Here's the nice little bump in the sidewall of my Dunlop 8090s. I originally had a flat in this tire, and it was repaired by patching. Recently, I was checking my tire pressure and noticed this bump on the sidewall. Proper googling has resulted in advice to replace it immediately as it could blow out at any time. I'd like to know some opinions from you guys.






My personal opinion is to go and get it replaced ASAP, I do not like how that bulge looks.

 

Replace it...it also may be covered under the tires limited warranty...

 

I checked tirerack, they show the warranties for the tire to only cover treadwear. Accidental damage (punctures, it getting nuked, etc) are not covered. This was reflected in the Dunlop warranty sheet they have

 

Often a sidewall blowout like that is from a manufacturing defect....

Or from someone hitting a curb or something that breaks the plys in the sidewall...

Only you will know which applies

 

Get a new tire though

 

Haha, and that is not made obvious by the pictures :gasp:

Replace it!

 

hitting a huge pothole will do that too. Replace it immediately, I would even recommend not driving on it. Good luck with warranty replacement... there might be a nail near the sidewall *wink wink*

 

I drove 1,500 miles on mine and it had a much worse bubble than yours, didn't notice, and Dad didn't bother telling me

That said, replace it before it does blow.

 

Sidewall steel wire is broken. don't drive it fast and replace it asap.

I had this on my 4 weeks old Mazda6 back in 2003 and checked the warranty it's not covered.
Also had it on my dad's 2003 TL-S when hit a log on hwy running 60mph and I survived. :p
Also on my 1997 CRV when I hit the curb turning into parking lot by accident.

Tire purchased from Costco WILL cover this as warranty. It's road hazard warranty. That's also why I only buy tires from Costco now.

 

Damage to the rims occured when the flat happened, had to pull over to the side and completely misjudged it due to the leaning

However, I will assume that's where the damage to the sidewall occured too.

Warranty won't cover nails either =\

Alright, that's good. I have been pretty rough on the tire since I got it repaired (didn't notice until yesterday), but it's been riding alright. I'll get it replaced this saturday (won't be driving till then).

I'll check if my guy has a warranty program or something for the replacement to it, else I'll use Costco then. Thanks for the info.

*edit* Costco does not have the Dunlops. I'll check them out for the Pilot Sport A/S when I need to replace the other 3.

 

Replace the tire...Tires are the only thing between the concrete and your ***...need you even ask ? Never skimp with cheap tires...cheap food, cheap clothes, cheap car...NEVER cheap tires.

 

I don't know if anybody else does this, but I usually go to Discount Tire, have them order the tires directly from TireRack. It takes a couple of days, but I get the good price and it's not a hassle. Then I have Discount mount and balance, and I get the cheap road hazard on them.

Been doing that for years. It's worked out well.

 

Huh, usually a nail within an inch of the sidewall is considered a road hazard. Welps I hope you get some sweet new tires!

 

Ain't got a Discount Tire near me =\ I'll check if my place will go through TireRack.

Yeah, but the Dunlop warranty specifically doesn't cover road hazard. It's quite annoying. I'll just be replacing this single tire with the same type since my other 3 only have 1000 miles on them. After they wear out, I'll get a spare and sets of better (non-runflat) tires.

 

Any decent tire shop will match the TireRack price, just print it out. Sorry to hear about your tire. I had some bad luck with tires on my last car.

Watch out for curb rash on your rims. I have a couple small spots on my rims. Grrr.

 

Curiously, when I bought my car, (either I didn't see it then or it happened not long after driving for a bit) I noticed a large bulge in the side-wall as well. This was on the LFT Rear tire. It was fairly large so I don't see how I missed it. Since the tires already exhibited some dry rot (must have been sitting for a while) I just bought 4 new tires. But that bulge did spook me for a bit, considering I was driving 85-90 on the highway coming back home.

 

trust me, it's very easy to get bulge on a tire with this kind of thin profile tire. Avoid holes on the ground if possible.

 

Easier said than done in California with a lot of war torn roads around here.

 

Yeah, but here's an example of why it's not possible here...

I was in the Forest hills area of NY, and was driving through a local street. I'm not that familiar with the area that I would know all the potholes. I was going up a short crest, and swerved around to miss an enormous pothole. Little did I know that on the return to my lane past the crest, there was an even larger pothole.

Long story short, I pulled over immediately after that, spotted for damage, found none, drove on with an intent to never return

"Any decent tire shop will match the TireRack price, just print it out. Sorry to hear about your tire. I had some bad luck with tires on my last car.

Watch out for curb rash on your rims. I have a couple small spots on my rims. Grrr."

Thanks, I'll do that if my guy doesn't cut me a discount. He should though, I was referred by a friend.

I'm going to leave these rims to be spare/winter after this year. I'll get a nice set of Enkeis once I get my bonus.

 

Why don't you just buy direct from TireRack? I got all 4 of my tires from em, no complaints, I got em on the second day even though I opted for UPS Ground.

 

Good idea, thanks.

 

Gee, I just thought like any proper sports car, the tire was happy to see the pavement!

 

Oh man, I read that twice, then got it

Dirty mind!

 

one and only solution, replace it.

 

lol.

I know it's hard to avoid. I also got used to drive with my big fat SUV tires on the road and doesn't care about the hole on the road. But now I have to keep remind myself not to hit it.