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Old 07-21-2010, 04:29 PM
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so i was drivin home from work today and goin across the 3 mile long bridge and just got down the "hump" and BOOM my best tire blew so i look back and see nothing but smoke so i pull off the shoulder and i wait for a gap in cars in the lane closest to me to look at the damage and holy s**t i was pissed....not only did my sidewall slice all the way from rim to top of tire but the worst part was my rim pretty much shattered...i was pissed...thank God my buddys gonna sell me his 17s (same rims) with 35" bfg a/t but idk how well the tires are he said theyre bout done but my other buddy whos outta town has some 37" irocks with (what i was told by his friend) about 85-90% tread left for 400 so 500 bux and ill have me bigger rims and tires...woohooo....ill pick up the rims today cause it looks retard as f**k with 3 mud graps and a spare wrangler but ill keep yall updated but heres a pic i snapped while waitin for a jack

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Wow man that suks. It just exploded. Was it one of the front tires or one of the back?
Old 07-21-2010, 05:23 PM
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it was drivers rear...if it were front i might wrecked i was cruisin bout 70-80 maybe
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DAMN man that does suck... were ya located I have some 37x17's you can get for some spares there in east texas while I'm stuck here in the DFW.
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That looks bad, 37s will be nice though.

3mile bridge? Pensacola one?
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Well here's one way to look at it, you've got 3 spares now!
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I'm in jax florida I need tires the 17s I just bought have bald tires I might pic up some 36x13.50 thornbirds for 400
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That sucks twizzel.....send me some more pic on a text brotha....
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That sucks twizzel.....send me some more pic on a text brotha....
i tried sendin you pix of the 17s but my phones on the charger....its bout dead :/
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Cant you complain to the company that makes your rim, maybe it was defected and they might just gte you a new set of tires and a rim or something nice


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