Got Lucky

[DirtyR/T]

So decided to check out the scenery at the beach this morning and got a blowout as soon as I was on the beach road. No warning or anything truck started pulling to the right and I smelled rubber and pulled over right away. I just checked all four tires and put air in them the day before left them all roughly 6lbs under max pressure.

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[DirtyR/T]

What size tire is everybody running on there 20s? These were 255/40/20 and my rear ones are 315/35/20

I dont wanna get too much taller of a tire up front and them make my rear ones look smaller/odd.

I dont like Toyo so Ive been looking at the BFG KDW 2 in 265/35 for up front

[1evilrt]

What size tire is everybody running on there 20s? These were 255/40/20 and my rear ones are 315/35/20

I dont wanna get too much taller of a tire up front and them make my rear ones look smaller/odd.

I dont like Toyo so Ive been looking at the BFG KDW 2 in 265/35 for up front

I run a 275/35/20 Nitto on the frt and a 305/35/20 Nitto drag radial on the rear

[Kingst3r]

I run Hankook 275/40 on my 20s all the way around.

[Five9Dak]

Glad you, the truck and the wheel are ok!

[WeezyRT]

Damn Adam..

That could have been a lot worse. Glad it wasnt.

[jj malone]

Damn, there is a lot of meat left on them skins. I would be at someone's shop getting me a new tire for free.

[AngryTaco]

I have those same tires on my 17's. They don't last a shit.

[BluRT00]

Like previously stated good deal nothing got damaged. So guess while your getting new tires its a good time to POLISH YOUR RIMS! :jester:

[RiG]

Do you know how this happened? It looks like the tire was rubbing on something

[SinCity R/T]

I'll have to keep an eye out - the new truck also has Toyo 255/40-20's F, 315/35-20's R. I was using Falken 275/35-20 F, 295/45-20 R on the previous truck - never had any problems with rubbing.

[DirtyR/T]

Damn, there is a lot of meat left on them skins. I would be at someone's shop getting me a new tire for free.


I talked to Toyo yesterday, of course since im not the original buyer of the tires my only option is to drive 2 hours down the road to a Toyo dealer and have them inspect the tire and if they determine its bad Toyo will then replace it.

[DirtyR/T]

Like previously stated good deal nothing got damaged. So guess while your getting new tires its a good time to POLISH YOUR RIMS! :jester:

Gotta polish them up for sure, actually planned on doing that when I got back from the beach until this happend. Seem like they need to be polished every 2-3 months to keep them looking good, and I only drive the truck half a dozen times in that period

[DirtyR/T]

Do you know how this happened? It looks like the tire was rubbing on something

I have no idea how this happend, I noticed the truck started pulling one way and smelled rubber. My stock 17 is the same height and didnt see/have any problems with it....yet

[RiG]

CCWs are a beast to keep clean, I pull the ones off my GTO every 3 months or so and polish them inside and out too.