Unfortunate mishap

[rkrochen]

While driving down the highway yesterday I met a semi with a wide load. While giving a wide berth I didn’t notice a big pothole on the edge of the road. Hit it at full speed and thought I blew a tire. The impact was hard enough to knock my hubcap off. Anyways as you can see it broke one of the fins off the spinner and I need to either fix it or replace it. Going to try JB Weld unless someone has a better suggestion.
Good news is nothing bad happened to the car and everything else is ok. No steering issues or vibrations to worry about. I will take a better look later.
I can only imagine what would have happened to a newer car.

 

[commando1]

Condolences to your wheel cover.

 

[75LandYacht]

Condolences to your wheel cover.

You’re all heart Stan.. lol

 

[75LandYacht]

While driving down the highway yesterday I met a semi with a wide load. While giving a wide berth I didn’t notice a big pothole on the edge of the road. Hit it at full speed and thought I blew a tire. The impact was hard enough to knock my hubcap off. Anyways as you can see it broke one of the fins off the spinner and I need to either fix it or replace it. Going to try JB Weld unless someone has a better suggestion.
Good news is nothing bad happened to the car and everything else is ok. No steering issues or vibrations to worry about. I will take a better look later.
I can only imagine what would have happened to a newer car.

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I would shop for another one, there’s bound to be one out there somewhere. But I would hang onto the old one and make repairs just in case.

 

[rkrochen]

I would shop for another one, there’s bound to be one out there somewhere. But I would hang onto the old one and make repairs just in case.

That’s the plan. I have been watching for one anyways because one of the other ones has poor chrome.

 

[rkrochen]

Condolences to your wheel cover.

Appreciate the humour.

 

[rkrochen]

Looks like I managed to salvage the spinner. Used JB Weld and joined it back together. It seemed to be quite strong at this point but I decided to add an extra layer on the inside for assurance. Hopefully it holds under the strains of driving. In the meantime will try to source a couple of new ones.