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Last night I noticed a bubble in the sidewall of my left rear Toyo Proxes T1-S 205/50-16. When I showed it to the tire dealer, he pointed out the left front
had exactly the same thing, including a black smudge on the wheel rim showing
where the sidewall had been smashed/crused and permanently damaged (ie, 2 tires
are ruined).
I've just gotten off the phone with Toyo and it sounds like they're willing to
work with me on some kind of adjustment to help get me back to a full set (the
right rear tire has a little damage from being run at low pressure and no
longer has a speed rating, and so the 4 had already been unrotatable...) of good
tires.
But before proceeding, I wanted to hear from others who've had similar (low-
profile) tire sidewall-crushing failures. Are the Toyos particularly prone
to this failure?
In the past in this ground-pounding 850, there was a time I hit a pavement
break (6" deep square trench) so hard that coins flew out of the coin holder and
I got out expecting to find 4 flat tires (and wheels) but there was no damage.
There was a time I hit a trench/rock so hard that both right wheels were bent
but the Michelin 205/50-16 MXMs were fine. But never before have I suffered a
sidewall failure from hitting a 'bump'.
TIA,
- Dave; '95 854T, 142K mi
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