sidewall cracked

[mrbeef]

Gidday guys,

Yesterday I went and was originally only getting two new tires as my rear ones had worn out on the inside edge something fierce, and there was a massive bulge on sidewall. How ever upon them taking all the wheels off and checking the tires, they all had cracks running the circumference of the sidewall (about mid-way)

Anyway, I ended up getting 4 bridgestones adrenalin re001s.

The tires that did this were GT Radial champiro 328s (Were on the wheels when I purchased the vehicle).

Anyone else had any experiences like this with shit tires like this? And what tires do you absolutely hate?

Cheers

[thewheeldeal com au]

There are three things that cause 'zipper' breaks in the sidewall of tyres:

1. Run flat - you drove on them underinflated (anything under a 45 profile needs a min 36psi at all times)
2. Age - rubber 'goes off' after ~ 5 - 6 years, performance is compromised after ~3 years of age
3. Manufacturing defect

9 times out of ten its the first 2 that cause it... now if you had GT radials and it was a manufacturing defect then you probably just got stooged by the tyre store who sold you the Bridgestones. GT Radial have a 'life of the tyre' full replacement warranty which means that if the tyre fails at any stage whilest its <~5 years old (have to check the age policy) and there is tread left then they will replace with a brand new tyre. Every tyre store knows this and my bet is that they took your money for the Bridgestones, then claimed a replacement warranty on the GT Radials. I bet if you go back there next week they'll have a brand new set of GT's on the shelf, haha. That is of course, provided it was option 3 that caused the failure.