Tire blew on the freeway Options

[daazndood]

I was going like 75ish on the freeway when my passenger rear tire decided to stop cooperating. I got lucky it was the rear and not the front. I was able to pull to the shoulder very easily. To make things worse, I couldnt put the spare on because the wrench wouldnt go deep enough to take the lug nuts on for some reason. Im thinkin the rim got bent and warped which didnt allow me to secure the wrench onto the lug nuts but not sure yet. what a downer!! AAA emergency roadside assistance rules though, had a tow truck within 20 minutes of calling them.

the rest of the tires should have close to 10k miles left in them. I got them on(kumhos) about 4 years ago and put a little over 30k on since. I thought it was supposed to get 40k miles but i'll check my papers again. If the rim is not bent, would I just need to replace the 2 rear tires? If the rim IS bent I'll probably have to get 4 new rims along with 4 new tires, for the safest route right?

[richee3]

I've never had a good experience with Kumhos. I recently had a set of Ecsta 4X's that lasted nearly as long as they should have, but one had an issue with the belts separating. That was my best experience with them, the others were all junk. You are definitely better off to replace all four if you have the spare cash. You can get away with buying a single matching rim if yours is bent or ruined. It's very fortunate that you were able to keep control of your car and nobody got hurt.

[daazndood]

I've never had a good experience with Kumhos. I recently had a set of Ecsta 4X's that lasted nearly as long as they should have, but one had an issue with the belts separating. That was my best experience with them, the others were all junk. You are definitely better off to replace all four if you have the spare cash. You can get away with buying a single matching rim if yours is bent or ruined. It's very fortunate that you were able to keep control of your car and nobody got hurt.

I always thought kumhos were a good brand. Of course 1 bad experience for me is not enough to shun an entire company but I might as well try a different brand this next time around.

I'm gonna keep an eye on craiglist and ebay for now to see if I can find 2 similar lookin rims then I can at least have the rears match. I also saw some pretty nice full sets of rims for around $250 at the local shops, but I'd rather not have to get new rims at this point. I'm pretty certain its bent tho since I drove a few hundred feet with no tire but I'l take it to a shop and see tomorrow. Got my nifty spare donut on.