So i was at school yesterday and something didnt seem right. I went to the Automotive department at school to air up the tire.... and it never held. So i get my stock and mount those on. Then i went to check out what happened with the tire on the Work Meister.... anyways huge gash on the inside of the tire. Looks like the tire just ripped. Im running 275/35/19 on an 11" rear I honestly hardly consider that a stretch. Never hit any pot hole or big bumps. Bought the tires brand new and have only driven about 1000 miles on em. Tires are Falken FK452. Anyways here are the pictures





for reference here is the BEST pic i have of the tires on the wheels... just to show its not a ridiculous stretch or anything.

 

Holy smokes man! Looks like someone slashed your tire. Luckily it didn't cause any sort of accident...

 

is it rubbing ? you can see the mark too

 

naw nothin was rubbing. Looks like that cause i drove like 100 ft on a flat to get to the air pump.

 

fk452s are known to blow up and bubble up. Thats why I never buy them.
There are many threads with horror stories , im just glad it didnt happen while you were in the freeway.

 

Wow! :eek: That's a huge gash. Your tire and wheel specs are certainly within limits and not even consider excessively stretched. You should contact Falken Tires and see if they can compensate you. Doesn't hurt to try.

 

you bought falken tires, there's your problem.

 

damn bro contact Falken

Btw, you should consider cleaning your inner barrels when you wash your car

 

Damn! This could have been a lot uglier though. Glad there's not any damage to the car.

 

FK452's at their best....

 

before i even opened this thread i already knew it was a 452... those tires are trash ):<

 

Any chance the tire may have been damaged while mounting on the wheel?

 

nitto invos my friend..they are nice

 

holy smokes... at least no dmage to the wheels if your running 275/35/19 on an 11"

im about to run 255/35/19 ... on a 10.5 is that too much of a stretch???

 

Theres a website with recommendations for tire sizes mounted in specs for the widths of a rim


also good thing i didn't just buy falkens.. i went with nittos.. i was going for hankooks but they didn't have a lot of size options.. but i just saved 300 bucks with the nittos instead. the more common the size the cheaper it is