Is300 Oem Rims

[az17invas1on]

I was driving on the high way at about 60 mph and out of no where i see this mid size rock on the road, tried to dodge it but the back rim caught it. i didn't think it was anything bad.. but i heard a loud !BANG! . sounded like a gun shot.. pulled over and found out that the back rim has cracked a big whole.. the tire is still in GOOD CONDITINO AND STILL USABLE. :o but the rim.. oh man.. i took it back to the dealer and complain to them but warranty wouldn't cover it... anyone aware of this problem when hitting rock or pot hole? i have a 2004 IS300 5 speed manual.. i have another problem with my car.. its only 21k mile and i can hear the transmission input bearing noise already.. it only goes on when the car is start up in the morning... is this normal ? .. the noise goes away when i step on the cluht.. but when the car warms up.. the noise goes away... also MY STICK SHIFTING IS HARD !!! shifting into 1 to 2.. 2 to 3.. is HARD!! ... PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG ..

[bartkat]

I was driving on the high way at about 60 mph and out of no where i see this mid size rock on the road, tried to dodge it but the back rim caught it. i didn't think it was anything bad.. but i heard a loud !BANG! . sounded like a gun shot.. pulled over and found out that the back rim has cracked a big whole.. the tire is still in GOOD CONDITINO AND STILL USABLE. :o  but the rim.. oh man.. i took it back to the dealer and complain to them but warranty wouldn't cover it... anyone aware of this problem when hitting rock or pot hole?  i have a 2004 IS300 5 speed manual.. i have another problem with my car.. its only 21k mile and i can hear the transmission input bearing noise already.. it only goes on when the car is start up in the morning... is this normal ? .. the noise goes away when i step on the cluht.. but when the car warms up.. the noise goes away... also MY STICK SHIFTING IS HARD !!! shifting into 1 to 2.. 2 to 3.. is HARD!!  ... PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT IS WRONG ..

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It's pretty easy to bend or break a wheel, since they are alloy, and the tires are low profile. I've seen some stock wheels on Ebay and on some message boards for sale at good prices. Lots of people sell the stock ones when they buy custom wheels.

I've also heard of people having throw out bearing noise on manual trans IS300's. There's a TSB on 2003 models but none on 2004 yet.

TC003-03 JUN 03 M/T - Clutch Chirping Noise in Neutral

http://www.alldata.com/TSB/31/03310809.html

The hard shifting problem also seems to be common. At 21K miles, you need to start having the dealership try to fix those problems. Did you tell them about those when you asked about the wheel?

[az17invas1on]

How do i post up a picture on here? i would liike to show u guys what my crecked rim looks like...

i'm about to take it back to the dealer to get my alignment done AGIAN.. cause when i hit that rock.. my alignment went bad.. after 3 months of alignment (at the lexus dealer) , it went bad agian.. *sigh* ...... i like the car a lot but it seems to have a lot of problem... well for me..... when i take it back to the dealer i'll ask them about the noise

[az17invas1on]

here are the pics.. BECAREFUL WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING OUT THERE !! BEWARE OF POT HOLES AND ROCKS !!!!

http://images.ofoto.com/photos891/5/59/54/...59506_0_ALB.jpg

http://images.ofoto.com/photos891/5/59/54/...59506_0_ALB.jpg

[bartkat]

Pics no workie.

[mxl4729]

on my 2002 is my spare is the same rim as the rest of them. If i were you i would put that in place of the cracked one and buy a cheep steal rim use that as the spare.

but that is because i am as cheep as they come

[steviej]

mxl4729, it would be easier if you told us........go look.

steviej

[az17invas1on]

are the pics working now ?

[bartkat]

are the pics working now ?

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No.

can you just link to the url where the pics are located?

[az17invas1on]

hmmmm, mayby the site doesn't let me link the pic . scroll back up to see the URL