I try not to hit anything at any speed. In all of my cars, I've picked up nails, screws, pieces of wire, you name it. All of these things can and do cause tire failure. I'd imagine 2X4's fall into the same "don't hit if you can help it" category.baumgrenze said:...I drove over a 2x4 scrap cut diagonally from the end of a stud at driveway speed...
You could find this out for all of us. When they take that tire off your rim, get a knife and cut that sidewall away, see if there are belts in it.baumgrenze said:...As I began reading about tires this morning I was led to understand that 'low rolling resistance' tires have no belts in the sidewall at all....
Arg. That's what I tried to do but it seems Costco will no longer install tires that were not purchased at Costco. (Or is it Cosco?) This is evidently a new policy enacted in the last few days. My local Costco had told me two weeks ago that it would be fine.DavidNJ said:Get the Falkens from edgeracing.com and have Costco install them.
If you are looking for the Falken ZE-512, http://www.discounttiredirect.com has them. They appear to be affiliated with the Discount Tire / America's Tire chain, so you may want to ask if you can order from the on-line shop and have them delivered to and installed at the brick and mortar tire store.tuc said:Arg. That's what I tried to do but it seems Costco will no longer install tires that were not purchased at Costco. (Or is it Cosco?) This is evidently a new policy enacted in the last few days. My local Costco had told me two weeks ago that it would be fine.DavidNJ said:Get the Falkens from edgeracing.com and have Costco install them.
Can anyone recommend an alternative? There's no shortage of places that will do the work, but they seem to want upwards of $20 per tire to do it.
You can hardly expect anyone to mount tires for free. It's a lot of work, and you'll want them balanced as well.tuc said:Arg. That's what I tried to do but it seems Costco will no longer install tires that were not purchased at Costco. (Or is it Cosco?) This is evidently a new policy enacted in the last few days. My local Costco had told me two weeks ago that it would be fine.DavidNJ said:Get the Falkens from edgeracing.com and have Costco install them.
Can anyone recommend an alternative? There's no shortage of places that will do the work, but they seem to want upwards of $20 per tire to do it.