Sommer86

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So I was driving to work last Wednesday and I smelled a weird burning rubber/plastic smell. I figured it was under the hood and I couldn't do anything about it anyway so I figured I'd check it at work.

The car handled fine and I guess it had a slow leak. I have no Idea how long I drove on it but I didn't feel the steering wheel wobble until I was on the home stretch to the office and I drove for 2 blocks really slowly and pulled into my driveway.

Then I saw this....































..... man am I lucky!

Xsta Z 28

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Looks like the inside corner / sidewall was wearing on something . . . ?

my bandit

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damn thats alot of wheel weights. do you think the offset of the wheel and the size tire caused rubbing? i would check the other front tire and see if it is wearing anywhere else

Mark2002

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My thought as well...
Mark.

willis b otch

inner egde wear. always gotta watch that inner wall of the tire other wise these normally happens. who ever balanced that musta been a new guy lol
roate that wheel to the back. you might feel vibration nosies if its upfront

+1

ISMELLRICE

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i have another 285/35/18 m.p.sport i can ship out for $70 bucks good tread lol

ZexGX

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Did you ever fix your alignment after you tried to sell me a tire that had cord showing on the inside?

I'd say check for a possible puncture source, but I'm sure you got rid of the tire already.

gm02ceta

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Most likely he got a slow puncture then probably being unaware drove it like normal until the inside sidewall wore down on the lip of the rim. Great tire but those Michelins ain't cheap!

LeanPocket

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wheel rash

Stippy17

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There probably is no puncture. Looks like the car is out of align BAD. When you get a new tire check your LF to see if its chewing off the inside, and get an alignment.

BAD ASS TA WS6

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How wide is that wheel?

ZexGX

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9" to 9.5" - not that wide.

Sommer86

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Yup, it's very minimal wear if any at all.

Thats what the tire tire guy seemed to think too. There was no blow out, or rubbing. I might've punctured it and as it leaked I wore that wear mark into the sidewall.

Tell me about it. Yes, I did do a little spot, but not all of that, lol. The good thing is that with my new PS's on, you can't see any of that! WHEW....

Now i need DR's for the rear. Thinking of trying Toyo Proxes R888's (not quite a DR, but close enough). We'll see...

firemech21

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My 335 did the exact same thing to me on the way home from work 1 night at about 1:30am. Pissed the wifey off a bit because my battery currently resides where the spare tire used to be.

ZexGX

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R888's won't make good drag radials. They are a road race tire and need driving time to heat up before they're good. They have very stiff sidewalls and tread contact area, which makes them not as grippy as a drag radials from a dead stop. However, they do make them in your size... 275/35/18. Going to a bigger sidewall won't make them soft like a drag radial. They're R-compound road race tires with reinforced sidewalls. 285/30/18 is too much of a difference for ABS - it's a 3.3% difference from stock (smaller). 295/30/18 is 2.4% difference from stock (smaller). However, 285/30/18 is the widest tire approved for use on a 9.5" wide wheel.
Link: http://toyotires.com/tire/pattern/pr...petition-tires

Sommer86

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You're my friggin' boy, Lee!!!