Tire blowout, suggestions needed

[bigkeydet70]

I had a complete blow this weekend and I am kind of just looking for a stop gap replacement until I can replace all four toward the winter time. I know it is not ideal to replace just one but would throwing a cheap new or even a used tire on for a few months be the worst thing in the world? I brought the car used a year ago with 67k on it I have about 83k now and Im not sure how long the previous owner had the tires on.

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[RCA1186]

I usually just go to the salvage yard when I want a cheap tire

[XJSman89]

I had a set of Falkens blow on me. Horrible tires. I just replaced the set. Like rob said, your local salvage yard should have some cheap ones. How much do you have left on the current set?

[renaldo0613]

Even though you have low mileage on the car, the tires probably are more likely dry rotted. And what sucks is they usual have decent tread life on them. Glad your okay! My wife had a tire blow on her in the middle of the summer 2yrs ago (Heat causes rubber to expand) while on the highway doing 60mph+ and she spun around on the highway and slid across 3 lanes of traffic striking the guard rail, and was facing a school bus as she slid across the highway. Talk about scary, and being blessed. We couldn't afford 4 Brand new tires at the time. So we bought them one by one. Took almost 2 months, nevertheless got 4 brand new tires. I would say got to the junk yard and find your own tires for the time being just like the others have suggested. Those used tires places do the exact same thing, they just up sell them. Plus you can pick out the most decent tire to your own liking.

[tigger]

The DOT code on the sidewall includes the date of manufacture. The last 4 digits are the week and year that they were made.

I wouldn't trust the other three if they are a matched set with the same date.

[bigkeydet70]

Yes luckily it happened when I was driving slow on a neighborhood road which is even more unusual, but it was the back right tire so the back left one is a touring also and im guessing was part of the set. The tread life is good but like you said the sheer age of them probably has dry rot as the culprit. I couldnt find the date you spoke of on my goodyears on the front set though

[tigger]

Jul 30, 2013 10:05:03 GMT -6 bigkeydet70 said:

I couldnt find the date you spoke of on my goodyears on the front set though

Check the inside sidewall, it should be there. Legally, the DOT code must appear on at least one side of the tire.

[robaurora01]

Make sure you put that odd ball tire in the rear of the veh and not on the drive axel

[sall]

Replace your tires in pairs or full set. Not one at a time. You are going to get uneven tread wear replacing one at a time. The good 'worn' tires should be moved to the front and the new pair of tires to the rear.