BlackIce
07-23-2012, 03:30 PM
Ok so I don't know where this happened but it must have been one of the 3 major pot holes that i hit while in the city. (Why didn't I avoid them? They were the ones at an angle facing away from you see them last second when you can't avoid them without jerking the car around a lot and possibly hitting other cars. I also live on a dirt road that isn't being taken care of the town which has a lot of potholes and many consistent bumps that shake the car even when you're going 20kmh.)
I didn't notice I had a flat till the next day when someone on the road told me. The car did pull to the right pretty bad, the wheel and whole car vibrated really bad on the highway, plug my acceleration suffered really bad (almost bogged down a few times). I never had a flat before so I never knew what it would feel like when I got a flat. Also i felt all this on the car the next day, not on the day I hit those potholes.
So after I was told I got a flat, I put air into them right away. I put it to 35 psi just like all the other tires (I checked all 4 tires). Once I put air into it, I noticed the outside wall of the tire was round which isn't normal, all the other tires were flat on the side of the tire wall. I thought maybe I would drive a bit and it would fix its self but it didn't and it still felt like I had a flat tire, lots of vibrations, bad acceleration, and it pulled to the right still.
I got my tires/rims from SimplyTire last summer in the first week of June. I feel like I may need to get the tire replaced as it doesn't look repairable, does SimplyTire have any kind of warranty where I don't have to pay for the replacement? I emailed Allen but not reply yet, so I thought I should ask you guys what you think the case is with my tire. All my other tires are fine except my front passenger side tire.
EDIT: I also forgot to mention that no air is escaping now, at least not at a very fast rate where its noticeable.
Ok so here are a few pictures for you guys to see the damage:
What the passenger tire looks like after putting air in it, top-down view.
http://s12.postimage.org/mzvhhbtt5/photo_1.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/mzvhhbtt5/)
The same tire from the side. You can see how far out it pops out.
http://s16.postimage.org/xraygk2gx/photo.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/xraygk2gx/)
Top-down view of the driver side front tire. This is what it should look like.
http://s18.postimage.org/i4zbdhw79/photo_3.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/i4zbdhw79/)
Side view of the driver side front tire. It sits inside the wheel well nicely. Obviously not like the other tire.
http://s18.postimage.org/a3b2vldfp/photo_2.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/a3b2vldfp/)
I didn't notice I had a flat till the next day when someone on the road told me. The car did pull to the right pretty bad, the wheel and whole car vibrated really bad on the highway, plug my acceleration suffered really bad (almost bogged down a few times). I never had a flat before so I never knew what it would feel like when I got a flat. Also i felt all this on the car the next day, not on the day I hit those potholes.
So after I was told I got a flat, I put air into them right away. I put it to 35 psi just like all the other tires (I checked all 4 tires). Once I put air into it, I noticed the outside wall of the tire was round which isn't normal, all the other tires were flat on the side of the tire wall. I thought maybe I would drive a bit and it would fix its self but it didn't and it still felt like I had a flat tire, lots of vibrations, bad acceleration, and it pulled to the right still.
I got my tires/rims from SimplyTire last summer in the first week of June. I feel like I may need to get the tire replaced as it doesn't look repairable, does SimplyTire have any kind of warranty where I don't have to pay for the replacement? I emailed Allen but not reply yet, so I thought I should ask you guys what you think the case is with my tire. All my other tires are fine except my front passenger side tire.
EDIT: I also forgot to mention that no air is escaping now, at least not at a very fast rate where its noticeable.
Ok so here are a few pictures for you guys to see the damage:
What the passenger tire looks like after putting air in it, top-down view.
http://s12.postimage.org/mzvhhbtt5/photo_1.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/mzvhhbtt5/)
The same tire from the side. You can see how far out it pops out.
http://s16.postimage.org/xraygk2gx/photo.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/xraygk2gx/)
Top-down view of the driver side front tire. This is what it should look like.
http://s18.postimage.org/i4zbdhw79/photo_3.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/i4zbdhw79/)
Side view of the driver side front tire. It sits inside the wheel well nicely. Obviously not like the other tire.
http://s18.postimage.org/a3b2vldfp/photo_2.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/a3b2vldfp/)