Blowout-- New Tire & Maybe a New Rim

[GenesisCaptain]

Major tire blowout and catastrophic damage. I may need a new rim too. Bummer. I hit a big rock in the highway last night that killed the tire instantly and put a small ding on the edge of the rim. The tire shop said that the opposite side, on the inside is bent slightly too. That could have always been there or occurred after the blowout. So, waiting to hear the new tire and road force balance results. I'm not really in the mood to buy a new rim and tire. That is pushing $1K. Plus, I am not thrilled about having a brand new tire alongside three tires with 17K of wear. I like symmetry.

The only good news is that I am driving on a factory wheel and real tire. So, no hurry. (I bought a rim on eBay and put a Pirelli P Zero Nero tire on it. That is my full-size spare.)

A new OE rim is $600+. eBay, here I come...

 

[EXBMWGUY]

That sucks. I agree about having a new tire mounted alongside 3 others with 1/3 to 1/2 tread remaining. Had irreparable
sidewall damage to a tire at 19K and groaned. But the wheel - - that brings me back to bent wheels and run-flat tires.

 

[brfatal]

You'd be surprised on how much damage can be fixed by a good wheel repair shop.

You're gonna need 2 tires though. Replace them in pairs. Or you can order from Tire Rack and have the new tire shaved, but you're buying a new tire and cutting off most of the tread.

 

[homeofstone]

Check with your car insurance company. Your insurance may cover road hazard under the comprehensive part of your coverage, usually only 250.00 deductible. Otherwise it will be your collision deductible.

 

[GenesisCaptain]

Happy day. Rim is good. Road force balance machine gave it the OK, and it drives true. I'm only out the cost of the tire.

 

[EXBMWGUY]

Happy day. Rim is good. Road force balance machine gave it the OK, and it drives true. I'm only out the cost of the tire.

Cool!

 

[Southern Boy]

Check with your car insurance company. Your insurance may cover road hazard under the comprehensive part of your coverage, usually only 250.00 deductible. Otherwise it will be your collision deductible.

I don’t know if it would be worth putting in a claim for a wheel?
If the insurance company processes the claim you’ll be looking at it on Carfax when you trade or sell the car and what you save may quickly evaporate

 

[wd40]

Happy day. Rim is good. Road force balance machine gave it the OK, and it drives true. I'm only out the cost of the tire.

Did you buy the road hazard warranty. I went to Discount the other day to have the tires rotated and the rep said I could buy their road hazard warranty for the factory tires even though I did not purchase them from Discount. Cost was $146.00. Free replacement regardless of tread life.

 

[GenesisCaptain]

I blew off their tire warranty offer, and it was a pretty good deal. It was something like $27/tire, and he offered it on the other three tires. Then, when I said no, the guy offered to cut 50% from the guarantee price if I covered the whole car. That would have made it something like $55 for the whole car.

In my entire life of driving over hundreds of thousands of miles, this was my first destroyed tire. The odds that I could get my money out of it, even if it was only $27 for all four tires, rounded to 0%. I opted to self-insure.

 

[homeofstone]

I blew off their tire warranty offer, and it was a pretty good deal. It was something like $27/tire, and he offered it on the other three tires. Then, when I said no, the guy offered to cut 50% from the guarantee price if I covered the whole car. That would have made it something like $55 for the whole car.

In my entire life of driving over hundreds of thousands of miles, this was my first destroyed tire. The odds that I could get my money out of it, even if it was only $27 for all four tires, rounded to 0%. I opted to self-insure.

You have better luck than me. This year I have had two tire punctures in sidewalls that ruined the tires. I had road hazard warranty so I got new tires at no cost. It also covers flat repairs at no cost. At 300.00 a tire for me the road hazard coverage is worth it. I use Tires Plus as my tire dealer so the coverage is nationwide. My wife also got a free flat repair and rebalance while on a trip to Atlanta from Athens, GA.

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[ditedog]

How and where do you store your full size spare? I figure you're using much of your trunk space and somehow straping it down.

 

[GenesisCaptain]

It fits in the wheel well. I upgraded myself to a full-size spare about a year ago. I figured out then that the wheel well is huge and underutilized by the cheater spare. So, I dumped the cheater and went full-scale. I just had to carve the foam tool holder thing a little to get everything to look like a factory fit.

 

[CanukV6]

Glad to hear the damage was limited to the tire only.
Assuming that your full size spare is unused, why not just buy a new tire to replace the damaged one and put it on the opposite side. That way you have two new tires on the same 'axle' and a spare with only 17k on it.

 

[shagnat]

Happy day. Rim is good. Road force balance machine gave it the OK, and it drives true. I'm only out the cost of the tire.

Woot! Great news....... glad it worked out well for you.