Crashed My S2000 Today~! Who's at Fault???
12-15-2003, 01:00 PM
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The spin or the impact with the bank could easily have caused the tire to come off the rim. Was that the first time you took the car up to highway speed with the mismatched rears? Unequal amounts of grip, or a damaged/locked-up differential could have caused the spin. Sorry to hear this happened, but I don't see how it's TireRack's fault.
12-15-2003, 01:32 PM
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Originally posted by Waterbug
Glad to hear you are alright, but you probably should have put the 16 on the front right and put your 17 front right on the front rear just like you do with the spare tire when you get a flat on the rear. It says to do this in the manual to avoid damage to the rear-differential, which makes sense.
Glad to hear you are alright, but you probably should have put the 16 on the front right and put your 17 front right on the front rear just like you do with the spare tire when you get a flat on the rear. It says to do this in the manual to avoid damage to the rear-differential, which makes sense.
We need to find out what happened first. Can you describe the vibrations you felt? How fast were you going?
12-15-2003, 01:56 PM
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I realize a lot of you are pointing out driver/user error, I am not denying this at this point, since the cause of the accident hasn't been investigated yet. My view of the reason just comes from what I have heard from people I've talked to: Manager at America's Tire Co (who told me that it had to be either a blown tire, or an unbalanced one that would make it come off the rim like that), co-workers in Nissan Consumer Affairs Arbitration Dept (we deal w/ similar situations everyday), car-savvy friends. They've all told me that a wheel w/ less than an inch in height difference (that estimate I got when I put them the 16" next to the 17" wheel the other day), shouldn't cause the other side's tire to come off of the rim.
I don't know, I guess this is just a wait-and-see situation, once I hear from my insurance claims officer, and when I get a diagnosis on the damaged rim and tire as to what caused it.
My poor car
no more 
anytime soon.
I don't know, I guess this is just a wait-and-see situation, once I hear from my insurance claims officer, and when I get a diagnosis on the damaged rim and tire as to what caused it.
My poor car
no more anytime soon.
12-15-2003, 02:05 PM
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I wonder if the different sized tires caused the differential to overheat and seize. This caused your spin and this caused the tire to come off the rim? In any case, the main thing is that you're ok, cars can be replaced.
12-15-2003, 02:05 PM
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There is no doubt in my mind that there is an attorney near you who will be happy to make your acquaintance. If Tire rack damaged your right tire and there is evidence that similar damage was done to the left tire, they will have some explaining to do.
Your explanation of the vibration and subsequent wobbling of the backend from side to side would lead me to believe that you had lost pressure (blowout) in one of the rear tires. I would definetly be seeking some professional assistance. You need to get custody of both of those tires immediately. Go get them, dont rely on the shops to keep an eye on them for you.
Your explanation of the vibration and subsequent wobbling of the backend from side to side would lead me to believe that you had lost pressure (blowout) in one of the rear tires. I would definetly be seeking some professional assistance. You need to get custody of both of those tires immediately. Go get them, dont rely on the shops to keep an eye on them for you.
12-15-2003, 02:11 PM
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Pics of the wheels would help. The wheel pulling hard to the right sound like you had some major mechanical problem. Very tough to say what happened. I will say that balancing is a very unlikely cause of what happened.