WTH causes this on tires?

[yellowstang]

I think it's impressive that she managed to do it what appears to be three times without having the tire blow out.

Actually, on closer inspection, there are 5 bubbles!

[Tyrone Biggums]

Nope, she said she has never hit one.

Key word being "one". She's hit "some". Hard.

[petyweestraw]

Yeah don't fall for the I hit nothing shit. They wont ever admit to it or they did hit something and if the car still runs I wasn't that bad in there heads. Wives either lie or are too dumb to know better. Either way that's a wreck waiting to happen. Get that fixed asapish.

[rcstang88]

Potholes are like shoe stores for women! They have to hit everyone of them. I had to replace all 4 tires in a year because she loves potholes. But she don't hit them they just come out of know wear.

[Grape]

running one low enough on air pressure for long enough might do that as well

[Grimpala]

Potholes are like shoe stores for women! They have to hit everyone of them. I had to replace all 4 tires in a year because she loves potholes. But she don't hit them they just come out of know wear.

nowhere*

[yellowstang]

Well, it's at Discount getting 2 new tires. The remaining tread on the other front tire wasn't worth trying to cheap out and just get one.

They all 4 had the right amount of air, she did say she checks that! I was shocked actually.

[Grape]

time to slap the toe plates against the fronts and see how far off it is...........

[jdgregory84]

It's usually from hitting a curb. Warranty on tires on new cars is if it's under 1 year old and under 12k miles, it's a free replacement IF it's determined that it's a defect in the tire. I don't really see outside rubbing on the tire or wheel so you might get them replaced. Those focus tires from the factory are fucking shitty by the way. You'll probably start hearing a bunch of road noise in the next year from them.

[Clifton]

that's called an impact bruise/bubble. it happens when you hit pot holes in the road. what happens is when a tire is made the side wall has white nylon cords in the sidewall. and when you hit a big pothole, in your case more than one, the tire pinches in between the wheel and concrete of the road and cuts those nylon cords in the side wall. then air fills up the area causing it to bubble out. you need to put the spare on because now its very prone to having a blow out driving on it like that. if you bought the tires from discount that's covered under the road hazard warranty.

Well said.

[my fear]

Well said.

since im a assistant manager at discount tire, i need to know these things lol.

[papapepper]

have you ever rubbed a balloon so hard in one spot that it just makes a weird dimple in that spot while the rest of the balloon is still uniformed in it's shape?

same with yours tires!

No can't say that I have.

[kingjason]

When I was kid my mom came home and told my father one day that the good time van was driving kinda funny. He asked her if she had hit anything and she said not that she could remember really. He jacked it up and she had broken the coil spring on one side and there was a nice chunk out of the arm. My mom then goes, well yeah there was a small bump on main street I kinda remember hitting the other day but it wasnt bad. We went and checked it out it was a huge f ing potholl. There are many stories like this with my mother involved. LOL

[Rreemo]

I used to work with an old guy that I saw take his pocket knife out and slightly push into one of those and make it disappear....without causing a leak in the rest of the tire. Not recommending that of course.