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What causes tires to "Bubble"? I assume this is found on sidewalls?

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Old 01-04-2002, 10:59 AM
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What causes tires to "Bubble"? I assume this is found on sidewalls?
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Old 01-04-2002, 11:05 AM
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Bumping curbs weakens the sidewall.
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For me it was a repair from a nail - after the repair, the bulge appeared
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Could someone post a photo of a "bubbled" tire?
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I bubbled one of mine when I hit a large pothole.
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Old 01-04-2002, 12:22 PM
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Default Re: I bubbled one of mine when I hit a large pothole.
if you have potenza firestone tires your dealer is suposed to replace the tire free of charge,it hapeen to me AUDI sent me a letter saying that i might have a defected tire!i hit a very small pot hole!5$ dollar tires take the beeting of New Jersey's highways these should too!!!!
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Actually, I had Pirellis on at the time and just put my old Potenzas back on.
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Weakest part of the tire, delamination of the cross-ribbing threads and rubber layers.
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Default I found a very nice link on the TOYO tire web site, pictures too.
<center><img src="http://www.toyo.com.au/img/rimcrush2.jpg"></center><p>
This reminds me that I need to contact our County Road Maintainance folks about a pothole at the bottom of our hill.<ul><li><a href="http://www.toyo.com.au/tech_info1.html">http://www.toyo.com.au/tech_info1.html</a</li></ul>
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