Check Your Tyres!

[cjsxrt]

I had mine for 8 months then it let go. Lets say I changed tires and size

[Never had any say Panda]

^ Appropriate lol. What tyre pressures were you running? Could this be a factor in the tyre wall getting damaged. Given the achilles have a high treadwear gets me a bit worried that the longer you have the tyres on the more chance of stuff like this happening..

Is there any sort of warranty for things like this?

When I was in the govy I had a Subaru liberty wagon.. Happened to me quite a bit hitting decent bumps in the road running Bridgestone tyres.. They were replaced under warranty by the tyre shop though.. They kept saying 'bad batch'..

The bumps were usually concrete flood ways where the approach had sunk a bit..

[jimmixr]

Ive seen this happen plenty of times and even on higher end tyres. What weve found is that sometimes its the tyre fitters fault. They stretch the sidewall way too much trying to get them on the rim.Especially if theyre trying their damned hardest not to scratch your fancy rims. Basically fractures the sidewall belts. Then this becomes a weak spot. After some K's the tyre will start to fall apart. Dont let them make you believe its your fault.

[A300srt8]

Cheap tyres you get what you pay for

[Mr_4.0]

I'm putting money on under inflated tyres. Does it everytime. It heats the side wall up and any camber just puts too much load on the side wall and delaminates it.

[--Jase--]

Considering you were driving around with a giant split in your tyre and didn't notice. I'm gunna say that your tyres were under inflated causing the damage..

I've had it happen to me..

Achilles make descent tires.. Lots of the guys that drift competatively run them.. And 123's are the tire of choice for the top level guys (that win) because they last for ages and stick like glue..

[absolutely]

wat the feck!!! does that go right thru?

Straight through to the sidewall belt!

I'm putting money on under inflated tyres. Does it everytime. It heats the side wall up and any camber just puts too much load on the side wall and delaminates it.

When I picked the car up (3-4 weeks ago) I went straight to the servo because the tyres didn't look great. They only had 29-30psi in them, not sure how long he was running them at that pressure but I am convinced that's when the damage was done. I was told that they should be running 40psi minimum!