Stretch gone wrong.

[RSMark5]

 

[julito04]

Dang, ninja!

 

[Kristian]

lol.

 

[2tonicrbbt]

damn that sucks, what are the tire/wheel specs for this kind of fail??

 

[spartanrabbit09]

that just means you got the right idea :wink:

 

[Reason]

Are those General UHP's?!

daaaaaamn..

 

[RSMark5]

:lol: Yeah they are General's. Thats actually my 15th set of them over the past 2 years, and thats my first failure. They are only 225/40/18 on a 18x9. I've run way more aggressive specs than this. :iono: Shit happens.

 

[Reason]

:lol: Yeah they are General's. Thats actually my 15th set of them over the past 2 years, and thats my first failure. They are only 225/40/18 on a 18x9. I've run way more aggressive specs than this. :iono: Shit happens.

I figured they were (I love the tread pattern). I ran them on my CO's (18x8 on 225 40 18) and they were awesome and the treadwear was unreal!
But when it comes to stretching, theyre probably the worst since the rubber compound isnt the best and with no reinforced sidewall. ><

I hope the wheel didnt get too damaged?

 

[mlowmk5]

Ouch, I have only seen this one other time in person. Glad you didn't F up the wheel at least.

 

[RSMark5]

No, the wheel was completely undamaged. It happened pulling onto the road my house is on. I really only had to coast 50 yards home.

Yeah Generals are crap for stretch, but its only a 225/40 on a 9" wheel. I figured I'd be fine. I wanted as close to normal specs as I could get. Also, my car is 4motion so I try and keep the same tire size on all 4 corners. 1 failure out of 60 tires aint bad.

See heres a pic. Normal on 1 side, devastated on the other.

 

[dkwince]

stretched tires = death. cant take a turn or hit a bump.

lol

 

[Reason]

If generals had reinforced sidewalls, i'd rock em all the time.

I guess it didn't help that its cold as ass out now (can see some snow in the tread lol).
That rubber was probably like brittle!

 

[itskv]

My friend had generals for 15k miles and the sidewalls gave out and started cracking/peeling... They blamed her for not properly inflating the tire..

 

[RSMark5]

They have ~800 miles on them. It was also around 15 degrees when it happened. I think there were multiple factors in this failure.

 

[Carter N]

if you ain't causing expensive damage you ain't dubbin'