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03-31-2015, 05:15 PM | #21 | |
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I was referring to driving sanely or not will still have a big chance of a blowout/thread separation with really old tires... |
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03-31-2015, 08:01 PM | #22 |
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I had not even thought of checking the date code when I purchased them, and the shop that mounted and balanced was a little hole in the wall place. I know discount tire or les schwab would have looked at the date and refused to mount them. They had no visible defects, and I just had both front axles and front brakes done last month and other than use wear looked fine. Needless to say I'll be checking the date code or just getting new from now on for any tires.
I'll probably not drive the yaris on snowy days anymore and were getting less and less snow each year. For the two real snow days we had this past winter I'll just take my wife's rarely driven '95 Nissan Pathfinder 4x4 and that will be getting new tires in the next couple of months. As for the front bumper it looks like I may have secured 1 of the 3 (mine was one of them) that Garm imported from Thailand about 5 years go when a member in California PM'd me so now just need to get shipping squared away and my kit will match. I found a painter in town who'll do the custom paint on the bumper and fender and I'll have him finish the last side skirt as well. Seems like after the repair work is done she'll finally be fixed right and have the full kit on and the kit ordeal started back in 2009. Then the supercharger is next |
03-31-2015, 08:02 PM | #23 |
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Luckily I was on a straight of way when it happened. I'm sure if I was carving corners it would be a different story!
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04-03-2015, 02:49 PM | #24 |
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FINALLY got an insurance adjuster to look at the car, $4,100 including just over $1,700 for the custom paint.
SOOO glad for comp insurance plus the extra $20/mo for the rider to cover the custom paint and parts! Should get the check by Monday, then ordering parts! Thinking about getting some projector headlights. |
04-03-2015, 07:57 PM | #25 | |
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Personally, I would never run a retread on any passenger car, especially one that has plastic bumpers. |
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04-03-2015, 08:22 PM | #26 |
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^^^They still sell retreads for passenger cars?! I thought that was something discontinued years ago.
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04-04-2015, 02:06 AM | #27 |
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They haven't sold retreads here since 2002. Mine were not retreads, just hella old.
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04-04-2015, 06:20 AM | #28 | |
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If they can do it for trucks then cars are less problematic.
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04-04-2015, 08:34 AM | #29 | |
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The retread process on a truck tire is much different than simply cutting into the rubber for new deeper threads. Because of the price of a truck tire, they actually re-mould new rubber on top of the used carcasses. Anyways, I would really think twice before getting old new tires older than 5 years old. |
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If you are replacing tires 5 years or older I will take them. Lets work something out!
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04-04-2015, 12:00 PM | #31 |
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There was an episode of Dirty Jobs where they showed the retreading process.
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