Are my tires okay? Hit a pot hole this morning(pics)
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Are my tires okay? Hit a pot hole this morning(pics)
On my way to work this morning and as i exited off an expressway driving down a ramp i noticed a pothole right before the traffic light and the light was green so i was like “ok i see a pot hole, let me slow down and drive through it” and so i drove through it, leasing with my left driver wheel, and there you knlw it i heard that dreadful thumping sound and i felt the impact. The pothole was deeper than i thought!!!! I could had avoided it and swerve to the side but in my mind i thought it was just a minor shallow pot hole and going over it would be okay. Oh wells im sure it happens to most of us. Anyways, my tire didnt lose air pressure after a 12 hour work shift, the tire pressure was the same as i drive in to work. Below are some pics. Any thing i should worry about? Or am I **** and over thinking about it?
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You're fine if you don't see the belt or steel cords.
#3
Keep an eye out for any development of a any bulge on the sidewall. If you notice anything like that, you may have to replace the tire
#4
Yeah just watch for sidewall bulge. I lost 10+ PSI overnight on one tire and by the next day when my tires arrived at the shop two other tires had sidewall bulge, ended up replacing three 7 month old AS3+.
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I bet your alignment was out of whack after hitting something that hard. If you hit a pot hole hard enough to damage a tire, there is a good chance your alignment needs recalibrating...
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