3 Tires cut in 5 weeks!! PLEASE HELP!!!!
11-21-2009, 03:16 PM
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If you guys could help I sure would appreciate you help and thoughts... I have had my 550i for 6 weeks and lost 3 tires!! One was a vertical slash through sidewall down into the belts. The 2nd was a 3 inch bolt through the center of the right rear tire, and today and 1/2 screw through the front left.... Ive never had W rated tires before. Are they just so soft they are picking up anything on the road or is someone sabotaging my car? 3 tires in 4 weeks in insane. Ive not had that in the last 500k miles...
(If you need to know they are Dunlap SPPT ONE W rated tires $475.00 each)
(If you need to know they are Dunlap SPPT ONE W rated tires $475.00 each)
11-21-2009, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by rockytop2' post='1059899' date='Nov 21 2009, 07:16 PM
If you guys could help I sure would appreciate you help and thoughts... I have had my 550i for 6 weeks and lost 3 tires!! One was a vertical slash through sidewall down into the belts. The 2nd was a 3 inch bolt through the center of the right rear tire, and today and 1/2 screw through the front left.... Ive never had W rated tires before. Are they just so soft they are picking up anything on the road or is someone sabotaging my car? 3 tires in 4 weeks in insane. Ive not had that in the last 500k miles...
(If you need to know they are Dunlap SPPT ONE W rated tires $475.00 each)
(If you need to know they are Dunlap SPPT ONE W rated tires $475.00 each)
The high performance tires are 'softer' and besides the road they will grab anything else on the road - including things that will ruin a tire. Maybe you're a candidate for wheel and tire insurance! At least that will help ease the financial pain.
Have any other people in your neighborhood had similar tire damage - might be some vandalism going on?
11-21-2009, 03:39 PM
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I don't think it's a soft tire that's causing it -- soft tires don't attract bolts or things that slash the sidewalls.
What does slash a sidewall aside from vandals and bad luck? Potholes!
Depending on wheel size, the lower profile tires are much less forgiving when they make contact with a pothole. I'm betting the OP's 550 is an LCI sport with the 19" wheels or he's upgraded the factory wheels to something as large or larger...
What does slash a sidewall aside from vandals and bad luck? Potholes!
Depending on wheel size, the lower profile tires are much less forgiving when they make contact with a pothole. I'm betting the OP's 550 is an LCI sport with the 19" wheels or he's upgraded the factory wheels to something as large or larger...
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='1059919' date='Nov 21 2009, 07:41 PM
I would start buying tire insurance if I were you.
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='1059917' date='Nov 22 2009, 12:39 AM
What does slash a sidewall aside from vandals and bad luck? Potholes!
11-22-2009, 12:00 AM
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I would suspect somebody got belly ache at your latest acquisition......
I would try to undertand if the circumstances were similar or there is a pattern.
Human hands!!!! ( or unhuman...really)
I would try to undertand if the circumstances were similar or there is a pattern.
Human hands!!!! ( or unhuman...really)
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Originally Posted by rockytop2' post='1059899' date='Nov 21 2009, 07:16 PM
If you guys could help I sure would appreciate you help and thoughts... I have had my 550i for 6 weeks and lost 3 tires!! One was a vertical slash through sidewall down into the belts. The 2nd was a 3 inch bolt through the center of the right rear tire, and today and 1/2 screw through the front left.... Ive never had W rated tires before. Are they just so soft they are picking up anything on the road or is someone sabotaging my car? 3 tires in 4 weeks in insane. Ive not had that in the last 500k miles...
(If you need to know they are Dunlap SPPT ONE W rated tires $475.00 each)
(If you need to know they are Dunlap SPPT ONE W rated tires $475.00 each)