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arctic blue
03-10-2007, 05:22 PM
bad luck,
had new car 4 weeks now. the smiles keep coming each time i drive it. checking tyre pressures, found split on both offside tyres, chunks missing from walls. went to tyre centre, both scrap. treads fine walls shot.
so i had 2 new pirrelli lp 17" ers on.
any how , now legal and safe. dont know what caused it. i try to avoid
potholes like the plague. doesn't look like cuts.
lets hope thats it fora while. and iveonly done 400 miles.

Quatrelle
03-10-2007, 07:58 PM
17 inch wheels are more prone to tyre damage problems, and it's interesting that both offside tyres were damaged - according to Honest John's website "Sport suspension and wheels wipe out tyres on potholes."

arctic blue
04-10-2007, 09:46 AM
thanks for that, i'll avoid pots like the plague now

BenR
04-10-2007, 02:41 PM
My brother lives in Detroit. The Michigan roads are so bad that he has insurance for his wheels. He has claimed twice in four years.