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Old 05-31-08, 02:41 PM
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I had an interesting experience this morning. This is the reason that you should not drive fast and why you should buy good tires... I actually thought I ran something over on my front wheel but this happened driver side rear. It was certainly more dramatic than I expected. The car is ok btw except for a screw holding on the inner bottom fenderwell Certainly could have been worse
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wow
How did that happen?!?!?!? (what did you run over?)
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here is the tire... anyone have clues as to why a rim explodes?
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Originally Posted by tuan92129
wow
How did that happen?!?!?!? (what did you run over?)
idk... i thought i lost the camber up front... my steering got screwy so i pulled off... saw the flat, no outside rim damage, pull the rim off and im amazed...
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oh ya btw im on the market for a new rim... lol... holla at me
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WOW never seen that happen before. Sorry man check out car-part.com for a used rim I've gotten many parts there for cheap.
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WOW Glad it wasent any worse. U could have really gotten hurt if the ride got too out of control.


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please don't tell me those are bridgestone turanza serenities (s/p)
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BTW the ebay remanufactured rims will not match the oem rim.
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Originally Posted by jmd93
please don't tell me those are bridgestone turanza serenities (s/p)
errr... turanza lsv 215/50r17 91v... y? serenities have different thread... i have to go with a new tire now... the serenities look like the direct replacement i think, but the potenza has a similar thread to the lsv... any thoughts?
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wow.... if those are OEM rims.. you should walk them into the dealership.. ask then... what would cause this... regardless of how old your rim is... it shoudnt do that...... did you hit a really big bolt or nail? enough to puncture through the tire to hit the rim with enough force to bust the rim?
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