Any tire experts out there?

[Alex]

Randomly looking underneath the car tonight
i saw a random little soft spot on one of my rear tires.. in the outside tread groove
should i be concerned?

[FLAWLES]

soft spot or bubble?

[Alex]

It looks like the tread there is worn in one spot.. so could be a bubble,
but it doesn't look real bulgy if you know what imean

[FLAWLES]

if its got even a sight bubble in it bin it asap or smoke it up straight away

i had some brand new bridgestones that had a fracture in the tyre ( like a soft spot or bubble ) and the tyre flew apart on me

but this was worst case scenario

jam up a pic

[Alex]

= / they have only done 10,000 ks max

[lofreq]

loojs to me like belt has snapped or given way at that one spot, buldged out and worn down. you risk it ripping entirely at speed and probably causing a crash. up to you but id say bin it or smoke it at mike's manji day, never risk shit with tires man.

[archon]

Looks like a bulge to me, caused by a damaged (or faulty) belt in the tyre. It is not long for this world. Are they MY01s?

Disregarding the bulge I would be pretty stoked if my rear tyres looked anything like after 10,000kms...

Edit: ^What he said. That shows how slow I am at typing...

[Alex]

yeah MY-01s
i hate them but damn they last ages

[Alex]

ugh, this comes at a very bad time for me,
not much $$ till next week, need to get to the meet in aucks.. =
could put my spare on for the trip i guess but that is an older tire too..

anyone got a spare couple wheels? or 235/45/17 tyres? haha

[SimonMkII]

How much do you have to spend? There are plenty of cheap tyres out there these days.