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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 03:20 AM
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The best I can describe this is imagine your pulling apart a block of cheese and on the corners it tears apart. Now picture your tires doing this. I was shocked to say the least. Must be at least 15 (cuts) on the edges of each tire. Their 315 nitto drags and not even bald yet. 2 yrs old. Now I'm starting to second guess getting these again! Great! I cannot in anyway handle changing tires every oil change like the BFG and M/T.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 07:26 AM
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Are the cuts in the sidewalls? Have you rolled your fender lips? If you have 315's and you see cuts in the sidewalls, the fender lips are the culprit. Rent a heat gun and fender roller (search, there are several members who rent them together) and roll the fender lips in.


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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 08:51 AM
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Did you put them on 17/9.5 rims or 17/11 rims?
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 03:00 PM
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Samething happened to mine. I put the stock size on the stock 17" wheels. I'm just guessing be I think the cold weather might of had something to do with it.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 03:19 PM
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Samething happened to me. Not sure where they came from.
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Old Mar 13, 2007 | 05:24 PM
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The cuts do not follow the circumfrence of the tire/wheel. Picture taking a razor knife to the edge of your tire and cut downward (along the tires edge/corner). Now turn the wheel 30 degrees and make another cut. So on and so on. This is not caused by my fender. These are on 17x11 TT2's. Both tires at that. Only conclusion I came up with was compound failure at load combined the use of tire dressing. (even though dressing company say's there's is safe. Or maybe just a bad set! We'll see cause I gotta get replacements and the BFG's and M/t"s won't work for me. I'll try and post a pic later today.
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