hotxr8 Member 49 Member For: 14y 5m 28d Gender: Male Posted 07/07/13 06:21 AM Share Posted 07/07/13 06:21 AM Coming home from a mates place late last night, I hit this mongrel thing.This morning I went to go somewhere, and as I was walking past the front wheel I looked down and saw this.I want to go to the council and try get them to pay for repairs, or a replacement, ( alignment is out aswell ), has anyone gone through this, or know what I need to do?.P.S.I'm looking for a set of Zumbo Vaige's, anyone got a set they want to offload? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85541-mongrel-potholes/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,440 Member For: 15y 3m 19d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/07/13 10:47 AM Share Posted 07/07/13 10:47 AM (edited) yep if you have pics of the hole (before they fill it) and pics of the damage ring them and find out who to deal with.make them pay up for the damage to your wheel and steering! but not an easy process and you must be firm and be able to convince them the hole caused the damage. try and get the council to pay for the damage directly. its unlucky mate, ive been through this many times. Edited 07/07/13 10:52 AM by Ford Freak Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85541-mongrel-potholes/#findComment-1404782 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 11m 19d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 07/07/13 10:55 AM Share Posted 07/07/13 10:55 AM I think the deal is they'll only compensate if someone reported it and they failed to fix it prior to your incident. Definitely worth a shot. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85541-mongrel-potholes/#findComment-1404785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotxr8 Member 49 Member For: 14y 5m 28d Gender: Male Posted 07/07/13 12:55 PM Author Share Posted 07/07/13 12:55 PM Yeah, went back and took plenty of pics, while I was there, it was unreal how hard some cars were hitting it, I'd be surprised if there aren't more people out there with dinged rims from it. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85541-mongrel-potholes/#findComment-1404824 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVT Formerly EGOBFXR6 Donating Members 1,111 Member For: 17y 2m 8d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 07/07/13 12:58 PM Share Posted 07/07/13 12:58 PM (edited) Hey mate,Not being an a$$ but that happened to me about a year ago. I hit a massive pothole on a roundabout so I had no choice but to go through it as there was a car on my left.It tore the sidewall of my tyre, took a chunk out of my rim and absolutely shagged my steering. So new tyre, buggered rim and f*cked steering...Took pics and everything. Sent it to the council to see about repairs and was flat out denied.Didn't get a friggin' cent and they weaseled their way out of everything - The f*ckers...Anyway, I hope you get more than I did buddy.All the best,Dan Edited 07/07/13 12:58 PM by NVT Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85541-mongrel-potholes/#findComment-1404825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROBL Inactive Members 1 Member For: 12y 2m Posted 07/07/13 03:46 PM Share Posted 07/07/13 03:46 PM Yeah mate I recently got a 2 inch split in my rim but because it is 20 inch with low profile tyres they didn't want to hear it, sometimes it's not worth the fight Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85541-mongrel-potholes/#findComment-1404843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
towsw001 Member 67 Member For: 12y 10m 26d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 08/07/13 01:27 AM Share Posted 08/07/13 01:27 AM (edited) I had a mate go through the council for this in SA and they got their rim fixed. As previously said just be firm and if they dont budge try get the ombundsman (spelling??) involved. Or at least threaten them. Pay enough taxes for these holes to be fixed which most of the time sit there for months on end. Edited 08/07/13 01:27 AM by towsw001 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85541-mongrel-potholes/#findComment-1404929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotxr8 Member 49 Member For: 14y 5m 28d Gender: Male Posted 08/07/13 05:24 AM Author Share Posted 08/07/13 05:24 AM Got to give it a try, nothing to lose.The wheels I've got are no longer available, so it looks like a complete new set. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/85541-mongrel-potholes/#findComment-1404979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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