Bridgestone Potenza RE01R Toast

[midlandtech]

First thing I noticed when I saw the pics... Not the blown tire but how clean the wheels are =)


~Steve
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[derbo]

That's a good question, I thought it was wearing even but then again I knew I was getting new tires this fall so I didn't check in a while. I still can't believe this thing.

I'm just glad you didn't have a major accident cause of it! I've seen worse at my dealership and usually its abnormal wear from the tire from a bad alignment or damage near the wheel. BUT there were times a brand new tire just blew out of nowhere too.

[echo46]

That what someone's wheels look like when that particular individual is an anal retentive ass --i.e. me. Now if I could just get every paint chip taken care of I would be a bit more stable

[LivesNearCostco]

Reviving an old thread because last week I had a very similar blowout on a rear Bridgestone Potenza RE760. It looked almost just like echo46's, but I forgot to take a picture. I don't blame the tire though because I drove it beyond the wear bars and was doing autoX with a little drifting on it 3 days before that. And I was running about -2.0° camber in back so the inner shoulder was worn. Failed at 65mph on the freeway. Part of the tread was flopping around making noise in the wheel well but I didn't think it was blown. Pulled off into a U-haul parking lot and was very surprised to find a shredded tire.

[ELCID86]

...I drove it beyond the wear bars and was doing autoX with a little drifting on it 3 days before that. ...was very surprised to find a shredded tire.

Surprised?? Glad you and the car are ok. What will you replace them with?

[LivesNearCostco]

Surprised for 2 reasons.
1) It didn't feel like a blown tire when driving, no "whump-whump-whump"; maybe because it's low profile.
2) The entire inner sidewall was broken like in echo46's picture. I would expect it to blow out in one spot and the rest of the sidewall still be intact.

It was making funny noises in the wheel well for a bit before I pulled off the freeway. Maybe it wore/blew through in one spot, deflated, and then the sidewall shredded because I kept driving at freeway speeds on a flat tire. Replaced with Pilot Super Sports.

And I'm thinking of going with less negative camber front and back. Front is fairly easy to adjust with camber plates. Back requires a little more work. But I could go to about -1.5 front -1.7 rear for now and back to -3.0 front, -2.0 rear for race track later.