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hello there,

woke up to go to work this morning found that my car was pulling to the left, checked it and my front left is flat :cheers:

struggled to the servo to pump it up, but it would not inflate.

question is does anyone here have a spare r33 wheel/tyre or similar that i can buy/borrow to either replace it or so i can get down to a tyre shop??

i'll use the emergency tyre if i have to. but if i can buy another wheel with rubber that would be great :)

can anyone help me out?

Cheers

Steve

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MATE.. I seen u this morning at the interesction of cav and holland rd, so u were heading into the bp yeah? I was gunna yell out the winowd as i didn't know if u knew if the tyre was deflated but i was pretty hung over and having troubles keeping the 1.5 lt lancer in a str8 line! :cheers:

Seen u at the same intersection about 2 days back tooo..

hope u get it sorted!! and sorry my post is pretty unhelpfull

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yeah i heard your lancer go past, i was having trouble keeping the skyline in a straight line too haha

yeah was heading into the bp, then struggled back home, i only live on nursery rd so it wasnt too far luckily.

going now to get some car stands, then taking the wheel off and going to a shop to get a new tyre fitted. so hopefully gets sorted today

fun times!

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Lol, Well good luck with getting it sorted today.. I live down on creek rd just round the corner past the fruit shop a bit.. Have black 33 wif black wheels, u may see it round a bit?

lancer is the missuses witch i dont usually drive lol but the line will be back on the road again tomorrow.

Mate throw the scape saver \ spare on and take her down to beus on creek rd or something..

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yeah i think i may have seen it round, i only moved here a month ago though.

yeah im just taking the flat off and a friend is gonna take me down to the shop. saves f**king around/driving with the space saver.

but my house mate just bought mario kart for the wii, so i'll play that instead of going to work. haha

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If you mean a spare tyre in general I'll help you out. Although Im 4 stud, not much help if you need 5?

Not sure what you mean by you using the emergency tyre, but if Ive got what you need youre welcome to borrow it... Gee that came out a little too forward didnt it :)

Edited to say derr, I should read all the posts before I reply LOL Didnt realise you had it sorted !!

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If you mean a spare tyre in general I'll help you out. Although Im 4 stud, not much help if you need 5?

Not sure what you mean by you using the emergency tyre, but if Ive got what you need youre welcome to borrow it... Gee that came out a little too forward didnt it :)

by spare tyre i mean the space saver/emergency tyre (the skinny little one) i was just trying to avoid driving anywhere with it

thanks for the offer mate but being turbo i need a 5 stud

this thread was just a wild stab in the dark to see if anyone had a regular r33 rim with rubber fitted that i could buy as a straight swap without having to f**k around and so i could get to work.

looks like im just going to take the day off and get this one repaired or replace the tyre

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No worries, yeah most people are turbo - Im always the odd one out LOL

I had the same problem a fortnight ago. I had to order tyres in and wait which was a pain, so I hope you can get back on the road today!

damn, i hope i dont have to order them in :rofl:

mario kart on the wii is definatly better than work

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haha thats all i would of been doing today at work anyway.

well ive booked into beaurepairs on creek rd sat morning

now ive just gotta get my car off the ground.

its too low for my hilly driveway, so im gonna have to jack it up on the side of the street, or putt down there with the flat.

its just an excuse to not be a taxi tonight and start drinking beers now :P

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If you mean a spare tyre in general I'll help you out. Although Im 4 stud, not much help if you need 5?

Not sure what you mean by you using the emergency tyre, but if Ive got what you need youre welcome to borrow it... Gee that came out a little too forward didnt it :down:

Edited to say derr, I should read all the posts before I reply LOL Didnt realise you had it sorted !!

I was thinking - not another one :P

amanda,

yep you do have a spare tyre that you do not need now. (did you fix yours btw?)

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Yep Chris, I got it fixed, thanks! Ended up getting both back tyres replaced at Bridgestone. They had to order them but I got the $260 ones, not the Runflats that were on it. Gonna replace the front ones asap too I think.

I kept the wheel you bought, and took the 5 stud back to the dealer and made them buy it back for what the other one cost LOL. While I was there I complained about the rego ending in May, and not July like they said, so I came out with a $200 cheque, so no complaints :down:

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Yep Chris, I got it fixed, thanks! Ended up getting both back tyres replaced at Bridgestone. They had to order them but I got the $260 ones, not the Runflats that were on it. Gonna replace the front ones asap too I think.

I kept the wheel you bought, and took the 5 stud back to the dealer and made them buy it back for what the other one cost LOL. While I was there I complained about the rego ending in May, and not July like they said, so I came out with a $200 cheque, so no complaints :down:

good to see you got a bit of payback on the 'dud' spare. had the option as you know for the $260 tyres but as you know they had to be ordered. still puzzles me why they put $480 tyres on that car in the first place.

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good to see you got a bit of payback on the 'dud' spare. had the option as you know for the $260 tyres but as you know they had to be ordered. still puzzles me why they put $480 tyres on that car in the first place.

It still puzzles me too :) Considering Runflats are meant to be on cars with the pressure monitoring system so you actually *know* when its flat... I have my suspicions about those wheels anyway. I dont think the car was traded with them on it... The dealer did say the tyre place down the road from them supplied the tyres for RW, but I think they provided the alloys too so the car would look better to sell. They probably came off a car that those tyres were intended for :(

Your guy actually had an awesome price at $480 though, Bridgestone wanted $700 !!

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