singlecamslamed

Tires locked up around a turn, launched me onto this rock/dirt mound.
Bent a whole bunch of **** up.
Front bumper, fog lights, and lip are completely destroyed...

Now, OEM Bumper, Pretty New foggys, and OEM Lip. Yummy.
Also know a guy who does some legit frame straightening for cheap.

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B16acivicsedan91

OOooOOo the carnage!!!!

Sucks, Sorry. Get it fixed and back on the road. Oh and don't forget new tires.

00 civic si

My dad just hydroplaned his truck into a wall, I feel your pain. Except the truck is totaled.

Hope things work out for you.

Arcitekt

get your car lowered next time.

edit: I miss the discontinued version of the falken azenis

93egSLEEPER

was somebody going a bit fast?

ScottF

Judging from the photos I would say no. In socal, it rarely rains. The oils from the exhaust fumes rise to the surface of the water and the roadways become slicker than ice...

SergEK

That and since it hardly rains people ride around on super bald tires until cords show and THEN buy new ones. In most other states these "bald tire - car off road" pics would happen more but people tend to wise up eventually.

Serg - who has driven on bald tires in SoCal and who has experienced crazy downpours in Mississippi and MD and has wised up.

Kinda spoiled in SoCal when it comes to tires

shazaam

the stickers should answer that one.

sucks but yea, now you know what happens :/ least you didn't knock into someone else.

mrharmonic

i hydro laned in the 91 free last night mergeing on to the 710 i spun twice and ended up on the side ditch by the telophone polls. no damage but just shucken up like a bitch!!!!!!! i feel you bro!!!!

97ej6dx

Yeah lol most people sort of pass off balled tires as It will be ok till something like this happens haha i try to tell my freinds that have bald tires Ur gonna want tires in the snow and rain.. But oh well good that nothing worse happend!

bluej1

damn bro that sucks get that ej fixed up and driving again ya i live in socal and this rain is really pissing me off car is sluggish just dosent want to warm up lol.

singlecamslamed

yeah, i was planning on getting new tires next, then socal's biggest storm decided to show up. lol
i've driven on this road in rain, hard rain, like 5 times with bald tires, but i drive the road everyday. just this turn and my brakes caught me by suprise.
and no, i wasnt going fast. probably about 20-30. If i were going any faster i would've jumped that bank into the flowing stream/washbed below.

singlecamslamed

not sure what you mean?
and i like the tread pattern of falken azenis, but they suck at grippage. even when there new.

Matt93eg

What gets me here in NC. It will be pouring down rain hard as hell. Roads will be covered with running water, I'm in an EJ1, it hydroplanes easy, I guess cause its fairly light, most Civic owners know this..but what gets me is those SUV drivers that ride my *** cause I have backed down the speed and they get pissed, I guess they have NO idea how easy our cars hydro plane.

elf469

What gets me is that people will pay top dollar for most mods, but cheap out on the tires.

Arcitekt

i meant that your car would look nice if it was lowered but everyone has their own preference.

What i like about that older azenis when they stopped making them 3 years ago i think is that it had a thicker side wall lining and the design just made the tires look beefier. im not putting poor judgment on the new series though.

alphalanos

lol i drove home from school once in rain with bald tires (30+ miles). I couldnt go more then 50mph without sliding everywhere. that night I orderd new tires. dont cheap out on tires. theyre the only thing that touches the road.

singlecamslamed

no my car is lowered, quite a bit i must say. lol.
its just high-centered on that mound. so it looks lifted.
and i have no expensive mods. i just gave my car to my dad and told him it needed new tires and thats what he bought. :/ im buyin my own tires here on out. lol. any suggestions???

I here ya on the suv thing, my bro has a dakota r/t truck, and he haulls a$$ through the canyon. must be the 275/40/17's. lol

Nichelson_Performance

all you guys driving around with bald tires. let this be a lesson learned.

my brother found out the hard way also, did 360's down the freeway at 75mph, luckily someone from up in the skies was with him

i'll buy used tires with some tread or even offbrand new tires before i'll drive with bald ones

slicks are meant for the track, not the street

sorry to see it happen to you

Matt93eg

X2! Tires are to important to skimp on. Plus really good tires that grip well is fun through corners even if the engine under the hood isn't putting out much.

elf469

I remember when I bought my hatch. I paid the guy like $450 for it, then I went to wheel works and slapped these on:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....+Pole+Position

just for the DD duties of the hatch. I LOVE these tires. If and when I go to the track, I'll have different set(wheel/tire) for that.

carfreak2020

I would recommend YOKOHAMA S-Drive's theres sticky as **** lol and they have a decent life range

Nichelson_Performance

sticky doesn't do anything for wet or icy roads. run a good allseason performance tire. i love my falken ziex 512's

singlecamslamed

the only thing i dont like about falken ziex, is they have a low tread ware, and my tires ware out fast. :/
on another note, this is the third time i've gotten in an accident due to tires locking up. the first two, i had almost brand new tires on both.

elf469

If you go with an all season tire, choose something from the top 6 and you're good to go.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/survey...jsp?type=UHPAS