r/Cartalk • u/PlaceStunning7357 • 23h ago

Tire question Tire question

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Does anyone know what could’ve caused this? Could it be due to the tire just being worn down or does it look like someone messed with it?

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u/Kiekerr 23h ago

Dude those things are dry rotted to shit. Replace.

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u/LovelyHatred93 23h ago

Your tires are dry rotted as hell. The finally had a big split that you’ve noticed. You needed tires months ago.

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u/MJ4Red 22h ago

Correction….years ago

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u/AKADriver 23h ago

Sidewall belt failure. The rubber is badly degraded.

Definitely not vandalism

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u/Numerous-Support5029 23h ago

Consider the word Safety is almost worn off. It was time for new tires a couple years ago.

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u/Dizbizney 23h ago

Old ass tires sat out and got rot. No vandalism here.

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u/NotAPreppie 22h ago

Was this tire stored next to a MIG welding rig?

Because the extreme aging on this tire makes me think excessive exposure to UV and ozone (or another strong oxidizer).

Also, the direction of the scratched in the rubber make me think that the driver of that car needs curb feelers.

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u/HDRamSac 23h ago

Replace. It is better to lose the tire than lose the rim.

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u/Callis_tow 22h ago

Your tyre is (technical term coming up) fucked. It's split and perished to shit. It'll take you as far as your blowout.

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u/Jaska-87 17h ago

To me this pic looks so funny. Someone has bought performance car and then runs it with worn down pieces of tyres.

Might be that OP doesn't have BWM M series car but just the valve caps but still the image is there. I get that many drive beaters with crappy tyres out of necessity but driving performance car is always so much more expensive that running it with decent tyres should be rounding error in costs of the vehicle.