wrecked my baby!

0mineralgrey3

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Front tire blew out and hit the wall....



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Got it ready to go to body shop. Doesn't look bad once mangled sheet metal came off. All suspension mount components un touched in the crash. I put a new control arm and 2010 GT strut on just to get it on a wheel again. Engine didn't get touched. Just a frame rail door, hood, fender, bumper,possibly fix rear quarter panel that I see.

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:cryying:

Noooooooooooo!
 

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65ish. No clue what happened. Changing lanes and went straight into wall. Tire beoke off and has a huge chunk missing out the inside
 

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I'm sorry man holy crap dude. Glad your okay, that hurts tho man I feel for you sir. Hopefully insurance does it's job and you get her fixed or get a new one
 

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We are sorry to hear that Sir.
I hope your okay and fine ..
And hope you fix your GT500 soon
God speed .
 

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NOOOOOOooooo! :(

Hate seeing stuff like this, but glad to hear you are okay! Hope you get it fixed up and back on the road soon. (And maybe consider a new brand of tire?)

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Front suspension is stock. Check your raggedy goodyear tires fellas. Huge chunk missing out the inside tire. Glad to be ok. Seatbelt saved my life. I had my windows down and was having a nice cruise.

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Make sure you check the other tires for cracks, inside and out. It may be defective tires.
 

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Hard to believe a tire failure would cause that. Keep us updated with what you find.
 

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Check out this Goodyear Product Bulletin. It's not hard to believe one of theses cracks could lead to a blowout. A blow out on the left front tire would pull hard to the left and if you were only a couple of feet from a concrete barrier and not ready for a sudden direction change, your going to eat concrete.

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