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jlocurto

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2008.5 Black Mica Mazdaspeed3 Grand Touring 7/15/08

• Apr 13, 2009

• #1

so i was driving down the high way last night at like 1am doing the speed limit (surprisingly and thankfully lol) and i nailed a pot hole and blew out my front passenger side tire
it was still the stock tires and had about 11k miles on them..
when i get a new tire, dont i need to get 2 at a time??
and also what tire should i get? its my DD and i like to drive with some fun involved lol

 

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Rotus8

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07 MS3

• Apr 13, 2009

• #2

Probably you should get two the same. You hate to do it, but you could get a new one shaved to match it's friend, cheaper than buying two new ones if there is still good life left in the used one. In any case, I would put the mis-matched ones on the back. If the wear is too different on the front it can wear the LSD. Also, if the tires are too different it can confuse the ABS/DSC/TC.

 

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wsupolar

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• Apr 15, 2009

• #3

Just be glad you didn't bend your rim...

 

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coololddude

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• Apr 16, 2009

• #4

another of the same on the front will be fine. its an old wives tale to put the worse tire on the rear. if the rear tire goes you have no control over the rear. if the front goes you still have steering ability.

 

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jlocurto

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2008.5 Black Mica Mazdaspeed3 Grand Touring 7/15/08

• Apr 16, 2009

• #5

someone on msf ended up selling me his 4 oem tires for 250 shipped with only 4k miles on them

 

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madvillian

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Mazdaspeed3

• Apr 16, 2009

• #6

ill have an oem tire with about 8k on it for sale on saturday if anyones interested, super cheap!