I was driving down the freeway on my way to go see a movie with a friend, and I heard this weird sound, it sounded just like a Harley or something. Then she says wtf is that smell? Its like a burning smell, and the car starts to pull to the right. So I get off the freeway and pull into some dude's dirt driveway. The rear tire is completely flat, within the time of less then a minute. I jack up the rear and take off the wheel, expecting to see a huge nail or something, and find this on the inside sidewall






WTF!! There was steam and shit coming out of it too. It looks like there was some tread seperation or something, and it caused the sidewall to melt and blow out in one spot. Its not like I even hit anything, or something under the car punctured it. It just blew out randomly.



It was a brand new fucking tire too, its been on a week and they werent cheap either ($105 a piece) . I better get a refund for this shit

 

i feel your pain what series are they?

 

Sux to hear bro, luckily u didn't lose control of your car though. I feel your pain on gettin a flat on new tires, I had 2 at the same time when I got my rims and tires put on.

 

damn, that sucks dude. i recently had some tire trouble too. what kind of tires were they

 

They were Falken Ziex 512's, 45 series I think

 

45 series is rather low profile. if you have low-profile, you might have had a leak and you didn't notice it was flat since its low-profile, hence you were driving on a flat. you probably got some heavy sidewall damage. i had the same problem with my neova's ($250 each) and had to cop a new one.

you should check your tire pressure weekly, thats what i do.

 

welcome to my world. Have you seen my old Kumho?

 

Hope you got road hazzard coverage on those

 

doesnt the tire warranty cover sidewall damage?
thats what my tire shop told me when i put my yokohama's on.

 

I hope so, It was a defect in the tire. I looked at that wheel before I left and it wasnt low on air at all. Plus I could see another area on the sidewall where it looked weak.

 

That's def a defect, I just hope they don't screw you cuz you're slammed to da earf, do you have a camber kit?

 

I thought you bought some firestones. then you ur self

 

i had falken ziex 512's on my 18s and the same exact thing happened to me. they were 40 series and it ripped open almost exactly like that i'm gettin new tires for my birthday...

 

some better pics, you can see little chunks fell out first. And theres a bit part of the sidewall where it was warped



btw, I know the rim is dirty. Thats the way I got it, its pretty much baked on there

 

that's really shitty man, i would definitely be expecting warranty coverage

 

i think its cuz your low...