Bubble on side wall

Scootman! · Post by **Scootman!** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:37 am

I was driving down a pot hole filled dirt road the other day and when I stopped I noticed that a small bubble (size of a nickel) was on the transition area between the side wall and the tread. Will this cause a blow out for sure or do I have some time to replace the tire?

tnpartsguy · Post by **tnpartsguy** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:55 am

Don't drive on it if you can avoid it. An actual bubble means the tire's skin is damaged internally, and being where it is, it could blow out really easy.

Scootman! · Post by **Scootman!** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:00 am

Maybe I should have said that it is raised in a half small somewhat like a bubble form..... ....it does not look too terrrible but I guess it's time to replace it then. These tires are only a few months old too, oh well thankfully I get a huge discount on tires.

lovemyraffe · Post by **lovemyraffe** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:44 am

Replace it asap! It will blow out.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:41 pm

What kind of tires?

Kamikaze · Post by **Kamikaze** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 9:16 pm

It's called a ply-seperation...It could be small... I've seen them where there's multiple little bubbles... but regardless if it's 1 or 10 of them... it means that the integrity of your tire has been compromised and could blow out at any time...

ColonelPanic · Post by **ColonelPanic** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:08 pm

Had that happen to one of my tires too... got it replaced as soon as I saw that bubble, not something you want to mess around with.

VIBEwithanO · Post by **VIBEwithanO** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:48 am

Like ColenelPanic I had a bubble myself once (on my last car). Unlike him, I didn't get it changed (I was poor and didn't think it'd be a big deal). Two days later it blew out hard core right as I was getting on the freeway. I'm so glad it did it before, since a blow out at higher speeds is a bad deal. Change is asap.

4X4CHICHI · Post by **4X4CHICHI** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:25 am

I just had to replace a tire that this happened to. It blew out. It was a rear tire though, calm as far as blowouts go.

NibCrom · Post by **NibCrom** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:31 am

Pop it like a zit, your call will be fine.I'm just kidding, don't listen to me.

Scootman! · Post by **Scootman!** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:35 am

It is a Bridgestone Potenza G-OO9 which I'll probably replace with a Fuzion ZRi or something comparable.

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