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91Protege
01-08-2009, 11:55 PM
Well i was going to pick up a MSD 6AL for my stang up at Englishtown Raceway park. Its about an hr from where I live. Well I was just down there with my truck to pick up a 5.0HO for my bronk project and I didnt notice hittin a huge pot hole, wait it was a fricken crater. Well I hit it with the Prot and was like damn i hope everything is ok, got to the track and parked under a light and looked at the wheel and didnt notice anything, it was like 10pm so it was really dark and i didnt care too much. Went to go to work and was like why is my car pulling to the right, get out and huge bend and tire is flat, back down to my garage and fill the tire up and hear the air rushing out. So I grab the hammer and take some frustrations out till it doesnt leak. Put more air in and the tire had a huge bubble in the sidewall. That sucks. I didnt want to get tires.

11B-33T
02-08-2009, 05:44 PM
Sorry on a reeeallllyyy late reply to this thread dude! That blows big-azz donkey ballz on hitting that pothole and bending yer rim. Same happened to me in D.C. on the the outter beltway back in 97. Bent the hell outta my rim but it not break the bead.

Hell, I still have 5 original 1992 Pro LX rims in my shed that I oughtta put out on ebay...

91Protege
02-08-2009, 11:07 PM
When I got to the track I didnt notice it. I parked under a light and checked it out, didnt see a thing, noticed in morning. I just ordered tires through my work Saturday finally, 40 bucks each. Kumho's lol, I know super crappy, but for a 200 buck car its ok.