So I'm out driving to meet some friends and I start to smell burning rubber and hear a strange sound. So I pull over right away and get out and see this...





I was lucky that the majority of the tire was still intact and the rim never hit the ground. I had removed my spare tire and replaced it with an air compressor but again I was lucky that my buddies IS 350 spare has the same bolt pattern as mine so I was able to drive home. Its parked now and a new tire is on the way.

 

Man I'm glad you weren't flying down the highway at 70mph.... I've never seen that before..

 

i know! I had just gotten off the highway maybe 6 miles before this. I had my windows down so i could smell it before the entire tire went out.

 

Trying to think whether stretched tires have anything to do with this incident.

 

Ravin what the fuck dude?!?!?!?!

 

idk man. im just as confused as you. got really lucky though. i just got off 440 onto 6 forks right before this happened. 25mph rather than 70+ on the highway

 

wow man...you must have a horseshoe stuck up your ass. glad nothing serious happened.

what specs are your wheels/tires? making me nervous over here since I'm stretching.

 

front: 19x9 +21 235/35R19
rear: 19x10 +24 235/35R19
tires are nexen N3000's

 

Did it actually unseat on its own or did you get a puncture?

 

That Lexus spare is fugly.

 

damn man what a close call!

 

19x10 +24 235/35R19 There's ur problem right there. A 235 tire is supposed to fit on a 8.5 rim. You put it on a 10 inch rim which is supposed to use 275 size tire...

 

there was a tear on the sidewall

 

well it appears i'm bending the rules more than you...

19x9 +25 front
19x9.5 +25 rear
225/35/19 falken 452's

how old were the tires?

anybody else ever hear of something like this happening?

 

right around 4500 miles... less than 6 months. my friend who came to help me out has alot of experience with stretching tires and he said he has never seen anything like this before

 

That's scurry, glad you and your wheel are ok.

 

ive been around alot of stretch tires too, its just one of those freak accidents. but 235 on 10inch is a pushing it

 

I did a similar thing w/ a truck once, was running 10inch wide tire on an 11inch wide rim, or something similar (on a tundra) never had an issue.

 

food for the stretched-tire haters

weird, seen so many stretched setups without issues until urs

what kind of tear was on the sidewall?

 

Get us some pics in the morning, I'm very interested to see how the tire looks.

 

has me thinking im running a nexen n3000 225/40 on a 10.5 =l

 

Just waiting for JTS97Z28 to chime in.....

 

Damn!!!

 

Stretched tires at its best. And why you would remove your spare tire I dont know. They are there for a reason lol Ive said it before and i'll say it again, stretching tires is about as unsafe as it gets as far as doing exactly what your not supposed to do to wheels/tires. Glad to see everything worked out alright and the car didnt lose control or anything crazy.

James

 

see kiddies! stretched tire ftl.

 

damn dude!!

 

That happens when there is not enough PSI on the stretched tires...

 

I had 235/35 on a 10" for years... driving through NYC every single day... never an issue... you just have to keep their pressure right... it's not even a mild stretch... 235s are 9.25 inches wide...

The OP issue was tire pressure in my opinion.

 

That setup didn't seem very safe at all.

 

ehh thats not that bad of a stretch ive seen worse i think your air pressure got low and it lost its seat in the bead... plus nexxen dont stretch very well

 

thats crazy O_O

 

scary stuff! glad you caught it before it escalated. thinking i might go pick up a couple lexus spares.. theyre stylish

 

Yup, that was a bit much! Glad to hear you made it okay. I've had a few blowouts on the freeway and they're no fun.

 

I have a 225/40 on a 9" wheel, no problems. I live in NYC with some of the worse streets you can find and I've been fine. Just keep the right tire pressure as some others have mentioned. And IMO, your tire choice could've been an issue as well. I wouldn't really be confident stretching a Nexen tire.

 

whoaaaa crazy...

 

Boy, Lexus sure makes a classy lookin' spare!

 

problem has been stated, but ill confirm it since ive been running a 235/35 on a ten (not a big stretch) for years as well...this is what happens when you do not have enough air in your tire and it debeads..

 

wow that sucks. and that is the ugliest spare i have ever seen in my life

 

got a new tire on the car so everything is good as new. ill def be monitoring the tire pressure a lot more closely from now on

 

Stretched tire or not but I really do think this was caused by really low tire pressure like less than 15psi. I had the same issue and my tires partially came off the wheel and this happened on my oem wheels running 235.