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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 03:36 PM
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So ive had 4 blow outs in the last year and a half, luckily no bent rims or spin outs, for some reason, my car wobbles left to right I automatically know to pull over.
this is my most recent one, both of my rears blew out in the last 3 weeks!


And this is how it Sits now, I just bought new tires for the front
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 03:43 PM
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Put the right size tire on and you wont have that problem. Ur lucky thats all that happened
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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stretched tyres dont cause blowouts, had mine for a while, i think it mainly depends on the brand of the tyre driving conditions, weather etc
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 04:03 PM
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How much air do you keep in your tires?
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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stretched tyres dont cause blowouts, had mine for a while, i think it mainly depends on the brand of the tyre driving conditions, weather etc
Not true, and all other things mentioned only add to the stress of the sidewall.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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this falls under "user error"
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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Mine are from Camber! I wore it out to the steel, Tires are expensive, I just need a daily driver or Air Suspension
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by ****-adkt
Not true, and all other things mentioned only add to the stress of the sidewall.
Stretched Tires dont usually cause blowouts
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by chrispy
How much air do you keep in your tires?
Umm dunno, whatever my guys at the shop put in it
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 04:28 PM
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what kind of tires lol?
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 04:45 PM
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those look like dunlops? try running 40psi. i keep that much in all my tires so my stretch stays put.
215/35 on 9
235/35 on 10.5
40psi keeps it nice
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 05:00 PM
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get a alignment.. To correct toe... Used to happen to me. then I got a alignment and no more...
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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^^^this>* ... listen to the man..
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 05:12 PM
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your toe doesn't seem to be too aggressive from those pictures. excessive toe would look like a sharp transition from tread to no tread, not a smooth transition from tread to some tread to almost no tread. the point of lesion is closer to a sidewall failure.

what kind and size of tires are you using on what width of the rim? what psi are you running?
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 06:18 PM
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Yea there Dunlops, 255/35/20 on 20x11 and my fronts were on 225/35/20(linglongs Dont Ask lol) my old ones that blew out,now i have 235/35/20 Nankangs
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