2 year old tires - small cracks
Hello, My friend is leaving on a three week cross country trip soon. He replaced his tires 2 years ago and noticed these cracks recently. The tire shop says not to worry that they are fine. These...
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et2 wrote:
I'm certainly not a tire expert. But those cracks would concern me too. To the point it would drive me nuts waiting for something to happen. Even if the real tire experts said don't worry about it.
It's an individual thing.
IF....one just needs a bit more assurance, visit another tire dealer or 3. Having a truck dealer in the mix might be good.
Don't let them think you might buy some tires from them though or you might not get an honest evaluation. "Selling" new tires based on a little surface checking is one of the oldest scams in the book.
IF.... it's gonna bother you anyway, change them out.
The fact IS that some tires show surface checking sooner than others because of different compounds and manuf. techniques.
