is this bad?

[evof575gtc]

do you think its ok to drive on this for a few more miles?

tire: Kumho Ecsta MX 275/35zr/18 95y

i think i was able to get about 10,000 miles out of them. :frown:

 

[NSX604]

do you think its ok to drive on this for a few more miles?

tire: Kumho Ecsta MX 275/35zr/18 95y

i think i was able to get about 10,000 miles out of them. :frown:

Dude... thats you inner bead showing. If that blows at high speeds, your toast.

Do you recall seeing those shreds of tire on the side of the highway and wonder how a tire can completely blow itself apart??? well... you don't want to find out in your NSX.

...and to answer your question: No, it's not safe even to go around the block.

 

[nsxscool]

could be worse, like have a blowout in front of a semi tractor trailer that weighs 60,000 lbs.and can't stop then cuts you and your car in half as you spin out!

 

[RP-Motorsports]

Yep your tires are toast. Let me know if you need a pair.

Tom

 

[Yellow Rose]

Driving more miles with the cords showing?

You have a bad alignment issue, because I used to get 10-12,000 miles (no BS) out of my rears, and double that in the fronts.

 

[W]

That is very bad. Time to change tires before you end up with a flat. This happens quite a bit with me. One time I let it go so far that it wore through and I got a flat while cruising on the highway (not in the NSX) and had to pull over to change to the spare. What made it so stressful is that I still had to drive 50 miles in 100+ weather to get home and if I got another flat, I'd be royally screwed. It didn't help that the tire shop I went to didn't have the tires I wanted so I had to live with a crummy set of tires.

 

[BioBanker]

If your not worried about the safety aspect, imagine what that tire blowing will do as it whips around at speed in your rear fender well. Id say it would take *alot* with it when it does go; its just a matter of when.

 

[nsxtasy]

You have a bad alignment issue, because I used to get 10-12,000 miles (no BS) out of my rears, and double that in the fronts.

I agree that there is an alignment issue - not because of the mileage, but because of the wear pattern. Tires should wear evenly across the tread. They shouldn't wear only on one shoulder. (Except sometimes at the track, when the track has mostly turns in one direction.)

I would strongly recommend getting an alignment as well as new tires, and do both right away! Call Shane at Autowave...

 

[Jin1976]

I had tire blown at the back and the TCS kicked in and slow down the car automatially. I was driving almost 80MPH. Can't imagine if the front one is blown.

 

[ANYTIME]

I see no problem with those tires. Is the brand of the tires Maypops by chance? Or are they the Wishandaprayers? It's very hard to tell the 2 apart you know

 

[LJSB]

You can almost see the air inside. :smile:

 

[AndyH]

Drive a few hundred more miles then you have yourself a set of slick tires :biggrin:

 

[T-Med]

It's very bad!!!!
I would wash that car quickly before something bad happens!!

 

[sjones]

I think i can get a few more hundred miles out of these... :biggrin:

 

[RenGen]

The camber is too negative, you should have it aligned. This is usually the result if the car is lowered

 

[Meeyatch1]

I think you have probably already figured it out by now....change your tires or you will pay a much higher price if one blows while driving.

 

[Pirana]

Jones, yours look like overinflated....just my opinion.

 

[sjones]

Jones, yours look like overinflated....just my opinion.

You are correct. That was the problem with this one. Even though this tire is way worse than my other rear, its wayyyyy over time for me to replace both tires.

 

[nsxtasy]

Jones, yours look like overinflated....

EDIT: I misunderstood which tires this referred to. My bad. :redface:

 

[sjones]

That is not the problem here. Overinflated tires normally wear faster in the center of the tread than along the edges. (Similarly, underinflation manifests itself as more rapid wear along both edges than in the center.) The problem here is a tire that has worn much, much faster along one particular edge, not in the center and not along both edges. That usually reflects an alignment problem.

I think he was referring to my tire instead of evof575gtc's

 

[Pirana]

correct.

 

[Meeyatch1]

I think he was referring to my tire instead of evof575gtc's

...and we have a BINGO!!

 

[nsxtasy]

Sorry! Post edited...

 

[godspeed01]

...... i think it still has a good 2000 miles on it

had my mr2 with the rear wheel showing metal wiring.... so it went through the normal rubber, the metal wire and worn off and down to the rubber underneeth.

Still put another 3000 miles on those babies after i saw wire

haha but thats a mr2 tho.... but i drove it hard.... but i bet the nsx eats tires faster.

I would not risk it with a NSX. We'll find out when my tires get down there

 

[NsXMas]

...... i think it still has a good 2000 miles on it

had my mr2 with the rear wheel showing metal wiring.... so it went through the normal rubber, the metal wire and worn off and down to the rubber underneeth.

Still put another 3000 miles on those babies after i saw wire

haha but thats a mr2 tho.... but i drove it hard.... but i bet the nsx eats tires faster.

I would not risk it with a NSX. We'll find out when my tires get down there

doesn't sound too smart... not something I would brag about.