Crazy Tire Damage! With Pic!

[mr.vang]

He didn't notice the lower ride height?

[pilotskillse30]

well thats a first for me, never seen that, and I've lurked under cars for over 20 yrs. Glad no one got hurt

[rev3030]

looks pretty cool.. I wonder how much longer if it could have caused the tire to blow out.

Indeed

[Threehz]

Nothing a little air can't fix... right?

[golde30]

theres no way in hell that didnt cause VERY noticeable pull to one side. crazy.

[Jean]

lol

[Raxe]

Haha haven't seen a strut do that before, crazy!

[TobyB]

Tire poping action, ftw...

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[defaultName]

Couldn't smell the burning rubber?
That's nuts lol

I'm guessing it's because he always drives with the windows up and the a/c on.

2006 Merceded Benz Tire Lathe

Shit, I didn't know they had that option!

E46 rear springs do the same thing. Also, OP, Canada? I'd think that would have to play some part in the spring breakage.

That's nuts though.

Maybe the salt? But my sister has a 2005 Civic with higher mileage and zero maintenance and it never had this issue. I think it's just this model of Mercedes.

He didn't notice the lower ride height?

I guess not.

theres no way in hell that didnt cause VERY noticeable pull to one side. crazy.

Trust me it didn't. He brings his car in whenever there is an issue which is why he brought it in when it started pulling a little.

Tire poping action, ftw...

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I should ask if he was trina drift!

[SmokeE30]

Had an e30 do a similar stunt one time, spring broke and the fender dropped onto the tire at 40mph or so and a smoke show shot out of the side of the car as that side dropped. It was very noticeable... Made a slice like that within the 30 seconds it took to pull over

[Xat1cZ]

There's no way this wouldn't have been very noticeable besides pulling to one side..


...I myself have driven a car with a spring resting on the wheel like that and some quite obvious noise appear plus the steering acted quite weird....

[spdracrm3]

Benz's have strut problems,

yea ,especially using plastic spring perches (what crazy engineer thought that was a good idea), hell the entire suspension systems on merc's have issues.......

[DIIRTY-30]

2006 Merceded Benz Tire Lathe

[george graves]

That would have made a TON of noise as well. Tell grandpa to turn up his hearing aid. ;)

[Wh33lhop]

:rofl: awesome