tire damage
 

Well I found out last night when I got home that one of my tires is leaking hardcore... Dunno how long it has been, but I just noticed last night... which is gay. Its probably all the damn construction like everywhere around here. ****** gay...

So I was asking on local forums where I can get it fixed for cheap, they said Z rated tires shouldnt be fixed or repaired because of safety issues I guess... So I called up a couple places, which are closing early today... called discount tire direct since I have a free replacement plan and they said if I get it checked out and they cant repair it theyll just send me a new one... which is good, but this car is my dd... I cant not drive while waiting for a tire.

So I called discount tire near here and he said they can patch and fix z rated tires I guess... and he said theyd do it for free since I got my tires for the website I guess... So hopefully I can get over there safely and get it fixed. Blows becuase I was gonna go to a show today, down to porkys tonite and a car club bbq tomorrow. Hopefully they get it fixed and good to go.

But yeah, just an instant downer to my weekend.

bummer to hear paar. dont worry tho. its a 15 minute fix

ROFLOL, you guys must have a better discount then we do, I waited just under 2 hours last time, they couldnt find where it was leaking even though I pointed it out to him ahead of time. Not bashing them tho, they have been pretty good about stuff, just long wait times.

Discount Tires can be slow, I went once to have a nail removed and it took an hour....depends how busy they are.

who told you z rated tires cant be fixed? the only tire that cant be fixed is a runflat type tire. ive even patched those in the past if the sidewall is undamaged. so dont worry. only thing that could be bad is if its in the shoulder. but since youve got road hazard protection its covered.

For once I agree with him lol. But hey, if they'll give you a free tire out of it....

Well, I went there and it was only a pinhole.. but since it got driven on the sidewall is appearantly damaged. Luckily my parents found my reciept and cert. at home which surprised me because I didnt even know where it was... I got it faxed over and theyre gonna ship my tire in 3-5 days. So right now my car looks gay as aids until next week.

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2160/dscn1430ll5.jpg

Didn't you know that's the race look? It's the same reason the ricer's take their hubcaps off. Way to go!

lol yeah... from 18s to like 12s lol. It looks rediculous. For the first time in my life, Im embarassed to drive my car. Just driving 5 miles home from DT got me enough looks. Ill be riding the bike a lot this week to work.

does it pull to the left hard? it looks way too small. even in that pic i can tell the car is leaning left.

its a ****** donut.. what do you expect lol.

yeah I have to turn the wheel slightly to keep it straight.

well im surprised they didnt scrounge up a used tire or something for you. those are only meant to be driven something like 50 mph or less and only something like 100 miles max.

They didnt have any used the size I needed, I asked. And Ill keep it to city streets... Luckily both my jobs are about 10ish miles away. Ill ride my bike to one and back and drive to the other. Kinda blows I cant drive the interstates cause I use them everyday.

ugh thats way lame paar....way lame

ill give you the one reason discount tire is slow.....

we do free flat repairs, rotation, rebalance and air check. so while we are in the middle of putting on 4 22" wheels and tires and the lugnuts are stripped on someone elses hoopty *** car, we need to fix paars flat for free. and there are usually people ahead of him waiting. if you come in when no one else is there, the flat repair should take about 10 minutes, if its busy, youll wait forever to get the car in the garage but once its in, its quick. the thing that sucks about any shop like that is it really doesnt depend on how many people come in, so much as it depends on when they come in. when we get 10 people that come in the last 5 minutes of us being open, that means we need to stay an extra hour and a half or so, when we were almost done 5 minutes before close. its really about timing and how many people come in at once.

if it was just a hole paar, like caleb said, no problem to fix it but as soon as you run that tire low it will start crumbling and then its no good. if you bought certs tho your all set. free tire!!! good luck with that

Paar, you should get another donut from another fourth gen, spray 'em both silver, and put both on the front, then go to the track. It'll be killer (assuming they let you run at all).

I generally would replace a Z-rated tire before fixing it, simply because I know I'm not exactly nice to my tires; they will work hard, and I don't need one becoming the weakest link because of a puncture repair. That's just my honest opinion.

You don't need to explain it to us, we all know Discount Tire is quite an exquisite tire company, that's all the explanation we need.

Yeah so I should prob throw in there that my tires were Y rated, not Z... For some reason I thought they were Z... but doesnt matter anway, car shuts off at 120.

But it only took like 30 mins there... wasnt bad at all, and there was probably like 3 other customers.

I just want my tire to come in... I dont like driving my car around. Ive just let it sit there since yesterday. I dont plan on driving it anywhere other than work.

:lolsign:

But honestly, even if it was Z-rated, I wouldnt mind fixing it. Granted, if I was going to take this car autocrossing, or up to excessive speeds, I would not. But I highly doubt Paar is going to do either of those things. Besides, having it patch-plugged is very safe for the overall structure of the tire, its not going to repair the damage done to the steel belt, but if its not on the edges it should be fine for normal driving.

what it was was a pinhole... but my driving on it was what fuuucked it up. I dunno how long it was low for, but I know I drove it across the street to fill it up to get it to DT the next day after I noticed... Really had to no choice... But appearantly it suffered sidewall damage, so they couldnt put it back on.

Im thinkin maybe I can sell the tire for a little money locally... Someone has got to want to burn it up.. Plus Im getting more than nothing for it sitting in my living room.

Well, its hard to discribe, because I think it takes a few years of being around tires to really know how to tell without it being dismounted, but if you let the air out of the tire, and push in on the sidwall, and it feels thinner around the area where it rubbed rubber off from the lip of your wheel compressing it against the pavement, its no good. Having anywhere where the rubber is thinner comprimises the integrity of it, and I wouldnt drive it on period.

Another way to tell is if you rode long enough, after dismounting the tire you may find some rubber peices inside the tire, that also means its kaput.

Y-rated tires, Paar? I didn't know you drive a Chevrolet Camborghini. :lolsign:
Yeah, you're right, Paar only has a V6 anyway.




























... hey, wait a minute.

ha.. well I definitly didnt search tires for the speed rating... that just came with the tire I chose :)

i see your still a dick.haha

wow that sucked. glad it all worked out for you though

Finally my tire came in today... so after a week of being humiliated, Im going to get it all fixed tomorrow finally.

Finally on track to fix my other probelms now :rolleyes:

Woot!