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another FK452 failure! have you seen one this big

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Old 10-02-10, 03:58 PM
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Default another FK452 failure! have you seen one this big

this happened without even hitting any pothole. bought in april of 2010!
its not even that much of a stretch at all.



Old 10-02-10, 04:12 PM
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holy smoke i had 2 set fail on me before but both time it was a blow out.
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did your wheels get ruined with the blowout?
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this is why i stuck to nankangs...after seeing horrors like these.
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i want nankangs had them before without any problems but this one has warranty from discount tires so im probably gonna have to get the same tire. plus the other one is also a fk452.
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Are those Falkens?
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MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAH Wowzers

Its got a tumor
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Yess... Falken fk452.
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yes falken fk452's
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Originally Posted by snoop562
this happened without even hitting any pothole. bought in april of 2010!
its not even that much of a stretch at all.



that sucks...
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Originally Posted by snoop562
did your wheels get ruined with the blowout?
Luckly i was driving slow the first time so no major damage but the second time it happen i was on the freeway that one damaged my rim. Its why i stay awake from them and both tires i had wasnt stretch either 275/30 and 285/25 on 10.5
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Damn that sucks.
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I've never seen anything like that,that's insane. I've worked with drifters in the past and they destroy tyres,but I never saw one let go in that fashion...

Justin...
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It appears that "FK" is indeed the appropriate model for that tire.
Old 10-03-10, 05:38 AM
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You guys should report these failures on the NHTSA's web site. There's a link right on the site for this purpose. Someone's going to get killed by one of these failures.

http://www.nhtsa.gov/


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