Air Bubble in the tire!
06-23-2009, 08:13 AM
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Hi guys 2months in to my car I realized this morning there is an air bubble in my tire! When I was doing the paperwork back in april the lady at the bmw stealership asked me if I wanted to purchase "tire package" for $800 which covers and damage done to the tire for 3years, i said no and didnt think anything of it, she grinned at me and she said "ARE YOU SURE?" im like yeah i dont need it. lol Well now that I regret not getting it. How much does it normally cost for a new tire?
06-23-2009, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by 2009 535x iDrive' post='920996' date='Jun 23 2009, 12:13 PM
Hi guys 2months in to my car I realized this morning there is an air bubble in my tire! When I was doing the paperwork back in april the lady at the bmw stealership asked me if I wanted to purchase "tire package" for $800 which covers and damage done to the tire for 3years, i said no and didnt think anything of it, she grinned at me and she said "ARE YOU SURE?" im like yeah i dont need it. lol Well now that I regret not getting it. How much does it normally cost for a new tire?
06-23-2009, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by turboawd' post='921441' date='Jun 23 2009, 06:54 PM
you have a new car? the tires should have a manufacturer's warranty, right?
06-23-2009, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='921452' date='Jun 23 2009, 06:05 PM
Which would cover a manufacturer?s defect. But how would that help the OP?
06-23-2009, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by 2009 535x iDrive' post='920996' date='Jun 23 2009, 12:13 PM
Hi guys 2months in to my car I realized this morning there is an air bubble in my tire! When I was doing the paperwork back in april the lady at the bmw stealership asked me if I wanted to purchase "tire package" for $800 which covers and damage done to the tire for 3years, i said no and didnt think anything of it, she grinned at me and she said "ARE YOU SURE?" im like yeah i dont need it. lol Well now that I regret not getting it. How much does it normally cost for a new tire?
Do you have 17" or the 18" tires?
06-23-2009, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 2009 535x iDrive' post='920996' date='Jun 23 2009, 12:13 PM
Hi guys 2months in to my car I realized this morning there is an air bubble in my tire! When I was doing the paperwork back in april the lady at the bmw stealership asked me if I wanted to purchase "tire package" for $800 which covers and damage done to the tire for 3years, i said no and didnt think anything of it, she grinned at me and she said "ARE YOU SURE?" im like yeah i dont need it. lol Well now that I regret not getting it. How much does it normally cost for a new tire?
If you have RFTs and a spare, here's what you do (especially, if your car's a lease). You take the best two of the RFTs that you have and throw them in the front. Then you go and buy yourself a pair of nice non-RFT tires for the rear. I recommend the Potenza RE760s or 960s, but Yokos are nice, Contis are good too (I currently have Contis). Over-inflate the back to about 40psi, fronts - about 33-34. And enjoy the ride. Keep the tire that has the buble and the other RFT - just in case.
In other news: I've driven on RFTs with bubbles in them for prolonged periods of time 2 or 3 times and I've never had ANY problems. As soon as the bubble grew to the point where I actually started to feel it in the steering, I changed - otherwise, you can use the sh!t out of this tire with no consequences, beyond what's normally expected...
And yeah, NY and RFTs don't go together well - you keep this up, you'll crack a couple of rims too eventually. Trust me, I've been there - RFTs are much too hard for these potholes. I keep fronts in RFTs bc I feel that it gives me better control and more safety, but lots of people switch for non RFTs on all 4s and never look back
06-24-2009, 07:48 AM
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How in the heck did you get a side wall bubble on a RFT?
That is one of the big reasons most people stick with them in pot hole prone areas. Having gone threw the mutiple bubbles on non RFT's I don't know if I would not get them.
That is one of the big reasons most people stick with them in pot hole prone areas. Having gone threw the mutiple bubbles on non RFT's I don't know if I would not get them.
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Originally Posted by v_therussian' post='921819' date='Jun 24 2009, 01:33 AM
What tires do you have?
If you have RFTs and a spare, here's what you do (especially, if your car's a lease). You take the best two of the RFTs that you have and throw them in the front. Then you go and buy yourself a pair of nice non-RFT tires for the rear. I recommend the Potenza RE760s or 960s, but Yokos are nice, Contis are good too (I currently have Contis). Over-inflate the back to about 40psi, fronts - about 33-34. And enjoy the ride. Keep the tire that has the buble and the other RFT - just in case.
In other news: I've driven on RFTs with bubbles in them for prolonged periods of time 2 or 3 times and I've never had ANY problems. As soon as the bubble grew to the point where I actually started to feel it in the steering, I changed - otherwise, you can use the sh!t out of this tire with no consequences, beyond what's normally expected...
And yeah, NY and RFTs don't go together well - you keep this up, you'll crack a couple of rims too eventually. Trust me, I've been there - RFTs are much too hard for these potholes. I keep fronts in RFTs bc I feel that it gives me better control and more safety, but lots of people switch for non RFTs on all 4s and never look back
If you have RFTs and a spare, here's what you do (especially, if your car's a lease). You take the best two of the RFTs that you have and throw them in the front. Then you go and buy yourself a pair of nice non-RFT tires for the rear. I recommend the Potenza RE760s or 960s, but Yokos are nice, Contis are good too (I currently have Contis). Over-inflate the back to about 40psi, fronts - about 33-34. And enjoy the ride. Keep the tire that has the buble and the other RFT - just in case.
In other news: I've driven on RFTs with bubbles in them for prolonged periods of time 2 or 3 times and I've never had ANY problems. As soon as the bubble grew to the point where I actually started to feel it in the steering, I changed - otherwise, you can use the sh!t out of this tire with no consequences, beyond what's normally expected...
And yeah, NY and RFTs don't go together well - you keep this up, you'll crack a couple of rims too eventually. Trust me, I've been there - RFTs are much too hard for these potholes. I keep fronts in RFTs bc I feel that it gives me better control and more safety, but lots of people switch for non RFTs on all 4s and never look back
With that said, I am swirving left and right on crappy roads when I drive lol.. The sports package is nice on great smooth roads, but here in NJ large of the roads just sucks.