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Old 04-20-2009, 02:54 AM   #1 (permalink)
Mjrn.
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NOOB question

So I was being an idiot and speeding today. it's a real safe place to do it since nobody crosses the street, there's no lights or anything and good visibility, but still, I got excited about my hfp suspension and it was late.

Anyway, there's a manhole that I hit that's weird cause it sort of juts out with a mound of asphalt about 4 inches or so. I hit this going 70 and it sounded loud, but when I didn't get a flat or anything nor is the lip of my rim bent or anything. I was wondering though...

1. I assume you'd sooner blow a tire before bending any suspension?

2. can you really bend the middle of a rim? I would think again you'd blow the tire first before bending the rim and that the lip only really gets bent when it is hit physically, not from trauma.

Help a paranoid guy out cause I don't really have somewhere to lift the car and really inspect it. tia!
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