sidewall blowouts can't run flat

zdognaylor · 03-21-2006, 06:46 PM

Runflats are great if you have a normal flat. If you have a sidewall blowout from a pothole it doesn't "Run Flat". Kind of sucks, because of course there is no spare. I like runflats but this sucks.

bavarian19 · 03-21-2006, 06:56 PM

With a thickened sidewall, I dont think youll have a blowout. Not unless your doing donuts and run into the curb, but at that point, I say you deserve it...

RGRAY · 03-21-2006, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by zdognaylor

Runflats are great if you have a normal flat. If you have a sidewall blowout from a pothole it doesn't "Run Flat".

Are you sure?

I saw on motorweek were they drilled a one inch hole in the side wall and it was able to be driven.

RedTouring · 03-21-2006, 08:16 PM

I saw a Fifth Gear episode where they drilled holes in the run-flat sidewalls and Tiff (if I remember correctly) did about 10 laps on the track. It handled okay - just some slight vibrations.

petesamprs · 03-22-2006, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by zdognaylor

Runflats are great if you have a normal flat. If you have a sidewall blowout from a pothole it doesn't "Run Flat". Kind of sucks, because of course there is no spare. I like runflats but this sucks.

source?

zdognaylor · 03-22-2006, 08:44 AM

I hit a pot hole on my way to my girlfriends house. It was more like a crater. It looks like the lip of the rim ripped my sidewall. I hit the hole at about 50mph. Trust me the sidewall is gone. I don't care what kind of a tire you have it won't survive hittin a freakin crater at 50mph.

NSM · 03-22-2006, 11:47 AM

So did you damage the wheel as well as blow out the tire. Because as everyone else has said, with a hole in the sidewall you still should be able to drive under 50mph and carefully. But if you damaged the rim also, then that could be the source of not being able to drive on it.

mikepinkerton · 03-23-2006, 06:39 PM

Yeah, runflats suck because when aliens come down and melt your tires with a ray gun, you're SOL....

-Mike

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zdognaylor Private First Class 25 Rep 165 Posts Drives: 325i electric red Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: VA iTrader: (0)	sidewall blowouts can't run flat Runflats are great if you have a normal flat. If you have a sidewall blowout from a pothole it doesn't "Run Flat". Kind of sucks, because of course there is no spare. I like runflats but this sucks. __________________ This one time at band camp...........
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bavarian19 General 517 Rep 18,858 Posts Drives: Car Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: VA iTrader: (23)	With a thickened sidewall, I dont think youll have a blowout. Not unless your doing donuts and run into the curb, but at that point, I say you deserve it...
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RedTouring New Member 1 Rep 7 Posts Drives: 08 335xi Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: WA, Unites States iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 335xi [0.00]	I saw a Fifth Gear episode where they drilled holes in the run-flat sidewalls and Tiff (if I remember correctly) did about 10 laps on the track. It handled okay - just some slight vibrations. __________________ E90 2008 335xi / graphite / 6sp / sport / cold / premium / nav / comfort
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zdognaylor Private First Class 25 Rep 165 Posts Drives: 325i electric red Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: VA iTrader: (0)	I hit a pot hole on my way to my girlfriends house. It was more like a crater. It looks like the lip of the rim ripped my sidewall. I hit the hole at about 50mph. Trust me the sidewall is gone. I don't care what kind of a tire you have it won't survive hittin a freakin crater at 50mph. __________________ This one time at band camp...........
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NSM Modeldater 22 Rep 641 Posts Drives: BSM M6 Vert & BSM 1M Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: New England iTrader: (2)	So did you damage the wheel as well as blow out the tire. Because as everyone else has said, with a hole in the sidewall you still should be able to drive under 50mph and carefully. But if you damaged the rim also, then that could be the source of not being able to drive on it.
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03-23-2006, 06:39 PM	#8
mikepinkerton Private First Class 6 Rep 196 Posts Drives: '06 330i Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Northern VA iTrader: (0)	Yeah, runflats suck because when aliens come down and melt your tires with a ray gun, you're SOL.... -Mike
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