what's wrong with discount tire?
06-03-2007, 01:06 PM
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what's wrong with discount tire?
I bought a set of new "shoes" for my baby from discount tire after stock lasted for 34000 miles.
dont exactly know what the heck went wrong with the mounting, all tires lost air and flatted out.
to make matters worst they dont open on sunday thus i am sitting duck at home until tomorrow
anyone has similiar story ?
dont exactly know what the heck went wrong with the mounting, all tires lost air and flatted out.
to make matters worst they dont open on sunday thus i am sitting duck at home until tomorrow
anyone has similiar story ?
06-03-2007, 01:43 PM
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Wow William. Do you keep your car in a garage? Could someone be messing with you and let the air out of your tires? That's just too weird that ALL of them lost air. 
06-03-2007, 01:48 PM
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I bought a set of new "shoes" for my baby from discount tire after stock lasted for 34000 miles.
dont exactly know what the heck went wrong with the mounting, all tires lost air and flatted out.
to make matters worst they dont open on sunday thus i am sitting duck at home until tomorrow
anyone has similiar story ?
dont exactly know what the heck went wrong with the mounting, all tires lost air and flatted out.
to make matters worst they dont open on sunday thus i am sitting duck at home until tomorrow
anyone has similiar story ?
06-03-2007, 02:12 PM
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hi Linda...car was parked at Renton airport during my cross country flight. I was utterly shock to see the rear driver side tire flatted out. I quicky drove to the nearest gas station to get it inflated and checked the remaining tires pressure. Too my surprised they were all below the psi# I just squeezed in moment before I left for the airport.
I thoroughly inspected to see if there's anything out of ordinary but could not locate one either. my initial assumption was the mounting might not be properly done. Rims and tires (Kumho ecsta spt) size are all still stock.
I checked again this morning and they were all deflated. Luckily I can finally put to use the electric tire inflator that comes with the car and drive short distance to the shop tomorrow
I thoroughly inspected to see if there's anything out of ordinary but could not locate one either. my initial assumption was the mounting might not be properly done. Rims and tires (Kumho ecsta spt) size are all still stock.
I checked again this morning and they were all deflated. Luckily I can finally put to use the electric tire inflator that comes with the car and drive short distance to the shop tomorrow
06-03-2007, 02:28 PM
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Interesting, I noticed the new TPMS seals were not sitting on their original positions. Could that be the culprit ?
06-03-2007, 02:30 PM
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06-03-2007, 02:34 PM
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I had this problem for over a month when I put new rims on and they moved the TPMS's over to the new rims. I'm really curious as to why they would've even touched them on a tire change and why the hell would they have moved the seals? Where the heck are they and how do you know they aren't where they were? You shouln't be able to see the seals at all. BTW, if you do have aftermarket rims.............I'll bet that's the issue(the TPMS seal), I dealt with it for over a month and can tell you how to fix it. I had two shops try it and they never did fix it, so I did it myself! Was an easy fix!
06-03-2007, 03:28 PM
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06-03-2007, 03:40 PM
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I didn't think they did, so you figure they had to mess up the seals when filling them back up? It has to be that or just bad mounting...which seems more unlikely. Why would they have even messed with the nuts? BTW........when I went through my issues, you could over-tighten the nuts and it would leak even worse. Just keep that in mind. I actually installed secondary seals....but mine were after-market rims. I left the original seals in place, put valve stem through wheel. Put second seal on valve stem and worked it down, then put nut on and tightened. Had no issues since.
06-03-2007, 06:32 PM
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I talked to a buddy today who owns a tire shop. He said that he routinely removes them. He said that even the slightest bump when mounting the tire and they are F***ed. He said that if all goes well it is OK...but at the price that they are...he always takes them out.
I bet they didn't re-install them properly. There is just no other thing that they could have screwed up on all 4 tires that would make them go flat.
06-03-2007, 07:39 PM
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William......seriously............check out this thread.
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tech-garage-22/tpms-gasket-114960/
This has some good info and it's not too long. What you will see is that while I didn't start the thread, it shows my issue and even more importantly leads you down the path that ultimately solved it for me. You will also see that Tommy at Rosenthal Mazda(a member here, was more than helpful). The most interesting things is found near the bottom where Tommy shows the "new" gasket! I didn't go that route, but it will show you how I solved it! Your issue might be very similiar!
Good Luck!
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https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-tech-garage-22/tpms-gasket-114960/
This has some good info and it's not too long. What you will see is that while I didn't start the thread, it shows my issue and even more importantly leads you down the path that ultimately solved it for me. You will also see that Tommy at Rosenthal Mazda(a member here, was more than helpful). The most interesting things is found near the bottom where Tommy shows the "new" gasket! I didn't go that route, but it will show you how I solved it! Your issue might be very similiar!
Good Luck!
Dave
06-06-2007, 10:16 PM
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William......seriously............check out this thread.
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=114960
This has some good info and it's not too long. What you will see is that while I didn't start the thread, it shows my issue and even more importantly leads you down the path that ultimately solved it for me. You will also see that Tommy at Rosenthal Mazda(a member here, was more than helpful). The most interesting things is found near the bottom where Tommy shows the "new" gasket! I didn't go that route, but it will show you how I solved it! Your issue might be very similiar!
Good Luck!
Dave
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=114960
This has some good info and it's not too long. What you will see is that while I didn't start the thread, it shows my issue and even more importantly leads you down the path that ultimately solved it for me. You will also see that Tommy at Rosenthal Mazda(a member here, was more than helpful). The most interesting things is found near the bottom where Tommy shows the "new" gasket! I didn't go that route, but it will show you how I solved it! Your issue might be very similiar!
Good Luck!
Dave
finally got the leaks sealed off. the problem was gasket rings in my new wheel valve kits which were not properly rebuilt. their apologized for the inconvience caused. i have checked my tires pressure several times to ensure no more leakage of air and have yet to find one, thanks god.
06-06-2007, 10:18 PM
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thanks mazurfer.
finally got the leaks sealed off. the problem was gasket rings in my new wheel valve kits which were not properly rebuilt. their apologized for the inconvience caused. i have checked my tires pressure several times to ensure no more leakage of air and have yet to find one, thanks god.
finally got the leaks sealed off. the problem was gasket rings in my new wheel valve kits which were not properly rebuilt. their apologized for the inconvience caused. i have checked my tires pressure several times to ensure no more leakage of air and have yet to find one, thanks god.
sounds like this is a wheel brand issue.. thanks for the heads up...
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06-06-2007, 10:27 PM
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thanks mazurfer.
finally got the leaks sealed off. the problem was gasket rings in my new wheel valve kits which were not properly rebuilt. their apologized for the inconvience caused. i have checked my tires pressure several times to ensure no more leakage of air and have yet to find one, thanks god.
finally got the leaks sealed off. the problem was gasket rings in my new wheel valve kits which were not properly rebuilt. their apologized for the inconvience caused. i have checked my tires pressure several times to ensure no more leakage of air and have yet to find one, thanks god.
06-06-2007, 11:24 PM
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yes, my rims still stock. i went there to purchase a set of new tires for my car (Kumho ecsta spt) and the counter assosiate recommended new valve stems rebuilt kits (if i call it correcty) for new tires as well and I took his offer. the irregularity that happened during the installation was the caused of my tires to lose air pressure. I dont understand much technical details here but the guy that fixed the leaks mentioned something about some sort of rings that were not properly placed. i am assuming the gasket rings or such ?
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06-07-2007, 01:22 AM
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yes, my rims still stock. i went there to purchase a set of new tires for my car (Kumho ecsta spt) and the counter assosiate recommended new valve stems rebuilt kits (if i call it correcty) for new tires as well and I took his offer. the irregularity that happened during the installation was the caused of my tires to lose air pressure. I dont understand much technical details here but the guy that fixed the leaks mentioned something about some sort of rings that were not properly placed. i am assuming the gasket rings or such ?
ok i am more confused now.. they changed the gasket on a stock rim with the tpms... this is not bright...
ahhhhahhhhhhhhh,
the tpms should have never been removed unless you were changing wheels..
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06-07-2007, 11:14 AM
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The way things are going, I'm starting to get real tempted to buy my own damn tire machine. The number of tire shops who deserve to remain in business continues to shrink.
Unless your valve stems were leaking, there was no reason to replace them. But the sales associate did his job, and got a little extra money from you. This sort of BS always gets me spun up. Of course, I'm a bit more forceful when I get work done. I tell the shop exactly what they'll be doing to my car, if they don't like, I take my business elsewhere. On the off chance they manage to slip in an offer for other work/parts, I question them thoroughly in search of the BS indicator.
Unless your valve stems were leaking, there was no reason to replace them. But the sales associate did his job, and got a little extra money from you. This sort of BS always gets me spun up. Of course, I'm a bit more forceful when I get work done. I tell the shop exactly what they'll be doing to my car, if they don't like, I take my business elsewhere. On the off chance they manage to slip in an offer for other work/parts, I question them thoroughly in search of the BS indicator.
06-07-2007, 03:57 PM
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The way things are going, I'm starting to get real tempted to buy my own damn tire machine. The number of tire shops who deserve to remain in business continues to shrink.
Unless your valve stems were leaking, there was no reason to replace them. But the sales associate did his job, and got a little extra money from you. This sort of BS always gets me spun up. Of course, I'm a bit more forceful when I get work done. I tell the shop exactly what they'll be doing to my car, if they don't like, I take my business elsewhere. On the off chance they manage to slip in an offer for other work/parts, I question them thoroughly in search of the BS indicator.
Unless your valve stems were leaking, there was no reason to replace them. But the sales associate did his job, and got a little extra money from you. This sort of BS always gets me spun up. Of course, I'm a bit more forceful when I get work done. I tell the shop exactly what they'll be doing to my car, if they don't like, I take my business elsewhere. On the off chance they manage to slip in an offer for other work/parts, I question them thoroughly in search of the BS indicator.
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