2011 Brembo owners
#12
Well it's kind of crappy because you're never supposed to put a donut on a drive wheel, but if a front blows out, you have to move one of the rear wheels forward because a donut won't fit on the front wheel... kind of a crappy situation.
Frankly, IMHO if you have a blowout you call Ford and get it towed to your house / a tire shop.
I always carry a nice tire plug kit and air compressor in my trunk. As long as the puncture is in the center of the tread, a correctly applied tire plug is a permanent repair. One of my wife's Fuzion HRis has been running with a plug in it just fine for about 12,000 miles now.
Frankly, IMHO if you have a blowout you call Ford and get it towed to your house / a tire shop.
I always carry a nice tire plug kit and air compressor in my trunk. As long as the puncture is in the center of the tread, a correctly applied tire plug is a permanent repair. One of my wife's Fuzion HRis has been running with a plug in it just fine for about 12,000 miles now.
#13
I didn't really think of this before, and its kinda scary for me beacuse i travel on allegator alley all the time on my way to tampa. Its about a 1.25 hour drive across width of southern florida basically from fort lauderdale to naples... 2 lane road each way, pitch black at night, nothing in the middle but swamp land and gators... until again, you get to either side.
a nail or something small no problem, but a blow out with no spare on that stretch of road at 1AM... not exactly a good situation lol.
a nail or something small no problem, but a blow out with no spare on that stretch of road at 1AM... not exactly a good situation lol.
#14
****, I didn't even think about the spare tire in my trunk being useless now if I got a flat on the front.
I've got brembos on the front of my '10, so I might be up a creek.
Didn't the 07 GT500's come with a spare tire? If so, we could just order one of those and have a donut that could fit over the brembos.
I've got brembos on the front of my '10, so I might be up a creek.
Didn't the 07 GT500's come with a spare tire? If so, we could just order one of those and have a donut that could fit over the brembos.
#15
****, I didn't even think about the spare tire in my trunk being useless now if I got a flat on the front.
I've got brembos on the front of my '10, so I might be up a creek.
Didn't the 07 GT500's come with a spare tire? If so, we could just order one of those and have a donut that could fit over the brembos.
I've got brembos on the front of my '10, so I might be up a creek.
Didn't the 07 GT500's come with a spare tire? If so, we could just order one of those and have a donut that could fit over the brembos.
Car tire blowouts are relatively rare, as long as one purchases a good quality tire to begin with (basically, one TR and its ilk sell). I would not bother living my life in fear of a blowout, just carry a plug set with you and you should be fine.
#17
Most blow outs these days are caused by underinflated tires. This is caused by either...
A) Carelessness of the driver (not checking their tires or paying attention)
B) A nail or something that cause the tire to go low and stay low, Again refer to A since our cars tell us "LOW TIRE PRESSURE" so unless you're a total moron/idiot you'll see it way before it becomes a major issue. that and you should at least once a week look over your tires for debris that stuck in the treads...
A) Carelessness of the driver (not checking their tires or paying attention)
B) A nail or something that cause the tire to go low and stay low, Again refer to A since our cars tell us "LOW TIRE PRESSURE" so unless you're a total moron/idiot you'll see it way before it becomes a major issue. that and you should at least once a week look over your tires for debris that stuck in the treads...
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