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Recently had a shop put my summer tires on. They didn't say anything about these cracks, but I noticed them and don't know how concerned I should be. Any cracking is bad I can assume, but I have little experience and knowledge about tire and how they were built. Maybe these cracks are just surface? I do long distance trips and frequent 120kmp/h freeways. My plan is to gamble on these for the summer otherwise I will have to pay to get winters swapped back on until I can save up for tires again. I am looking to see if other people would run these on their truck?
Thanks in advance from Canada.
Sidewall/Bead Cracking
Sidewall/Bead Cracking
Last edited by TheEnduroist; 04-05-2017 at 11:42 PM.
I would not drive on those. Those are an accident/blow out looking for a place to happen.
If you can't afford to pay for tires now, I would finance them.
If you are in the middle of nowhere on one of your long distance trips and have a couple of failures, how much do you think that is going to cost?
Tow truck. Unable to shop for best deal or order on-line.
It would cost a lot more than the finance charges, not to mention about 100% safer for you and those around you on the highway.
I would talk to tire shop manager and ask what $$ he can do for you seeing his shop installed unsafe tires....worth a shot...if nothing, go somewhere else.
What is the build date on those tires? If they are 6 years old they are considered unsafe regardless of tread wear. There is a build date code on the tire.
I would relegate those tires to a kids swing in the back yard.
Thanks for all the replies but I was hoping for something a little more optimistic Its 4x4 so I have been told I cant replace just 2 tires. I dont live near any big tire shops so financing tires is not the easiest thing for me, but good suggestion for others. Personally, my best option is going to be run my winter tires all year long. I am going to try running these tires for a couple weeks to try get some use out of them, but will be avoiding long trips and fast highway speeds. And the bad tire is on the rear,all the other looks good.
Thanks for all the replies but I was hoping for something a little more optimistic Its 4x4 so I have been told I cant replace just 2 tires.
My bad. Let me try again.
I'd run those tires until they were bald and never give it another thought.
I've never owned a 4X4, but I've never heard that you can't replace just two tires.
I thought you were saying they were all like this.
Nevertheless, if they are all the same age, they will all soon look like this.
Those are weather/age cracks.
The two tires vs. four tires thing only comes into play with early model AWD vehicles like Subaru's and Volvo's. If it doesn't have an electronic center "diff" (ie: it's centrifugal), then you have to do all four at the same time. The tires on those applications usually can't have any more than a 2/32 difference between them, otherwise the AWD system will constantly be engaged and burn up the viscous coupling.
Your truck? You could ride on 3 slicks and one M/T and should be fine.
04-05-2017, 12:00 PM
Tire Cracking Sidewall w/ PICS
Its 4x4 so I have been told I cant replace just 2 tires. I dont live near any big tire shops so financing tires is not the easiest thing for me, but good suggestion for others. Personally, my best option is going to be run my winter tires all year long. I am going to try running these tires for a couple weeks to try get some use out of them, but will be avoiding long trips and fast highway speeds. And the bad tire is on the rear,all the other looks good.
