Consequence of the Action

[Sierra Lima1470]

So on Sunday I was heading home after my day at the mall when I decided I wanted to take a shortcut AND have a bit of offroad fun and took a really wet muddy road between the mall and the highway. Well I sure had a blast in the three minutes it took me to go blazing down it at 50 mph. When I skidded onto the highway I noticed something felt wrong. The front end felt WAY to soft, at first I thought I was riding on the spring and blew a shock...but no. The situation was much less enjoyable. After driving about 2 more miles at 55 mph I knew it wasn't the shocks because it was pulling really badly to the left. SO I pulled over in a neighborhood and took a look. My front left tire was completely flat no pressure at all and I could hear air leaking out the back left one. I knew I was f*cked if I didn't change out the front one before the rear when flat so I called my friend to help me change it and he was there in like 5 minutes and we changed it real quick and limped to TreadQuarter for what I hoped just a patch....NOPE. Front tire had 3 damn holes in it and couldn't be repaired and the rear had 2. They replaced the front tire and patched the rear. Was the 3 minutes of fun I had in the mud worth the $297.34 price tag? No. Not really.

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[FtLaudBlkGT]

Ouch! makes me think twice about going off-roading...

 

[JUST4FUN]

you want to play you got to pay

 

[Soldier777]

Major Bummer....

 

[thevalleyboy]

that's why you usually don't go 50mph offroad... don't forget these things typically only have P rated tires not 10ply LT's - but major bummer for sure

 

[sgtowing]

that's why you usually don't go 50mph offroad... don't forget these things typically only have P rated tires not 10ply LT's

It's all good. Some just have to learn the hard way.

 

[DF5.4]

The first time isn't a mistake. It's a learning experience.

 

[99 Expy]

that's why you usually don't go 50mph offroad... don't forget these things typically only have P rated tires not 10ply LT's - but major bummer for sure

That sucks man, but that's why I have 10 plys I can run some shit over and not think about it too much, but I try to stay away from sharp stuff, but there are so many damn rocks in this state it is nearly impossible.

 

[Shaggy]

That blows....literately.

 

[panda24619]

i cant go anywhere near anything hard packed with how bald my tires are. bad enough i want to go to carrol canyon. haha but i see you have off road lights up top. were those on? and also i would have just put on a cheap o tire and waited to get some better tires. your problem with the off roading wasnt the truck or the road it was the tires. my bfgs had a nail in it and i fixed it. aired it down to 15 off road and it helded up great! stupid discount tire didnt want to fix it. what ever!!!

 

[thevalleyboy]

Opps wrong post in the wrong place

 

[walnuts4x4]

that's why you usually don't go 50mph offroad...

slow and steady..... thats why there is 4-low....lol that sucks though... one expensive learning mistake

 

[treycool94]

this is what a ford raptor is for lol jk i do the same shit in mine you just went on the wrong dirt road lol get some better tires to

 

[Sierra Lima1470]

Yeah I got them at Sam's Club and the sales guy told me that Michelin are the best so I bought Mud and Snow Michelins and I paid a little more than $1300 for five of them so I thought they had to be good... Also I've been down that deep muddy road many times before in the 07 Suburban with stock all weather tires and never had a problem. So I guess thats why I thought it'd be okay in the Expedition.

 

[tallsville]

probably just caught a sharp rock or something. i've gone that fast on back roads before and i've gotten a flat front it. got a sharp rock in the side wall.

 

[GAINMOB]

thats why i have 24's...not even feasible to do such a thing...

 

[Sierra Lima1470]

thats why i have 24's...not even feasible to do such a thing...

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[FtLaudBlkGT]

Dont move to Ohio with those.
Jalopnik- "Cincinnati police say they're impounding cars with big rims because "somebody could end up dead" if a dub flew off. Of course, every vehicle seized gets throughly searched as well."

So retarded, someone could get killed if one of Solisimo's lights that don't work on top of his Expy fly off and hit a car too.

 

[SOLISIMO]

So retarded, someone could get killed if one of Solisimo's lights that don't work on top of his Expy fly off and hit a car too.

but not really retarted though. Remember rim companies are making rims cheaper and cheaper just to be affordable. The bigger you go the more money, but they are cheaping out on alot of them.

 

[ELVATO]

They been getting a lot of rim-fly-offs?