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Offline virgo062

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flat tire

« on: May 07, 2010, 09:14:28 AM »
What a way to start a Friday...Halfway to work I had a flat tire in Feebee >:(I was able to air it up enough to get the *$%# home and pick up the Taco. 15 min late for work..I"m never late I am a Virgo so this will set my whole day back :(

Offline Ret.Bugtech

Re: flat tire

« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2010, 10:12:43 AM »
You messed up. You should have called Smelly Cat. He may have had some thread and rubber glue, screws left over to patch up your tire. ;D ;D

Offline virgo062

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Re: flat tire

« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2010, 10:18:41 AM »
Ok, Well, what about just buying a new tire? I'm not from Lafayette

Offline Ret.Bugtech

Re: flat tire

« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2010, 12:13:39 PM »
Quote from: virgo062 on May 07, 2010, 10:18:41 AM
Ok, Well, what about just buying a new tire? I'm not from Lafayette
If you have too

Offline Smelly_Cat

Re: flat tire

« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2010, 03:11:17 PM »
I am afraid rubber cement does not hold,  I'm testing out my scrap booking glue gun.  Results at 10,  I also want to try bathtub latex.  I did learn that tires at BP12 were like 80 bucks.  If you know were I can get some cheaper.  let me Know. 

Virgo,  How bad is the trire on Feebee?  maybe I can slap it on Stupie

Offline virgo062

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Re: flat tire

« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2010, 03:15:07 PM »
Well I don't know...it's flat ain't that bad enough?  ;) ;) Poor Stuipe :(

Offline dubtech

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Re: flat tire

« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2010, 05:42:10 PM »
Yeah, but it's only flat on the bottom.....

Offline Smelly_Cat

Re: flat tire

« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2010, 06:11:44 PM »
I will certainly rescue a tire that is only flat on the bottom,  Since Stupies tires are coming apart on the sides

Offline travisyoung

Re: flat tire

« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2010, 11:39:24 PM »
MAybe you could fill it up with some expanding foam from lowes,  make your own run flats

Offline Smelly_Cat

Re: flat tire

« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2010, 09:06:53 AM »
I have been thinking that packing peanuts might be a solution,  but they don't fit in the valve stem,   So Now I am looking for a discarded bean bag chair full of those little foam BB's

Offline volksnick

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Re: flat tire

« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2010, 09:19:32 PM »
I wanna say coker tires has some inexpensive tires from when they had the contract for the mexi-beetle. I wanna say under 50 bucks. Last time I checked they weren't on the website. I'll look at my bug when I get home and post the name and size.

Offline volksnick

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Re: flat tire

« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2010, 11:24:56 PM »
The tires I got were 165R15's and they are "Futura." I can't find much information about them online except where someone said they were $37 at coker on another forum thread. Heck, even if they have gone up a little, $37 isn't a bad ball park price, plus you can go pick them up. Might be something to look into.

Also, when I got mine, it seemed they had 3 or 4 brands to pick from. Different plies and X thousand mile warranties.... So you might check into what else they sell thats also not listed on the website.

Offline certdubtech

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Re: flat tire

« Reply #12 on: May 11, 2010, 07:55:53 AM »
The Furura tires were a buy-out deal from the remaining stock of Pep Boys tires.  Futura is (or was) their in-house brand name.  I used to buy a bunch of them.  Decent tires for a cheap price.  I don't know, do they still have some left?  It's getting harder to find them.  Rick still had some 165/80 R15 Kuhmos at R&M as of Bugapaluza.  Don't know if he still does.

Offline virgo062

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Re: flat tire

« Reply #13 on: May 11, 2010, 09:54:45 AM »
Well how crazy is this....I aired up the tire and it's been running fine. What's up with that?

Offline dubtech

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Re: flat tire

« Reply #14 on: May 11, 2010, 04:58:06 PM »
Quote from: virgo062 on May 11, 2010, 09:54:45 AM
Well how crazy is this....I aired up the tire and it's been running fine. What's up with that?

It heard SC wanted to buy it and fixed itself....       ;)
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