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"razorbeamteam" (razorbeamteam) 07/08/2019 at 12:16 • Filed to: None

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I narrowly avoided disaster on my drive home yesterday from 4th of July weekend in Kentucky. I had posted a few months ago about how I had a brand new tire go completely flat while my Fiance was driving. I pumped it back up and it held pressure just fine.

Well, I’ve had a few more issues with it and have had to add air a lot more than I should. Fast forward to this weekend where I drove 900 miles round trip to Kentucky and back. No issues the whole way, except for a strange vibration at ~80 mph. I get about 30 miles from home and it goes completely flat again. As I was on a busy toll road, I hook up the air compressor to see if I can get it inflated enough to get off the highway. It held air long enough to get to the next exit, but had already lost 10 PSI over less than 2 miles.

The tire looked completely fine on the car, but once I pulled the wheel I was greeted by the picture above. I was extremely lucky to have caught this when I did because that sidewall was on the verge of a total blowout. I can’t believe I put 400+ miles on it that day in 95 degree weather. It was literally a ticking time bomb.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > razorbeamteam 07/08/2019 at 12:34

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Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 07/08/2019 at 12:35

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Joking aside, that’s terrible. Glad everyone is OK. What kind of tire is is?

razorbeamteam > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 07/08/2019 at 12:44

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Nitto NT555  G2. They got really good reviews and have performed well since I’ve had them, but I guess are not immune to defects

VincentMalamute-Kim > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 07/08/2019 at 12:44

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Nitto NT555.

facw > razorbeamteam 07/08/2019 at 12:48

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Hmm, I’d guess that’s from being driven while flat, rather than the cause.It’s one of the reasons I got rid of my tire that mysteriously went flat (replacing all four instead of just the two that were worn out). Either way, clearly not anything anyone  should be driving on. Glad you caught it before it went pop.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > VincentMalamute-Kim 07/08/2019 at 12:51

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Hey, look at that, it’s right there in the picture.........DUH!

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > razorbeamteam 07/08/2019 at 12:52

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Think this “ I had a brand new tire go completely flat while my Fiance was driving. ”    might have had something to do with the sidewalls looking like that?

VincentMalamute-Kim > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 07/08/2019 at 13:03

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I removed my first catty response since you never know how it will go over across the internet. Thanks for putting it back in!

VincentMalamute-Kim > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 07/08/2019 at 13:05

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Even the fiance would have a hard time doing that to the inner sidewall.  Unless she’s driving it off road.

razorbeamteam > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 07/08/2019 at 13:08

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She said it happened while she was still in our neighborhood and she pulled over right away. She went around a turn, it flatted, and she drove maybe 50 yards.

We think it was because the bead wasn’t set right when it was installed, but IDK. It’s weird that the outer sidewall looks completely fine. You would think that there would be at least something if this was a symptom of driving on a flat. 

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > razorbeamteam 07/08/2019 at 13:09

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And I told the tire shop that the it  smoothed out over 80 MPH. Had I known...

razorbeamteam > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/08/2019 at 13:42

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Yikes! Tires aren’t something that I pay much attention to, which is stupid because its the only thing holding your car to the ground. Kinda terrifying if you think about it

ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy > razorbeamteam 07/08/2019 at 15:21

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Burying y our flaws and concealing them  on the inside? Mmhmm, yes, I understand this tire.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > razorbeamteam 07/08/2019 at 16:11

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She went around a turn and it flattened, meaning the rim was crushing on only one sidewall, which would easily give you this symptom in a very short distance.

It takes very little to destroy a sidewall when a tire is flat.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > razorbeamteam 07/08/2019 at 16:13

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Looks like sidewall damage from being driven on low or flat as opposed to a tire defect, those do happen, but not as frequently as they used to. 

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > VincentMalamute-Kim 07/08/2019 at 16:13

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He said she went around a turn, it flattened, and she drove 50 yards.

That would easily be enough to destroy a sidewall like that.

someoneatacura > razorbeamteam 07/08/2019 at 18:14

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A little tidbit you should know about tires, 95% of the load is held by the air, only 5% is held by the tire itself. If you lose your air and drive on the tire, consider it toast.

Stopcallingmesir > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 07/08/2019 at 21:19

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This tire is a bologna skin however you slice it