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Re: Help: My Tires Self-Destructed #528250 01/23/03 11:20 PM
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,022 Ft.Lauderdale Florida! G gSto Hard-core CEG\'er
gSto Hard-core CEG\'er G Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,022 Ft.Lauderdale Florida!	15mm spacer...hmm if people are telling me to go with 40MM offset wheels and i have 42...shouldnt i just get a 2mm spacer? for 18x.75 wheels? i hate cars...too expensive 95'Contour GL 2.5L (JUNKED!) ~~~ [Current Car] 1995 Ford Mustang 5speed [Upcoming Car] 2002 Trans Am WS6 (Black on Black)

Re: Help: My Tires Self-Destructed #528251 01/24/03 07:16 AM
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 266 Silicon Valley, CA M mr_froge_dup1 CEG\'er
mr_froge_dup1 CEG\'er M Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 266 Silicon Valley, CA	Your Potenza 225x35x18 S-03's were designed to run on 8" wheels in order to not distort the tread surface.. even thought the chart on TireRack shows that a 7.5" rim is the MINIMUM allowable for that size tire.. I and a friend had simular damage caused by running two different brands on undersized front wheel rims of Cougars.. The lateral stress placed on the tire by the front wheel drive, and distortion caused by the small rim distorts the tire surface causing heat build up which can even cause a tread/belt seperation.. best bet, change the wheel width or change the tire size.. I now run 215x45x17 S-03's on the front of my Cougar.. and sometimes 225x40x18 S-02's.. - Rich LBC Performance Motorsports Group/AMSOIL '98 Cougar V6 ATX aka 'Candy Striper' Photos

Re: Help: My Tires Self-Destructed #528252 01/25/03 12:01 AM
Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 11 Brentwood, CA, USA M mhconley_dup1 OP New CEG\'er
OP mhconley_dup1 New CEG\'er M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 11 Brentwood, CA, USA	Originally posted by musicnut: This comment has nothing to do with your wear problem but based on your picture with the wheel on your car and turned to the right, it looks like the tires may have been mounted backwards. Based on my tires and pictures of other directional tires, the channels in the tread blocks angle to the rear and toward the outside edge. This would be to funnel the displaced water behind the contact patch. Your installer must have been distracted when mounting your tires. I may be mistaken. Was the photo taken from the front or rear of the tire? The one photo of the tire on the car was taken from the front. The vee in the tread opens toward the rear. Martin 99 Silver Frost SVT 205/55x16 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3's on stock E1's EBC Sports front rotors EBC GreenStuff all around Pioneer DEH-P3000 AM/FM/CD 4 Pioneer TS-A6813 Sylvania SilverStar 9006 lows Sylvania 885 50W fogs DRLs

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