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Originally Posted by Trips
I went thru the same exact damage a couple of weeks ago.
I decided to not spend the extra money and went with S-04's.
My RE-11's we're a couple of years old with less than 5k before one let go.
Im just happy it didn't let go on the freeway as I was a block away from home.
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Oh wow that is interesting. Hmmm. Mine are a little over a year and a half old. I wonder if the age kills them quickly because you only had 5k!
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Originally Posted by BGTV8
That is catastrophic sidewall failure in2 locations approx 180 degrees apart.
If the rim is not damaged (i.e: still round) then it was not as a consequence of an impact - a hit significant enough to damage the sidewall will show up as rim damage and I cannot see that in the photo, but tyre shop should check
It is the inner bead/sidewall and we've seen Dunlop R-Spec failures here in AU but only after severe abuse (RH Front at Philip Island T12 cops a huge beating - long corner, high speed and tyre fully loaded caused an overheat and sidewall casing failure), so given that you;ve not tracked the car, and it is DD use only, it "could" be caused by alignment issues, but I'd rule that out by what I can see of the tread.
That leaves defective construction and a warranty claim .. be interested in the outcome given that RE11 is on my "to try" list
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Yeah my tread wore fine throughout the use of them and no bent rim so theres no way it came from an impact (and I might remember ramming into a curb or something hah!). I really liked them but since I never pushed them I couldn't justify the price tag. I did upgrade from the base model rims to these 19s so i'm not sure if that changes the alignment at all compared to a sports package with the 19s. I've had a slight camber but I just figured that was normal from looking at some pictures of some other Zs