so i'm on my way back from LA to the bay area on highway 5 and i get a flat, my right rear tire which has had a nail in it from 3k miles (it was too close to the side wall to patch) has popped (@ 12k) so i put on the spare (which is a pain on account of the sub in my trunk) and i have to rant that the jack is hard as hell to use because of its placement on the pinch welds makes cranking it a pain. so anyways i put on the spare and basically had to use it for what was probably about 200 miles before i was able to get home so i'm wondering if this may have damaged the acd at all. Also i'm not sure what tires to get now i'm looking between the Advan Neova AD07, the Toyo RA-1, and the BFG KD's.

I'm looking for mostly good dry traction because it doesn't rain that much and summer is coming up soon so i'm hoping to do some auto/rally cross but overall i'm looking for a good street tire any thoughts, i know the AD07's don't come in the stock size so if i go with those which size should i go with?

bonus question is 700$ a good price for a greddy ti catback it almost perfect condition (just a lil dirty)?

 

bump?!

 

acd should be fine.

neova's are the isht'...grip even more than ao46's....those are tires i'm putting on my 18's

thats a good price for the exhaust.

 

any idea on what size will fit the stock bbs well?

heres some pics
the damage


the ugly donut

 

your acd will be fine

car and driver (dec05) has a great review of 11 high performance tires they tested (pg 102-115)

best to worst
overall score (max 1100 points)
1. Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 (1050.4)
2. Continental ContiSportContact 2 (1031.9)
3. Yokohama Advan Neova AD07 (1027)
4. Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 (1018.7)
5. Hankook Ventus R-S2 Z212 (1015.4)
6. Dunlop SP Sport Maxx (1002.2)
7. Pirelli P Zero Rosso Asimmetrico (1002.1)
8. Toyo Proxes T1R (999.7)
9. Bridgestone Potenza RE050A (993.9)
10. BFGoodrich g-Force T/A KD (993)
11. Kumho Ecsta MX (990.7)

 

That donut is hawt!

 

235/40/17

 

whoa. maybe its just the angle of the picture but those tires look like they were pretty bald on the side to begin with.

and just in case you're interested i have 4 stock advans with only 4k on 'em (with no autocrossing, drag racing or launching) i'd be willing to let go of.

 

 

I agree with urecoda. It does look like your problem was not a nail but maybe rubbing on the inside of your tire or driving with low pressure for a while....

 

thanks for the advice and imput so 235/40/17 is the magic number?

also if its the case that the tires were bald on the side to begin with does this mean i have too much negative camber?

 

correct me if im wrong but didn't this also take into consideration wet traction and not just all out summer performance?

 

Everything I heard about the Eagle F1 GS-D3's, say they are crap.

 

+1 on the Eagles, also many people run 255/40/17 on the stock rims, I bought the Falken Azenis 615 in 255/40 and like them a lot.

 

It could be, but your tread does not seem that worn so I would doubt it. It really looks like (from the one pic you posted) that something was rubbing on your inner sidewall or that your tire pressure was very low (leading you to drive on the sidewall instead of the tread). This probably lead to the rupture of your sidewall. If you post more pics (outer side of tire) and some macro shots of inner sidewall we could probably be more specific.