New Member, Introducing Myself/Car and Need your advice!
02-18-11, 11:23 AM
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Dang dude you hit the curb in you new car? I stay so far away from the curb still lol 
.... I agree with the other guy when he said if the tire shop said it was ok then believe em bec I'm sure they would get you for some money if they had a doubt. You don't think you would have any rubbing issues with upsizing to the 235.
.... I agree with the other guy when he said if the tire shop said it was ok then believe em bec I'm sure they would get you for some money if they had a doubt. You don't think you would have any rubbing issues with upsizing to the 235.I believe it was from a pothole, but I don't recall hitting any pothole too deep. Might have just been my luck, the way it sank into the pothole, and the edge of the road cut the sidewall.
As for upsizing, I thought I read on here a few people have done it with minor rubbing during full lock, but I could be mistaken. Even in the first picture i posted, you can see the difference in front and back tires, the fronts look too narrow, unlike the rears. (again, me probably being OCD)
I'll definitely watch our for bubbling. And At this point, it would be better to just find a new tire, there was only 1600 miles on that one.
Now time to figure out how to glue it. Either super glue, glue gun, or rubber cement.
Thanks for the advice and warm welcome everyone!
02-18-11, 11:50 AM
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Dang dude you hit the curb in you new car? I stay so far away from the curb still lol .... I agree with the other guy when he said if the tire shop said it was ok then believe em bec I'm sure they would get you for some money if they had a doubt. You don't think you would have any rubbing issues with upsizing to the 235.
.... I agree with the other guy when he said if the tire shop said it was ok then believe em bec I'm sure they would get you for some money if they had a doubt. You don't think you would have any rubbing issues with upsizing to the 235.
02-18-11, 03:41 PM
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I know lexus will do free balancing/alignment for first year or 20K miles, whichever is first, but I figured for road hazard damage, they would blame me.
As an update, I just came back finished gluing it back together! I used a Loctite SuperGlue Gel that's okay for rubber. Can't tell its cut besides the slight seal as recommended by DigitalDon.
I will definitely be driving more carefully and monitoring it as often as possible. Thanks again guys!
02-21-11, 11:48 PM
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Thanks guys! I feel more comfortable now going with the glue approach.
As for upsizing, mostly cosmetic I suppose, i know the contact patch won't do much for performance. It just seems to me the current setup has the fronts looking almost "stretched" where the rears fit a little better.
I've seen your name thrown around here and there, brociouz, what is your advice? Judging by your sig, you're on the Hankook Ventus Evo V12s? What do you think about them?
If I had to change the tire, I was thinking either buy 1 OEM Bridgestone ER33 to match the rest, or change out both front tires for the Hankooks. Would have ended up being about the same price, and could have kept the other good ER33 as a spare.
As for upsizing, mostly cosmetic I suppose, i know the contact patch won't do much for performance. It just seems to me the current setup has the fronts looking almost "stretched" where the rears fit a little better.
I've seen your name thrown around here and there, brociouz, what is your advice? Judging by your sig, you're on the Hankook Ventus Evo V12s? What do you think about them?
If I had to change the tire, I was thinking either buy 1 OEM Bridgestone ER33 to match the rest, or change out both front tires for the Hankooks. Would have ended up being about the same price, and could have kept the other good ER33 as a spare.
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