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Any tire experts out there?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:40 pm
by 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?
Re: Any tire experts out there?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:44 pm
by FLAWLES
soft spot or bubble?
Re: Any tire experts out there?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:51 pm
by 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
Re: Any tire experts out there?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:54 pm
by 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
Re: Any tire experts out there?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:09 pm
by Alex
= / they have only done 10,000 ks max
Re: Any tire experts out there?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:05 pm
by 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.
Re: Any tire experts out there?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:17 pm
by 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...
Re: Any tire experts out there?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:23 pm
by Alex
yeah MY-01s
i hate them but damn they last ages
Re: Any tire experts out there?
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:28 pm
by 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
Re: Any tire experts out there?
Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:02 am
by SimonMkII
How much do you have to spend? There are plenty of cheap tyres out there these days.