My car.......

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I got my 240SX just about a year ago. She was still pretty new when we took this picture.

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A couple months later, I was in the right place at the right time, one rainy mountain evening. My car was featured in D-Car magazine, a Japanese tuning mag.

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Going to the track started to make some wear and tear on the car, but she still drove great. About a month ago, I installed a Carbon Fiber hood and spoiler.

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And then, on tuesday night.....

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One of my cast 5Zigen rims failed at about 80 in the carpool lane. I ended up entering a bus lane at high speed, which led me into a station. for some reason, the road crosses over at the station. I didn't realize in time, nor did I have sufficient control of the vehicle, but where the road turned, there was a high, sloped curb. I hit it at high speed and caught air. I flew into an angled barrier wall, which guided me into another wall across the lane, and came to a stop about 75 yards later.
 
Parting out starts tomorrow. I'm thinking of going a route that's hardly been done this time around, an S13 convertible. Not only is it rare, but it's hella pimp too.
 
And what was the speed limit on that road?
 
"Carpool lane", probably 75?

Bad luck, but it could have been worse. Maybe talk to 5Zigen and they'll throw some money at you? Never heard of a wheel just 'failing' before.
 
65, 70, something like that. This is LA, 80's standard freeway speed, I was matched with the rest of traffic flow. Don't think I was blasting by at an unsafe speed or racing or anything.

I'm going to talk to 5Z once I get the car back and start inspecting it. (It's coming on a truck tomorrow.)
 
Sorry to see :(

Wheel failed? I would be on 5Zigen's back straight away!
 
I'm worried that I might not be able to prove it, though. Almost all the wheels were broken in the accident, it'd be easy to blame that for the guilty one.
 
Wow 5Z's wheels are that crappy they just break on the freeway. I would stay away from them, hell run the opposite direction of them. Plus if you can prove it was their fault, sue the bastards for selling you an unsafe product. You could have been seriously hurt or really hurt someone else considering you were by a bus station.
 
Dang, sorry to hear that, looked like a great car too. Hope you're ok as well.
 
damn... That... really sucks. I hope you can get back on your feet...er.. I mean Gas pedal.
 
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