my94pony

heard a weird noise while driving home from work so i pulled into a gas station .. back right tire looked low so i filled it up and what do you know ripple effect .. so i put the spareo n and drove home

question for you guys wtf causes this ripple effect? is it a bad tire ready to blow?

sorry about the bad quality its 1030 and f'in cold and dark out

my94pony

a few more

ayrton02

My only GUESSES are a bad quality tire, you ran over something hard and big, or improper inflation.

my94pony

tires are nitto nt555's .. they are 7 years old .. nothing sticking out of the tire and have been inflated at 30 psi since i have had them

moontang

broken belts i think would cause that

sIx

7 years old? damn...

95redv6stang

Ok *cracking knuckles*

The indention all the way around the tire is called "run-flat" it is where the sidewall of the tire is "chewed out" due to (extreme) low tire pressure. The "ripple effect" is because your sidewall is so comprimised that it is trying to blow out. If you were to take your tire off the rim, you would see your sidewall in a powder form due to being gradually rubbed off.

Any other questions just ask. Hopw this helps. That tire is FINISHED by the way..

my94pony

sIx .. yeah i had a blowout on some other tire i bought turns out they were 14 years old .. im just buying all new tires for the 94 and 96 im sick of hoping they are ok


95redv6stang .. lol yeah im not going to be using that tire .. and would that cause soft spots on the sidewall .. the blowout i had on a different set of tires u could feel the soft spots it was bad

cobra232

sidewalls are shot. cords are busted. 30psi is not enough pressure. i'm sure if you look at the sidewall it will instruct you to either run 44psi or 51psi. that tire is junk now

PNYXPRESS

the number on the tire is the MAX pressure the tire should be run at. it is not the pressure you should be running though. the decal in the drivers side door jam tells you what to run
granted you still have stock rims and tire sizes. Your tires will wear uneven if you just pump them up to the max also on long drive in the summer they will heat up and over inflate themselves