beware if you run the new 18" Mickey Thompson drag radials
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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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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.
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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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.
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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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.
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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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.
They were the 305/35/18's.
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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.
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.