this could have been a much bigger problem
 

so the story goes a little like this.

at the end of last year i noticed the CV boot on my driver side was gone. I figured, bah, i'm not driving the car for awhile, F' it, i'll fix it in the spring.
I put the car away.
totally forgot about my little problem.

With new parts arriving daily i figured i better get started on repairs/tuneup. While taking the tire off the other day i noticed the slightest of cracks.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tirefront2.jpg

barely noticable to the average person

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../tirefront.jpg

Concerned knowing the amount of fluid build up around the inside of the rim, i was anixous to see what await on the other side of rim

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...tirefront3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...z/tireback.jpg

Didn't think i'd find THIS!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/nuubz/tire.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/nuubz/tire2.jpg

OMG!!!!!
:eek: :eek: :eek:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/nuubz/tire3.jpg

gives me chills to think what might have happened if this sucker blewout at high speed! (i took the car out the previous week up the lakeshore and back home)
anyways, tire replaced, CV boot on order and tuneup 1/2 done :)

****note to all, check your tires regularly!*******

WTF, that shits scary as hell.

Nuubz check your abs speed sensors as well. Mine were coated in the cv boot grease since mine broke last summer as well.

DIY located here https://www.torontointegras.ca/forum...ad.php?t=16263

Yikes!

holy ----!

Ouch....definitely could've been a bad situation...

btw...what kind of rims are those?

Whoa! Glad you cought that before something bad happened

Dddamn!

damn that is crazy i'd never imagine that. Gotta remember to check my tires. :S But atleast you found the problem b4 it got worse.

Holy ----, I had the exact same thing happen to me and I have the same tires as you, this happened ot 2 of my tires, once on the road and one i noticed while parked. ------ garbage hercules tires, i only bought them because they came with my rims.

rota subzeros

Damn!

crazy ---- eh?!?!
the rest of the tires will be replaced SOON!

Dude, I had the EXACT same thing happen to mine. I had those same cracks on the inside of one of my tires. And yes I have the same Hercules tires as you. Its too bad only one of them cracked or else I would have replaced all 4. Cant wait to see your car back out and about this season.

how does that happen?

ya so does that only happen with Hercules tires?