I havn't done low-pro tires (or any tires for that matter) for a while, but its far easier to rip out a bead or scratch the lip on a wheel then to do actual physical damage like that. I agree it is likely a flaw, and hopefully its just the one rim, not in the whole batch they produced. Best of luck dealing with it!

 

learn to drive

 

^ yeah, that always helps, lol

 

guess i need to go back to drivers ed..

 

you're too caught up with autocrossing and high speed turns, you need to go back and learn the basics like parallel parking and 3 point turns, lol