Speed_8

Okay, driving down the 401 east.. doing around 115 to 120km/h, out of nowhere this big BANG then the pics speak for them self.

p.s anyone have an 18inch speed rim lol

monchie

Glad your okay. What tire got blown...driver side front or back, or passenger side front or back?

Speed_8

rear passenger side, im currently on a 17inch rim in the front and 18's every where else

drifthappens

I feel your pain, I had a drivers rear blow out in my FC when i was doing 105mph. Sent me spinning (stupid DTSS). Glad you and car are okay!

Speed_8

man the tire blown was nothing compared to what followed.. remember thsi is 3 in the morning and i'm 120miles away from home. they tried charging me 150 for a tow truck plus $3.60/km.. seriously that is phucked up lol. anyways ended up at a walmart at 4:30am, slept in my car woke up for 7am, to find out they have no tires for my car. I went to Canadian tire.. they said they have no 18inch tires.. ( i say change your name to canadian no tire ) then cabbed around teh city for tires, which I found then was told my rim was cracked, so had to buy a 17inch rim with a use dtire to just get home.. which walmart almost refused not to install, because the size was 17 and did not match the rest of my tires. So I argued with the guy for a while.. also my cab driver got suspended for 4 hours and fined 15 bucks for stealing a fare lol hell started at 3am and i got home around 4pm.

rodjonathan

iTrader: (6)

wow long day bro sorry to hear

HiFlite999

iTrader: (2)

Avoiding adventures like this is exactly why I carry a spare tire.

Speed_8

yeah spare is good, so is a caa membership

silkysmooth3215

From what I can tell from the pics, the tire looks like it could of used replacing months ago. Not too judge, just thoughts for you on down the road to avoid future mishaps. Sorry to hear your misfortune. The main thing is you and the 8 are OK.

Roidz

Glad you're alright, could have been much worse.

Speed_8

lol actually the tires were brand new back in march. if you search you can see how much i promoted these tires.. I find them very good, but man that was loud.

HiFlite999

iTrader: (2)

Any TPMS warning? If the tires were new, and pressure was ok, sounds like the tire was defective. Might be a good idea to report the incident to the Feds.

Speed_8

lol, i do not have a tpms, i noticed a tiny hole in my tire, right down the center of it. i wonder if that could have caused it, im gonna try and fix that hole.. then get it through warranty

RX8Soldier

iTrader: (24)

wow that's kinda shitty! I had the same problem with my old Protege. Tire blew going 120km's, in the middle of butt-fak nowhere Ontario. Luckily, I was only about 5km's from a small town that had Canadian Tire. They only had a certain set, but they were slightly wider. Had to buy them and drive all the way back to Winnipeg!
Damn was I lucky! Sounds like you had a long day lol
No tpms in Canada. At least, not where I'm from...

Speed_8

yeah way to long, Now i need rims... kinda broke thou so I need to figure something out... and my damn canex plan is maxed ( military credit ) cause I had a big move, so I dunno what to do

nycgps

iTrader: (1)

either you got a cut somewhere, or your tire pressure was really low or high, eventually overheated and BAM !

well, either way, glad you made it in 1 whole piece. it could be worst.

Speed_8

oh yeah, could of flipped it lol.. yeah something was wrong with the tire.. but oh well like you said could of been worse..

Speed_8

oh yeah, could of flipped it lol.. yeah something was wrong with the tire.. but oh well like you said could of been worse..

MBTwenty

I didn't pull up your photos, I'm just looking at the small picture. But, they look pretty well wore out lol. How much percentage of tread would you say is left on it? Glad to hear you're not hurt.

Speed_8

I only put around 1500miles on them, i''ll take a pic and post it, I have plenty of thread

MBTwenty

What kind of tires are they? I have some Kuhmo SPTs that have done me well for the price I paid for them. They was $120 a piece installed, balanced, everything.