Beware of bogarts-May come apart at high speeds and low speeds

ttcamaro · 09-09-2009, 02:48 PM

luckily i was only going 15mph and this didnt happen during a pass down the track. When calling they pretty much give you the big fat fuck you. No the wheels are not within their 1 year warranty but you would expect a wheel to not come apart like this. I would never run another Bogart for safety reasons.

Z28/2002 · 09-09-2009, 03:02 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if this gets locked

MARKSZ71 · 09-09-2009, 03:10 PM

WOW not good at all

Camaro396 · 09-09-2009, 03:24 PM

That's a pisser. Can you give a little more info? What happened? Were you in the staging lanes? Braking hard? Or did it just plain give out?

JUICED96Z · 09-09-2009, 03:31 PM

This happens from time to time with light wheel's...... do a seach and you will find some other's.... and not just bogart's...

It sucks but a warrenty is just that...and for all they know you have been driving the car threw pot holes

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I know alumastar's are known to bend on the street............ it's the risk you take with a light wheel.......... If I remember right you can brake or bend a light wheel just by taking a corner to hard....

Even with it breaking at the track the stresses on the street add up.... or if you are making hard turns at the track....

It sucks man but it is apart of the sport...

I had some monocoques on my last car (lighter then pro star's) and had them on the street but was very carefull....... They never broke but other's were not so lucky...

99FormulaM6 · 09-09-2009, 03:38 PM

i cant see the pics at work...are they welded or bolted? how long have you had them and what were your usual driving conditions? strictly track duty or street duty/track?

bluehawk2 · 09-09-2009, 03:44 PM

do you take curves very fast with the bogarts??

03 BUSA · 09-09-2009, 05:28 PM

Glad I got the bolted version. That does suck. Rich Bogart has been real easy to deal with on my order. I am surprised they won't help you out any.

Jimmy P · 09-09-2009, 05:42 PM

Did this happen at a track or where you street driving on them? I know that they dont recommend any street driving with them. I have the welded RT for my car, and the things just sit in the garage and collect dust because I am afraid to use them on the street because of something like this.

MetallicaMatt · 09-09-2009, 05:47 PM

man, pictures like that make me nervous about my new D10's i got last year...still yet to use them!

mrdragster1970 · 09-09-2009, 06:47 PM

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Hey 99, cool avatar!!

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FASTFATBOY · 09-09-2009, 06:52 PM

I bought Convo Pros for this reason, they are riveted together. IMO they are the best compromise for a street/strip car.

99FormulaM6 · 09-09-2009, 07:25 PM

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Hey 99, cool avatar!!

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Thanks! Im a recruiter in Tampa now...was WCS on LHD5 USS Bataan and on LPD12 USS Shreveport

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Originally Posted by FASTFATBOY

I bought Convo Pros for this reason, they are riveted together. IMO they are the best compromise for a street/strip car.

But, IMO, Bogarts do look the best...however, it sucks you can't trust them to do street duty

mrdragster1970 · 09-09-2009, 07:29 PM

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EW2, 1980-1985, USS Sterett CG-31, (r.i.p.)

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Tally TransAm · 09-09-2009, 07:31 PM

ouch.

awd2rwd · 09-09-2009, 07:55 PM

Those are the exact style bogarts i was planning on getting arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

tee-boy · 09-09-2009, 08:07 PM

this is drag racing tech section ; not street/strip. The poster's got an 8 second car; probably doesn't see lots of street time.

Bogarts are light b/c there's not much mass to them. What else do you expect? Use common sense.

MetallicaMatt · 09-09-2009, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by tee-boy

this is drag racing tech section ; not street/strip. The poster's got an 8 second car; probably doesn't see lots of street time.

Bogarts are light b/c there's not much mass to them. What else do you expect? Use common sense.

For the price of the wheel, I EXPECT it not to do what happened to the OP!

SSPerformance · 09-09-2009, 08:39 PM

I have seens this from time to time with these wheels wich is why i went with a diff brand

FASTFATBOY · 09-09-2009, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 99FormulaM6

Thanks! Im a recruiter in Tampa now...was WCS on LHD5 USS Bataan and on LPD12 USS Shreveport

But, IMO, Bogarts do look the best...however, it sucks you can't trust them to do street duty

IMO, Bogart is so so. HOLESHOT is the wheel, by far.I didnt buy them because I street drive too much.

I want function, I could care less how they LOOK if my car is wadded up because one failed.