FML..RIP rear right tire

Mt Tam I am · 04-15-2014, 01:34 PM

I certainly would not have pulled off immediately to change the tire either. I take a wait and see approach as you did.

Codename067 · 04-15-2014, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am

I certainly would not have pulled off immediately to change the tire either. I take a wait and see approach as you did.

Not sure if you are being sarcastic or not but really though, given that I didn't SEE what caused this nor did I feel anything...I simply figured low air.

And presto...they got me bro..

Mt Tam I am · 04-15-2014, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Codename067

Not sure if you are being sarcastic or not but really though, given that I didn't SEE what caused this nor did I feel anything...I simply figured low air.

And presto...they got me bro..

No sarcasm here. To pull over the second the sensor goes off is not happening. Watch and wait. If I hit a pothole I am not heading directly to an alignment shop either, unless I felt something amiss.

maizenblue · 04-15-2014, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Codename067

Well...I just saw this... HOW? It's from the SIDE! It's fairly big..

ive actually seen a tires sidewall blow out so smooth it looked like it was done by a surgeon. the hole was 3 or 4 inches long and about 2 inches wide. unreal. driver said it was a pothole.

madwi · 04-15-2014, 03:21 AM

Piss off the neighbor(s)? That is a big hole.

Codename067 · 04-15-2014, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by madwi

Piss off the neighbor(s)? That is a big hole.

Trust me, the tire would deflate LONG before I hit the freeway if that was the case lol. That's a pretty big hole.

I was driving for a solid 20 minutes on the freeway before low tire pressure came on. And it was a matter of a maybe 5 minutes after that came up before the tire went flat and the rim started molesting it.

I'm just glad it was the rear tire. It's only rubber at the end of the day.

madwi · 04-15-2014, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Codename067

Trust me, the tire would deflate LONG before I hit the freeway if that was the case lol. That's a pretty big hole.

I was driving for a solid 20 minutes on the freeway before low tire pressure came on. And it was a matter of a maybe 5 minutes after that came up before the tire went flat and the rim started molesting it.

I'm just glad it was the rear tire. It's only rubber at the end of the day.

Glad to see you and the car are ok.

Could have been a lot worse.

Streetlife · 04-15-2014, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by madwi

Glad to see you and the car are ok.

Could have been a lot worse.

jcosta79 · 04-15-2014, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Codename067

Trust me, the tire would deflate LONG before I hit the freeway if that was the case lol. That's a pretty big hole.

I was driving for a solid 20 minutes on the freeway before low tire pressure came on. And it was a matter of a maybe 5 minutes after that came up before the tire went flat and the rim started molesting it.

I'm just glad it was the rear tire. It's only rubber at the end of the day.

Not to make a bad situation worse, but the low tire pressure light came on and you continued to drive another 5 minutes?

Codename067 · 04-15-2014, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by jcosta79

Not to make a bad situation worse, but the low tire pressure light came on and you continued to drive another 5 minutes?

Yeah..just like any normal person would. I really thought the tire just needed air, which is the case 99% of the time. I couldn't have possibly assumed that I had a hole the size of a 9mm bullet! I didn't feel nothing, I didn't see nothing.

jcosta79 · 04-15-2014, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Codename067

I really thought the tire just needed air

It did.

Zteve · 04-15-2014, 06:00 AM

didn't even scuff the plasti-dip. awesome stuff right there

kenchan · 04-15-2014, 04:51 PM

damn, was someone using your wheels for target practice?

Codename067 · 04-17-2014, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

damn, was someone using your wheels for target practice?

Hahaha seriously bro! Whoever he was he's a good shot that's for sure..haha

synolimit · 04-17-2014, 03:45 AM

Craziest thing I ever saw was a biker came to the shop complaining he had to keep filling his tire up every few days. Took the tire off the front wheel and out popped a wood splinter 7 inches long and at the base as thick as a dime. How he didn't have a dime size hole in the tire, we'll never know! Crazy that tire didn't blow and kill him.

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