Second Lieutenant 7 Rep 203 Posts Drives: 325i Alpine White Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pennsylvania USA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 325I [0.00]	Yes, purchased them brand new. Only noticed it today after washing them, could see the location was facing upward, at about 11 o clock. It's not noticeable in any other direction. __________________ Car handles so well, I always have to "stop short"
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04-29-2007, 10:04 PM	#5
kabhatti Second Lieutenant 7 Rep 203 Posts Drives: 325i Alpine White Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pennsylvania USA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 325I [0.00]	Here are pics, still not convinced it's a pothole since there is a "rust" stain the size of the bend. __________________ Car handles so well, I always have to "stop short"
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montreal_bimmer OEMconcept 174 Rep 5,593 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canada \| USA iTrader: (6) Garage List 2006 325i [10.00]	yup thats a bend.... unlikely from our installer, most probable from your roads....
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04-30-2007, 07:19 AM	#7
txusa03 Major General 550 Rep 6,563 Posts Drives: TS330iPPSP6MT Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Planet Earth iTrader: (3)	installer (maybe). Pot hole would caused more rashes. __________________ under construction!
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David Yong New Member 2 Rep 24 Posts Drives: E90 325i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Malaysia iTrader: (0)	This definitely the installer screwed it up. __________________ "Success is doing more than we need to, before we are asked to, not because we have to, but because we want to."
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khafner Private First Class 6 Rep 123 Posts Drives: e90 330i Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: fulton, ny iTrader: (0)	rim bent It sure looks like the installer did it. With all of the automated equip that is used if you are not careful it is possible for it to happen. We've done it on our equip and I know others who have also. It could have also been damaged in transit by being dropped.
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rwwong Captain 115 Rep 626 Posts Drives: 2006 330i, 2008 Jeep Hemi Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 330i [0.00]	It is highly unlikely that the shop damaged your wheel. The other side of your wheel is really the only place that gets touched by equipement, or should atleast. When the rim goes on the mounter, it should be put face down, with plastic or rubber feet to protect its finish. I think you hit a pothole my friend. It happens, I hit one a few months ago, and bent two rims, one lost air. __________________ www.richardwestleywong.com Last edited by rwwong; 04-30-2007 at 12:30 PM..
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shragon Moderator 497 Rep 27,441 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bay Area, CA iTrader: (7)	highly doubt the installer caused it. __________________ www.cardomain.com/id/shragon
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txusa03 Major General 550 Rep 6,563 Posts Drives: TS330iPPSP6MT Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Planet Earth iTrader: (3)	I am not a tire installer but installing FRT seems very difficult due to the stiffer side wall. I hope all installer place the tire onto the mounte face down so that if anything should happen, it does not show when the tire is put back onto the car. Sorry to see that. Speaking of new tire, I had 2 new rear RFT replaced with RFT this weekend. I better go inspect my rim after work (knock on wood). __________________ under construction!
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04-30-2007, 09:16 PM	#16
kabhatti Second Lieutenant 7 Rep 203 Posts Drives: 325i Alpine White Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pennsylvania USA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 325I [0.00]	I don't believe the rims were dropped. I was standing nearby watching the install. He took them out of the boxes infront of me. I stopped by again today, they checked the balance, it was off on all 4 wheels so he redid them. Furthermore, they explained that if any metal part touched the rim, such as a pry bar, it would make the bend inward, not outward as shown. I guess I believe them, what I can't believe is that I hit a pothole and not know I even did it. __________________ Car handles so well, I always have to "stop short"
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