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Old 11-27-2006, 04:51 PM   #19
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with roads with lotsa snow, i think all sports cars just become a nice snow plow
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Old 11-27-2006, 05:09 PM   #20
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I was going a bit under 30k/m and then I drove around for a bit... Hopefully it's not off. Is there anything I should notice if it is off, event slightly? Like slight veering to one side, maybe? Or buckling noises while driving?

Gawd I hope it's not that bad...
take the car for a drive on the highway, at highway speeds.
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Old 11-27-2006, 07:02 PM   #21
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exactly, high speed driving will be the only way youll notice. I drove my malibu into a concrete guardrail at about 40km/h and it never drove the same afterward, it would track straight but at high speed you could notice it off balance and the tires would always only last at max a year before they wouldnt balance. That is probably worst case. From what Ive seen on the news though you wont have much of a chance to do some highway testing....
BTW the Yaris has actually been one of the better cars Ive had to drive in the winter.
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Old 11-27-2006, 09:55 PM   #22
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i had to put my stock rims/tires back.
i'm very impressed how yaris handle on snow with stock tires..
it was really fun driving on heavy snow.

and for the damage rim, i would try to hammer the bent lip..
good thing about steely it can be repaired by hammering..
and new steely should be around 50~80 CAD from toyota dealer
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Old 11-27-2006, 10:58 PM   #23
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Do it our way..... spot a Yaris... park on its side and rip the hubcap away
and drive away.....simple quick and cheap

just kidding
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Old 11-27-2006, 11:13 PM   #24
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Same thing happened to one of my wheels.

I posted a WTB that had a good response:

WTB: 15" steely and hub cap

Skip MrMondayNite's offer (Thanks Chris).

Good luck...
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Old 11-27-2006, 11:54 PM   #25
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Old 11-28-2006, 03:43 AM   #26
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Do it our way..... spot a Yaris... park on its side and rip the hubcap away
and drive away.....simple quick and cheap

just kidding


lol
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Old 11-28-2006, 12:21 PM   #27
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yes id definately not get the hub from the dealer though, $20 dollars on ebay for a hub.. $60 from the dealer.. you decide :)
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Old 12-01-2006, 01:52 PM   #28
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Do it our way..... spot a Yaris... park on its side and rip the hubcap away
and drive away.....simple quick and cheap

just kidding
Haha... Total Menace II Society style... I could just do that. I live in pretty ghetto 'hood.
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Old 12-01-2006, 05:42 PM   #29
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Haha... Total Menace II Society style... I could just do that. I live in pretty ghetto 'hood.


in victoria .... lol. not being sarcastic, just funny.
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Old 12-01-2006, 11:00 PM   #30
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get some walmart spinners. PIIIMPAAAAYYYYYNNNNN!!!!!
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Old 12-04-2006, 09:43 AM   #31
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Hummm... :(

How much do you think that would cost? Like 200ish Canadian?
You have a couple options. Walmart $54ish or Toyota $84ish.
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Old 12-12-2006, 10:06 PM   #32
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Hmmm, this is true.

Well, maybe I'll just repair it under the radar and then if anything happens... I'll have my 7 year warranty. :D
I doubt the alignment is off, if you're on a 3 lane highway, take the middle lane at high speeds and it should track true. Also, there shouldn't be any noticeable vibration or unusual tire noise.

I've already banged up my wheel badly in two occasion. One time I was slowing down on the left turn lane while coming to a stop and went up the curb cause I was paying more attention to my blackberry while the car drifted into the curb. The left wheels hit the curb at about 40 km/hr in the dry, but the tires took the impact and the car simply went up the curb, but it still was a very hard hit and the rims got scuffed slightly. luckily, the hub caps didn't take the hit.

The other incident was even more dramatic, taking a very fast U-turn, misjudged and the front right wheel hit hard against the curb while fully cranked (another inch and I would have made it). My rim looks almost as bad as yours from scrapping against the curb and small chunk of the hubcap got torn out. Anyways, after all the abuse, the car still tracks true on the highway at 180km/hr, so I'm not concerned. However, my front-right hubcaps is a big mess from constantly smacking it against the curb.

If anyone is in the GTA area and wants to get rid of their hub caps, let me know, cause I'm going through mine fairly quickly.
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Old 09-07-2017, 05:55 PM   #33
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I did the samething on black ice ....wheels turned car didnt and i hit the curb about 10 mph and bent the wish bone.
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