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Old 10-19-2005, 01:30 PM
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Good thing is turbo gauge is allset strapped in and ready to roll. Has been working great for about a week now, eventually ill toss in the red light and paint the back so its not silver

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and the bad thing is ... dun dun dun

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At night last night was going down a road that needs desperate TLC, i usually go in the middle of the road to dodge the pot holes in the sides of the road. But a car was comming(one of my buddies actually) so i had to move over and i nailed a massive pot hole. Sounded like a gun shot in my car. And now i got that massive bump in the tire. Doesn't look like it bent the rim at all and the car drives completely fine. Is it a must to replace this tire? Does the tire manufactures replace these under some kind of warranty? I only have 8k miles on them and bought them from hartmanwheels.com

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nope usually no warranty for that sort of damage
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That sucks, is it drivable or do u strongly suggest i change it?
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definitely change it, but you can drive around on it until you get a new tire be VERY careful though
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Is it me or does that tire need to be a little wider.
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Default so does the new tire have to be cut down to meet the others?

i was told you do have to or you can ruin the awd system
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are those toyos? Ive had the same thing happen on toyos before

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it depends on how much the tires are worn as compared to new

if the wear is really bad, you might as well get a new set of tires
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Default Warranty.... well there's a road hazard thing some manufacturers have, but I don't know what it....

covers. It might just cover nails, etc. Check their website.
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i dunno, looks like there is a slight flat spot on the rim there in the pic


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