u/Optimus_crab

I was driving home with my wife and kids in our 2014 Toyota Auris Touring Sports Hybrid, at roughly 30kmh (20mph in Freedom units) when I suddenly heard an extremely loud metallic noise coming from the rear-left wheel.
The faster the wheel turned, the faster and louder the noise became.
I immediately slowed down to walking speed because I was already close to home. Then there was a massive bang, almost like an explosion, and the rear wheel suddenly locked up.
This is what we found afterward.
A piece of metal, possibly a steel rod, pipe, or something similar, had apparently become trapped between the wheel and the suspension/brake area. As the wheel kept rotating, it carved into the inside of the alloy rim until the rim was literally ripped open.
The tire was completely destroyed as well.
I had genuinely never considered that an object picked up from the road could get lodged in exactly the wrong place and effectively machine its way through an alloy wheel from the inside. The head of the Toyota assistance said he never saw anything like that in 40 years working as a mechanician.

40Ks been a favorite thing of mine for a long time and I’d like to do some cosplay for it in the future. Wanting to do something a bit more human sized than a space marine though.

Picked it up for 450 CAD

Cut the metal out of a truck bed

Cut it from my obs Chevy bed so it’s made of mild steel but I think it turned out pretty well for a first try with no outside info

98 Volvo s70 I paid 650 CAD for