well guys it happened...
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Staging Lane
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From: Levelland/lubbock TX
well guys it happened... First off there is somthing i would like to get off my chest...BF GOODRICH AND EVERY ONE WHO SUPPORTS THEM CAN SUCK A FAT ****!!! THEIR PEICE IF **** TIRES DIDNT LAST 25000 MILES AND NEARLY GOT ME ME KILLED!!! (ok rant over).....any way last night me and my friend nick (who was in front of me in his truck) were on our way home from a friends house. he was about 5 car lengths in front of me when i decided i was just gonna mess around and pass him. we are on a stretch of highway the parallells the golf course on the edge of town. I get up to speed and for no apparant reason my right rear tire just EXPLODES this tears our the plastic fenderwell and tears the brake line at the same time, the whole time sending me into a hard spin at 75mph i almost regain control then come flying out of the barditch..litterally flying no track marks for 50ft...at this point im sliding through a golf course with no brakes and an airbag deployed in my face barrley missing many large tress and bouncing off of a metal pole...so my car is totalled and im am incredibly lucky that it didnt flip and kill me...moral of the story dont buy bf goodrich t/a's, and if you ever get the chance to expeirnce a nascar style blowout...dont
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Staging Lane
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From: Levelland/lubbock TX
Originally Posted by Brains
Check your tire pressure lately? Sounds like a low pressure failure.
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Originally Posted by monicaz28
With the colder weather, won't that make the tire pressure go down? Because I know my pressure got kinda low over the past few days.
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Sorry to hear that, but that doesn't mean its the tires fault. You could have ran over something, hit something in the road, or any variation of things. It kinda sounds like you hit something, for the rear brake line to fail. I for one have loved every set of BFG tires I've purchased, they lasted longer than any other tire I've owned...
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Staging Lane
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From: Levelland/lubbock TX
Originally Posted by TexZ
That sucks man, sorry about the car and good to hear you're ok. Are you gonna see if BFG is gonna do anything about it?
oh and i just talked to my insurance agent, and they said my car was only worth $8000? y is that? i fgured i could get at least $10000
Originally Posted by TX_Z28_21
i actually just chekced it 3 days ago and it was 26lbs which is a little low, but surely that pressure would be ok?
I think 41 is normally max or 51....so yeah a little too low for me just my .02
Originally Posted by TX_Z28_21
i actually just chekced it 3 days ago and it was 26lbs which is a little low, but surely that pressure would be ok?
sorry to hear about the car .. extremely glad you are ok .. good luck is a nice thing .. cars can be replaced.
as for the pressure, 26 psi is low. under inflation is horrible for a tire's wear and safety ..
running a tire 15% too low can result in a 30% decrease in the life of a tire 20% low can result in over a 40% decrease. 25% low can be over a 50% decrease in tread AND sidewall life.
running at 26 PSI when 32 - 35 is recommmended is running 20% to 26% low.
hope this didn't come across as preachy .. it was not meant that way at all ..
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you must be new to Z-rated tires or performance cars. Who here actually expects to get 25,000 miles out of a set of performance tires? These aren't truck tires, the treads aren't that deep to begin with. I'd say the average Z-rated tire on a performance car *might* get 20,000 before they should probably be replaced. If you were driving on 25,000 mile tires, they were probably almost bald.
Tires typically don't just blow out. Especially Z-rated tires. They are usually underinflated, or worn out, or aren't in good shape. 9 times out of 10, blowouts are caused by poor maintenance. The rest would be running over something.
Tires typically don't just blow out. Especially Z-rated tires. They are usually underinflated, or worn out, or aren't in good shape. 9 times out of 10, blowouts are caused by poor maintenance. The rest would be running over something.
Call me retarded, but dosent tire pressure increase as the tire "heats up", as in nascar? I always wonderd how significant that is??? Glad to hear you are ok! Each time I go "fast", I worry about that. Sometimes stuff just breaks, it happens. I had a seziure while driving my ta and got lucky I didnt kill anyone or get killed, it can always be worse.
Originally Posted by The Red WS.6
Call me retarded, but dosent tire pressure increase as the tire "heats up", as in nascar? I always wonderd how significant that is??? Glad to hear you are ok! Each time I go "fast", I worry about that. Sometimes stuff just breaks, it happens. I had a seziure while driving my ta and got lucky I didnt kill anyone or get killed, it can always be worse.
j/kseriously .. that is why they give you an inflation target based on COLD tires..
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Sorry to hear that happened to you man.
I have only ran BF Goodrich G-Force KD's since late 2000, and I will only run those tires. You can't expect Z rated tires to last 25k miles, most don't unless the treadware is like 400+.
About every 10 degree's + or - is 1psi + or -.
Peace,
Craig.
I have only ran BF Goodrich G-Force KD's since late 2000, and I will only run those tires. You can't expect Z rated tires to last 25k miles, most don't unless the treadware is like 400+.
About every 10 degree's + or - is 1psi + or -.
Peace,
Craig.
Originally Posted by TX_Z28_21
oh and i just talked to my insurance agent, and they said my car was only worth $8000? y is that? i fgured i could get at least $10000
Never take their first offer. They'll low ball you every time. We had a gray market (Euro spec) BMW that the insurance low balled us on because it was gray market. Only offered us $1500 for it, which was less than we paid for it about 4 month earlier. I just did a little research on the US equivalent and their next offer was $3500 which was more than what we paid for the car. So check out KBB.com and see what the market value is. Don't be afraid to tell them their offer is too low.
8K sounds about right for a 98 model, unless its a really low mileage car.
Tire issue sounds like poor maintainence.
well its only like 2-3 psi difference on cold tire pressure and say normal driving psi (no burnouts).
Tire issue sounds like poor maintainence.
Call me retarded, but dosent tire pressure increase as the tire "heats up", as in nascar? I always wonderd how significant that is??? Glad to hear you are ok! Each time I go "fast", I worry about that. Sometimes stuff just breaks, it happens. I had a seziure while driving my ta and got lucky I didnt kill anyone or get killed, it can always be worse.
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Staging Lane
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From: Levelland/lubbock TX
well thanks for all the feed back guys, after going back so the scene today i relized how lucky i really am... and thanks for the info about Z rated tires i honestly didnt have a clue they didnt last that long though im pretty sure now that i hit somthing.
thanks- cody
thanks- cody