I don't think so. This happened to my +7 legendary top. I had to buy a new one. On the bright side, I bought something better, and cheap at the AH.
I hear you should avoid upgrading past 4 on Weapons and 3 on armor. For some reason, it let me go up to 6 on others. I don't know what determines this. Because, some of my items don't go past 3. Some do.
http://www.dbocom.com/forum/showthre...ight=upgrading
Here is a thread on it. :

yeah, but human armor is expensive, and im broke half the time

Nope, once it's broken its gone.

I highly suggest not going higher than +7~+8 unless you an extremist with alot of cash. The risk vs reward factor holds simply too much of a gap. It personally took me 6 subs broken, and over 10 U42 Purples to get my own sub to +9, and you can just imagine how much that is to upgrade a single equipment. Worth it in the end though, my weapon now carries just as much stat as the average +7 Lv 55.

Of course being, it's only worth doing this on equips that you would'nt care less about, save the ones with godly effects at +7~+8. You most likely won't be find another +17% Melee crit% glove again , so make your decision wisely next time.

Oh. Btw, check my edit.
But, I have a great strategy for getting cash, if interested. It's not difficult at all. I'll post it on your profile so I'm not spamming.

it wasn't CRT hit was hit rate and health D: (and one more thing i didnt want to translate) , but ii suspect your talking about your items XD

Yes, I was merely setting that as an example. HR and LP should'nt be that much of a loss, so perhaps your lucky there..

Point is, if you do wanna make it past +8 on a weapon, Lv42~46 equips are a way to go since their relatively cheap. Otherwise, +7~+8 will suffice.
Why do I say this? As of the current market, U50~55 advanced stones are extremely overpriced, so their not recommended.

Its easy, you can safely get weapons to +6 without risk, and armor to +4, ive never seen any item break that pattern. and when you think about it, the numbers make sense, 2 weapons to +6 = 12 stones, 3 armor to +4 = 12 stones.

subtract that by 1 to safely try an advanced stone, and with some luck, get a weapon to +8 or gear to +6. im shocked at the number of people i run into that dont know this.

I will be attempting a +15 upgrade shortly with the help of 6 pure stones. We'll see how I go but I think 6 pure stones may not be enough if I'm unlucky.

Guys you can upgrade to +6 with armour and +7 or even +8 (if very lucky) first upgrade to +3 then upgrade with pure stone (on armour )
For weapon upgrade to +5 then use pure stone after that use white stones and normal stones
dont use white stones with pure stones cause if get card broken it downgrade -3 and with normal stones only -1