View Full Version : I hate to get off on a rant here


OrAnGeBoX
08-23-2004, 05:26 AM
Ok so im on a romantic getawaay with my girl and doing 80 on the 101 when and very loud sond starts coming from the rear of my box i pull over and low and behold a flat.
Which wouldent be so bad if the flat was caused by a nail or some debris but a hole which looked like someone had put a knife in my side wall.
I throw on the spare being sure to explain to my girl how to do this so she wont have a problem if this happens to her.I pull up to a shop in the middle of nowhere and had to buy a $100 cooper tire (never heard of this brand).
At closer insection of the flat tire i notice inside of the tire a rather large bubble on the inside of the tire. Is this tire defective should i take it back to the dealer or should just eat it?
Last but not least now there is this sound when i put it in first and put my foot on the gas it makes this grinding sound and does the same after i shift into second and put my foot on the gas but third nothing sound fine.
What could this grinding sound be?

Any feed back will be greatly appriciated

RogerTTR
08-23-2004, 10:21 PM
It certainly would not hurt to have the tire inspected by a shop that represents the tire brand just to make sure there was not a manufacturing defect in the sidewall. As far a the noise goes???

OrAnGeBoX
08-24-2004, 01:32 PM
The noise turned out to be my Borla exhaust went bad. The welds went bad inside of the exhaust and now i have this rattling which sounds like grinding at low rpm.
I wonder if borla covers such a problem.

windowtint
08-24-2004, 02:13 PM
Did a "authorized dealer" install the exhaust?

If so, shouldn't be a problem to get replaced. If not, should still be able to get it replaced, just take a few more phone calls.

It's a qaulity issue - as opposed to an installation issue.