I think my car is parked for the winter.

[Elizle]

I ruined another tire last week, so I think I am going to just park it and drive my brothers old corolla this winter. He got a brand new Corolla S, it is pretty nice. I am thinking about fixing the rust on the sides and maybe trying to take on the sun roof. Or I could just put my snow tires on early and just start driving it again, but I really want to fix the rust.

[Donald]

Ok..............So how did you ruin the tire?

[Elizle]

Well, they are crappy tires. Fierce HP and the sidewall is tiny. I hit a bump on the interstate and it started pulling to the right a little. Then after a little while it just started pulling really really hard and the tire was flat. So I pumped it up with a bike pump and checked it at a gas station a few miles. It was fine. Then I got on the interstate and it went flat again. By the time I noticed the sidewall was pretty much ruined. I am buying Toyo Proxes from now on. The only problem with that is that I am not getting as many hours at work(they are intentionally screwing me over and I am looking for a new job). Fun fun. Thank God I have an extra car.

[PhatRoyale]

The roads must be really bad in your area.... did you ever think about downsizing to smaller wheels and tires with larger sidewalls to prevent this from happening again?

[Donald]

Ouch!

[Elizle]

Yeah I have considered, but then I would need to buy new rims and tires. I would be better off just putting my stock rims back on until I had money to buy a new tire. The Toyo Proxes have a lot more sidewall for being the same size tire. I just think the ones I have right now are junk.

[PhatRoyale]

They probably are... never heard of those tires before.

[REN69]

That's pretty much what happens when you run 18s on a car that has no space for them... go back to 15s or even 16s and you won't have that problem.

[canadianae92]

My car is parked after next weekend as well I had a r compound blowout last month on the highway so I haven't been autoxing for a while now. Tire was brand new too, no money to replace since I'm going to college and I got laid off in june.

What happened to my r compound was about the same as you described... except before the fact i was traveling around 230km/hr for a rather extended period with some deceleration and acceleration mixed in. Blowout happened coming off a ramp... sidewall puncture tire was so hot it burned to the touch too. So easily punctured.... Pretty large sidewalls.

[eage8]

Originally Posted by canadianae92

My car is parked after next weekend as well I had a r compound blowout last month on the highway so I haven't been autoxing for a while now. Tire was brand new too, no money to replace since I'm going to college and I got laid off in june.

What happened to my r compound was about the same as you described... except before the fact i was traveling around 230km/hr for a rather extended period with some deceleration and acceleration mixed in. Blowout happened coming off a ramp... sidewall puncture tire was so hot it burned to the touch too. So easily punctured.... Pretty large sidewalls.

why were you driving on r-comps on the highway? seems like a huge waste of money to me... they don't last long enough for highway use.

[canadianae92]

They are a hard compound not soft like a6's, lets just say it was late and i was in a rush. Driving r compounds on the street isn't exactly something I fancy though or highway for that matter.

[4doorGTS]

Are the panasports all right? Love the look of them on the car.

[PhatRoyale]

Originally Posted by canadianae92

They are a hard compound not soft like a6's, lets just say it was late and i was in a rush. Driving r compounds on the street isn't exactly something I fancy though or highway for that matter.

What R-compounds were they?