absolutely Member 8 Member For: 12y 28d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 27/11/12 08:02 AM Share Posted 27/11/12 08:02 AM Just recently I noticed that I had some slight shudder at ~80kms. I pulled over at the servo and checked my tyres, at this point I found some slight bubbles on the outside edge of my front drivers rim. Long story short, went into Blairs Tyres and got the front tyres replaced. What shocked us though was the damage on the other side. See the picture below. The damage continued around half the tyre.This is a 245/30R20 Achilles Tyre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroozin Menace Donating Members 1,990 Member For: 13y 6m 27d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 27/11/12 08:37 AM Share Posted 27/11/12 08:37 AM wat the feck!!! does that go right thru? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsxrt Donating Members 145 Member For: 15y 11m 5d Posted 27/11/12 08:41 AM Share Posted 27/11/12 08:41 AM I've had the same problem with the same size and brand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrmcdowell Donating Members 730 Member For: 13y 2m 23d Gender: Male Location: Randwick, sydney Posted 27/11/12 08:43 AM Share Posted 27/11/12 08:43 AM no from wearing on something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjsxrt Donating Members 145 Member For: 15y 11m 5d Posted 27/11/12 08:45 AM Share Posted 27/11/12 08:45 AM I got told its from the crapy roads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 3m 17d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 27/11/12 08:45 AM Share Posted 27/11/12 08:45 AM Usually from a weak side wall mixed with hitting a severe bump.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa g6et Member 657 Member For: 13y 5m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth NOR Posted 27/11/12 09:00 AM Share Posted 27/11/12 09:00 AM You get what you pay for I suppose. Still a worry though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 3m 17d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 27/11/12 09:03 AM Share Posted 27/11/12 09:03 AM Yeah definitely a worry when these tyres are rapidly growing in popularity..I should clarify that Achilles have a very strong sidewall however when I said weak it meant weak points which is usually a manufacturing defect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsfgxr6turbo Member 388 Member For: 14y 9m 12d Posted 27/11/12 09:04 AM Share Posted 27/11/12 09:04 AM achilles heel? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 14y 29d Posted 27/11/12 09:12 AM Share Posted 27/11/12 09:12 AM ^ Appropriate lol. What tyre pressures were you running? Could this be a factor in the tyre wall getting damaged. Given the achilles have a high treadwear gets me a bit worried that the longer you have the tyres on the more chance of stuff like this happening..Is there any sort of warranty for things like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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