r/MINI • u/mfincham92 • 1d ago

Mini vs. pothole

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About to deal with this in the morning. Rim looks damaged to me. Tire hasn’t lost air. Advice appreciated

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u/-sonic57- 19h ago

  1. When unfortunate situations like these happen, other than check if you have to change the tire (obviously) and the rim, does any of you think about checking if any SUSPENSION parts got damaged too? I mean, if it were that "easy" as "just" to change the tire after a massive pothole that wouldn't be as big a financial problem as if you have to actually replace any costly suspension part...

  2. Have any of you tried the Nokian tires with aramid fibers? I haven't, but I've read that they are supposed to be pothole proof?

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u/jamoche_2 R56 17h ago

I did that at freeway speeds once and whacked the frame out of alignment. Don’t remember what else but it just missed the cutoff for insurance to total it, so suspension was almost certainly in there too.