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Old 11-08-2009, 09:00 PM
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Default beware if you run the new 18" Mickey Thompson drag radials

This happen to me over the weekend. These are not raced on, only for daily driving use. Happen to both back tires. I am gonna call them tomorrow and hope they send new ones

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Old 11-08-2009, 09:10 PM
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So do they still feel normal driving?
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Originally Posted by wheeliE-maxx
So do they still feel normal driving?
no, i felt a vibration...and its not like im driving it....C5 panels arnt the easiest and cheapest to replace if and when one lets go
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What happened?

I cant see ****
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Originally Posted by 00cls1camaross
What happened?

I cant see ****
Look at the cave in on the side wall..You can get a real nasty tire blow out from something like that.
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well they told me to get screwed today. This is the last time I will ever buy their ****
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Originally Posted by VGLNTE1
well they told me to get screwed today. This is the last time I will ever buy their ****
how can they not replace those?
let me guess.... "its a performance tire" and they are responsible?
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how much air did it have ?
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You need to get in touch with someone else from MT. Look up one of the guys that posts on here. They WILL replace it. That picture tells the whole story. I'm not saying you were but don't be a dick and it will get you farther.
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are these the 315/30/18 ET street IIs? thats whats on mine. I need to check mine i guess.

Ive seen other people having problems with them cracking and tearing up. I DD mine, have about 2000 miles on them and ive had no problems so far.
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looks like sidewall deformation, though i cant really tell. that color discrepency could also be from you kissing a curb or driving on a fresh concrete
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Originally Posted by VGLNTE1
well they told me to get screwed today. This is the last time I will ever buy their ****
I seriously doubt the MT rep said this to you.

Originally Posted by SStolen
I'm not saying you were but don't be a dick and it will get you farther.

Agreed x2
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probably just a bad tires

I have had many sets on my car and family members + customers with 0 issues.

The 3 cars in my family are street driven with spools even.

I would say call back and make sure to be kind in regards to the issue. There is no reason they should not cover this unless it is found to have been ran very low on tire pressure to cause the issue.
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I can't see MT saying that to you. I'm a Mickey Thompson dealer, and in the last 4 years out of all the slicks and drag radials I've sold at our shop, we've had ONE set that was bad, and we sent them back to M/T from our warehouse, and had a new set that same week.
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If you run a tire for a long time with not much pressure in it, the tire will do exactly that.

I too used to be a Mickey Thompson dealer and have NEVER had a tire do that. I had a problem with one Drag Radial and they sent me one out no questions asked before I sent the other one back.
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I have the 18" on my GTO and went 15k miles before they were unsafe to drive. You definitely got a bad tire or ran at too low of a pressure. Good luck, hope you get it resloved.
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they did not say "get screwed" but might as well have. The problem was I was not the original buyer. A guy on CF bought these and got caught in rain once and wigged out, so I bought them. They were braaaaaand new. MT said since im not the original buyer, theres nothing they can do even though it was a defect on their part. I posted this on CF as well and there were a few people that hav had the same problem with these. Sidewall separation. After I took the tires off, I could see cuts on the sidewall of the inside of the tire. These were ran at 30 PSI cold. normal tire pressure.

They were the 305/35/18's.
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Originally Posted by chrysler kid
looks like sidewall deformation, though i cant really tell. that color discrepency could also be from you kissing a curb or driving on a fresh concrete
3000$+ wheels....was not a curb. lol
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There ya go- Many companies don't warrantee/replace a product unless you bought the product originally.

If the original owner were local- you could get him to take care of it easily I am sure....or go through the vendor he originally got the tires from.
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Damn... That doesnt look good!


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