What Junk Tires will do to your envoy

[Greenbean80]

This is what happens if you end up with bad tires and one rips apart going 70MPH on the interstate. 3,000 worth of damage later

 

[dmanns67]

Damn. The damage does not look as bad as the repair cost Does that $3k also include (4) brand new quality tires?

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[Wooluf1952]

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How old was the tire? What was the born-on date?

 

[roughtony]

That looks bad.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Take $3000 from insurance and go a to typical body shop that will fix that under a grand and pocket the difference for new rims and tires

 

[hockeyman]

Take $3000 from insurance and go a to typical body shop that will fix that under a grand and pocket the difference for new rims and tires

Agreed. You should be able to easily find a shop to repair that at a minimal cost.

 

[Mooseman]

So what tires were they? How old? I'm betting they were CCC.

 

[Robbabob]

Welcome to the Nation!

Waiting to see the answers....

 

[Greenbean80]

They were 2 year old BFG long trails with 30k miles on them. The tread seperated from the rest of the tire. The pics dont show the rest of the back bumper that was destroyed. New bumper,inner wheel well, rocker trim panel and repaint 3k

 

[07TrailyLS]

I can almost guarantee you can get all 3 of those plastic parts from a junkyard for less than 200.00. Might even get lucky and find the correct color. Good luck

 

[roughtony]

I haven't had the chance to buy car parts at the junkyard. You got me interested.

 

[Mooseman]

Apart from "regular" yards, there are what's called "pick-a-parts" where you go in with your own tools and take the part off yourself. Lots of savings there and you get to choose the parts.

 

[Wooluf1952]

Apart from "regular" yards, there are what's called "pick-a-parts" where you go in with your own tools and take the part off yourself. Lots of savings there and you get to choose the parts.

You also get a chance to do the job and see how it's done.

 

[vipergg]

They were 2 year old BFG long trails with 30k miles on them. The tread seperated from the rest of the tire. The pics dont show the rest of the back bumper that was destroyed. New bumper,inner wheel well, rocker trim panel and repaint 3k

Wow that bites, two year old name brand tires . I have had Goodrich and they were great tires and they were Long Trails too.

 

[Mooseman]

Who knows. Could have hit a piece of metal or something. That's what brought down the Concorde.

 

[djthumper]

maybe an ice berg...