about the potholes, the dirt road leading up to my job gets lots of holes and I've hit plenty with my old and new rims going anywhere from 15 to 55mph. No rims out of balance, no leaks. I could see you damaging any wheel hitting a pothole in the middle of the street, where it's sharp edges and basically just a block missing in the road lol

 

yea that's gotta be great for your alignment...

i wouldn't call that a pothole... i'd just call it a hole in the ground lol

but realistically speaking, i really doubt that the OP only drives on dirt roads.

 

lol if you hit something and you can feel the pain in your body...imagining what it's like for the car, that's a pothole. You know when you grip the steering wheel tight and you can feel the cars pain lol

 

thanks for the advices on the rims. This really changed my mind