r/tires

Hit a curb and took a chunk out of the sidewall of my Bridgestone 235/60 R18 XL. The cords are exposed, as you can see in the photos.

It’s still holding pressure and there’s no visible bulge.

What should I do? How much would it cost me to repair/change the tire?

I feel skeptical that this was by random chance. The mechanic says he sees it all the time but I don't feel this is plausible. Thoughts?

*Update* thanks for the feedback. i got the tired replaced unfortunate that the tire didnt even see 6k miles. thanks for the thoughts and input.

So I brought this car last year and it has 225/40R19 Hi-Fly tires on it. Drove home in January and there was a very noticeable wobble, took it to the tire shop. They said its a pothole, even though I didnt hit any pothole. Yesterday the rear tire went out the same way, its totally swollen, not like a knob, but a huge part of the tire. What could have caused this? Tire shop also told me that Hi-Fly’s are shit and would recommend to replace all the other.

Both rear tires look like this. Not towing anything, no obvious wear location on the car itself. Did just drive 2000 miles with a moderate body load (~600 pounds between passengers and luggage).

Stock Nexen 215/55/R17 tires

Back wheel hit a curb or pothole, couldn’t tell which. Is this too deep and will I need to get a new tire?

Shop said this happened when they took the tire off the rim, does it look like they damaged it when taking it off. They are claiming it just happened when they took it off.

What to do? Should I just pull it out with pliers?

Hey, so apparently ive got a neighbour with a vendetta. Recently they punctured the tires on my classic car and im gutted.

Theyre 6.70-15 3t with 3" whitewalls and they suit the car perfectly. Theyre also very expensive to replace so, I'm hoping that because theyre small, I might be able to patch them.

How delusional am I?

I am 30 min from home. Is it safe to drive home? It looks like it is not leaking

Used to be on a bad alignment for 20 000 km / 12 000 miles. Now seeing this balding after another 30 000 km/ 18 000 miles

Will drive on holiday for 2000 km / 1200 miles after wich I'll be driving just 1000 km / 600 miles untill change to winter tyres.

Hi Guy i just put some steel rims on my 4wd but there is a gap in my hub around 8 mm. Do i need to get him centric rings. I was told no as the lip on them will get crushed when done up and then fall out.

Our neighbours work abroad for part of the year and recently flew back to their home away from home. They've parked their SUV in front of our house, which is fine but I just noticed that they parked with one of the rear tires half way up the curb. It's been like this for a few days and I'm thinking the tire could get damaged. They have some relatives that check on their house periodically and I think we have the neighbour's phone number around here somewhere (pretty sure anyways). Is this serious enough to dig up the number and give them a call to get it sorted asap or is it ok to wait 'til the next time we see the relatives and mention that they should move their car to unscrunch the tire. Hard to say when we'll see the relatives, but I imagine it'll be in the next week or so.

Has drywall cracking, how soon should i change