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killroy · 07-23-04, 03:31 PM

If you had run the tire flat for 20 km, it would not be on the rim, and most of the rim would be gone also. You should contact the manufacturer of the tire. That looks like a manufacturing defect to me.

In the U.S. we had the whole Firestone ATX recall, but that was caused by overloaded SUV's with low tire pressure. A light weight GT40 with a wide tire should be very easy on the sidewall, even with low pressure.

Your GT40 probably weighs a lot less than some cars that use that same tire, probably by about 2/3. So you could run 2/3 the tire pressure of that heavier car with the same ammount of sidewall deflection. I don't think you would be in any trouble unless your pressure was below 20 psi or the tire was defective.

07-23-04, 03:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
killroy A Tenth Join Date: Jul 2004 GT40: Silicon Valley Posts: 121 Rep Power: 6	Re: TYRE SHELF LIFE If you had run the tire flat for 20 km, it would not be on the rim, and most of the rim would be gone also. You should contact the manufacturer of the tire. That looks like a manufacturing defect to me. In the U.S. we had the whole Firestone ATX recall, but that was caused by overloaded SUV's with low tire pressure. A light weight GT40 with a wide tire should be very easy on the sidewall, even with low pressure. Your GT40 probably weighs a lot less than some cars that use that same tire, probably by about 2/3. So you could run 2/3 the tire pressure of that heavier car with the same ammount of sidewall deflection. I don't think you would be in any trouble unless your pressure was below 20 psi or the tire was defective.