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a few months ago i had a tire blow out.... the wheel didnt hold air so i was constantly filling the tire...eventually the tire let go, destroying the wheel in the process

 

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/SaleenSS90/0520090911.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/SaleenSS90/0520090851.jpg

 

so i bought a brand new wheel ($320) tire ($200) and had all my wheels powdercoated ($100 per wheel all said and done)....i check my air pressure all the time now because im paranoid of it happening again since it was an expensive mistake before....i checked before i left for school and it all looked fine... after class i left to go to a job interview and the truck is riding fine like nothing is wrong, then boom... 70mph on 71 north right by 161 the tire blows out....i had a massive nail in it...ive hopped in my old truck before to go to work and drove it 2 feet before realizing one of my tires was flat *someone slashed it*...but this time the truck felt fine...i didnt have a flat when i left school but 10min later the sidewall shredded out...i musta hit that nail on the freeway and popped the tire or something...idk...but its fucking lame...i just had them powdercoated, brand new tire.... now im out all that money....gonna see if wheelmedic can fix my wheel and go from there...the person who sold me the tire didnt offer me a roadside warranty or whatever *according to rob they offer that* so now i have to buy another tire

 

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/SaleenSS90/0819091824.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i82/SaleenSS90/0819091825a.jpg

 

 

overview of my day:

 

go to work, get stuck doing shit jobs, stay an hr and a half late to fix other peoples fuck ups

 

leave and it starts to pour so im soaked by the time i get to my truck since i park 100yards from the building...get my seats soaked

 

asshole in traffic almost wrecks me by cutting me off

 

get home to get ready for school and job interview and knick myself shaving

 

leave for school and realzie i forgot directions to interview

 

get to school 20min early and go to computer lab to print directions...computer fucks up and makes me late to class

 

get into class and bomb my quiz because i missed a class last week for a job interview

 

leave there and the tire fucks up

 

late getting to my interview

 

after interview i go to get on the freeway and theres a wreck... people are making an illegal turn to get on so i cut over that way after sitting for 10mins...i get up to the turn, im the next car in line to turn and a cop pulls up and blocks it off...get stuck taking back roads home.... hr and a half to get from sawmill rd to blacklick

 

 

fuck today.

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had similar luck in the rx7 with mustang wheels and bad ass bridgestone re01r's

 

put wheels on the mach for a track day

take vacation day

drive 1.5 hrs from columbus, blow tire

tires discontinued, cant find a match

weeks later,

drive to dynotune

planning on dynoing the FC

go out to pull it up, dude says.. hey you're tires flat

i hit a pothole on w broad so big it bent the rim and flattened the tire

have wheel medic fix rim and put used time on it cause I'm poor.

 

I feel ya

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Been there too. Cousin blew her tire and was on my side of town so I went and helped her fix it. Then on my way to QS&L later the tire on my TA blew. After that my wife came to pick me up... on the way home she ran over a random block of wood on the freeway destroying her rim and tire. The entire day costs about $800 in tires, wheels, and body repair.
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Driving on a low tire will split the sidewall like that. Not safe at all!

 

pretty sure if i realized it was low i wouldnt have drove on it...i checked it 2 hours before this happened

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It could have been worse. Here are the results of the tread coming off while driving on the highway. F-350 @ 65mph:(

 

 

 

 

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/croz98gt/IMG_0617.jpg

 

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/croz98gt/IMG_0614.jpg

 

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/croz98gt/IMG_0622.jpg

 

I had a lil bit of luck on my side. I filed it with my insurance on a comprehensive claim. I have a $0 dedectuble. nothing out of my pocket. :)

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It could have been worse. Here are the results of the tread coming off while driving on the highway. F-350 @ 65mph:(

 

 

 

 

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/croz98gt/IMG_0617.jpg

 

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/croz98gt/IMG_0614.jpg

 

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/croz98gt/IMG_0622.jpg

 

I had a lil bit of luck on my side. I filed it with my insurance on a comprehensive claim. I have a $0 dedectuble. nothing out of my pocket. :)

 

 

this just happened to my gf...it busted off her front driver tire and left black marks down the side of her white car and destroyed her side mirror

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pretty sure if i realized it was low i wouldnt have drove on it...i checked it 2 hours before this happened

 

I meant over time of driving on it low. Everytime you drive on it low it curves the side wall making a crease in it which makes it weak. IF you would have dismounted the tire before it blew I bet it had a ton a rubber shavings in it.

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I meant over time of driving on it low. Everytime you drive on it low it curves the side wall making a crease in it which makes it weak. IF you would have dismounted the tire before it blew I bet it had a ton a rubber shavings in it.

 

it had a ton of rubber shavings...but it all had to of happened that day because the tire has less than 1000 miles on it and i check it almost almost everyday...max psi is 44 and i run between 35 and 40 in all my tires all the time

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I wish I still had the pic of a tire coming off one of our trucks and smashing through the window of some poor ladies car. That was a bad day. Tyler what school. Sounds just like some guy on OR. Down to the interview and everything. Maybe it was you, I didnt read the Op screename.
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I wish I still had the pic of a tire coming off one of our trucks and smashing through the window of some poor ladies car. That was a bad day. Tyler what school. Sounds just like some guy on OR. Down to the interview and everything. Maybe it was you, I didnt read the Op screename.

 

yea i posted on OR and buckeye also....it was columbus state

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