caseyb83

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So I commute to school from my house and it's about an hour drive around some curvy mountain roads, which I used to fly around when I had my stock 18s on but since I have put my 20s on, I drive like a little old lady. Anyways, I have had these on for a little over 1000 miles and the guy who sold them to me said that he had only put 2000 on them. I drove around a curve when my traction control flashed on and my rear end felt squishy. So I pulled over and what do ya know, completely flat tire. I didn't hear a blow out or anything so I'm not sure what could have caused it.

Falken FK452 275 30 20


So do you guys think I could try to email Falken with the picture and see if they would do anything about it?

axis77

you positive you dont have a hairline crack on your rim, i use to have a set of 18" TSW Trophies Chrome and i swear i had to repair the rims like 3 times due to a hairline crack that would always slowly let the air out the rim

caseyb83

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If it slowly let the air out of my rim, i dont think it would rip apart the tire like that, would it?

15951

Looks like that tire is pretty bald from the picture, particularly on the inside edge. Unless those are racing slicks, I'd say they are closer to 20k than 3k miles.

Do you have TMPS sensors installed? It looks a lot like what happened to me when I had a flat 10 years ago, and the rim sliced it up pretty good by the time I could pull over.

habeeb89

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Good thing it didn't pop or anything while you were on a twisty road, I would refill the tire and submerge it in water to see if there are any leaks.

MrBBQ

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I agree with him, the tires are pretty bald, especially on the inside, probably from camber wear. The outer portion of the tire are made for traction, and when you start getting closer to the inner layer, it's too near the steel braids that hold the tire together. I had something similar happen to me on my Prelude due to me putting off buying new tires.

caseyb83

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Not sure if you are seeing it right from the picture, but the part that is being held apart is between the top of the tire and the sidewall, thats the sidewall of the tire still attached to the rim. the tire isnt going to fill back up when its completely torn in two

the tires are slicker on the inside than the outside, and im not sure if that is due to his camber wear or what but my car did have a slight camber on it in the rear but not enough to cause that, i will have to take some better pictures with my camera and not my cell. Im just happy it didnt hurt my wheels in any way

caseyb83

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i didnt have them installed, they were inside my spare, but lucky for me, it didnt hurt my tpms because they werent in there

ISCjonny

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if those are falken 452.. they look completely bald.. barely any tread left.. where your hand is.. u can see those white lines forming.. u already went past the rubber and started to hit the radials... falken is not gonna replace that for u.

Eddiebx

i dont think submerging it in water will be neccessary to find the leak

Jefe's IS

What new looks like.

Emarati_K

Replace them with Nitto is life & life is Nitto with great driving.

Krazyj604

yeah looks alot like a total tire failure due to wear. the tire just seperated from the sidewall... i would change your other tires asap

tqlla3k

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Do you work for Nitto? I hate to tell you this, but the Nitto NT555s were the worst tire I have ever owned. Followed closely by Dunlop SPSport 9000s.

In everything other than Dry warm days, the NT555s were terrible. The Traction was terrible in the rain. It got so bad, that if a light was red on the top of a hill, I would have to wait where the road was flat, or else smoke the clutch to keep from sliding backwards.

ChrISF

nitto Invo's FTW....i still love my 452s though...but the Invos will be my next tires for sure.