Why the f00k does my sidewall keep bubbling?

[geoffafa]

Ok so this all started on my old set of wheels, I had 19x8.5 with a set of falken fk452 225/35 on them, i noticed after about 5 k my sidewall bubbled on both fronts. I put them on the back and put the good tires up front, which also lasted me about another 5k.

Thinking I had a defective set, I bought the same set of tires again, same size. And again, 5k and the fronts took a shit, rotated them and got another 5k off the good two on the front.

I finally said fuck it, sold the wheels, and got some new wheels (18x8.5) and bought some Toyo Proxes4 (205/40/18). They were fine for a while until the trip back down to FL I noticed my steering wheel started to wobble (bent wheel symptom), So I get home and start looking for bends inside and out and i find that yet AGAIN my sidewalls have bubbled. This time being the worst of all the other times. They ended up looking like this. on both fronts.





So my question to you all is, wtf am i doing wrong?

Is this a result of an impact? or lack of checking tire pressure? or do i officially have the worst luck in the world?

fuck sorry for the book guys... but i appriciate any help.

[balleur]

usually it cause of using shitty tires a friend of mine and i had the same issues when using "federal" tires but on the toyo it was prob due to hitting u pot hole or bump of some sort, the lower the profile and the more stretch you have the weaker that sidewall will be so any little bump or pothole could of caused that.

i had the same issues with my 215/40's on a 9.5" theyre were potenzas and thy kept bubbling up on my thats why i went with a 45 series and solved the problem. hope this helps

[geoffafa]

cool, im thinking about doing a 215/40, which isnt MUCH more sidewall, but a little bit. i just **** the fact that ill be running fatter tires up front.

about the pothole factor, this probably happened somewhere in VA on the way down from H2O... the roads fucking suck

[balleur]

i feel ya man, everyone think that texas road are nice but that is def not the case, ive already gone through 3 lips and 2 pairs of foglights not to mention numerous tires lol

the 215/40 should def help you out, either that or a 205/45

[geoffafa]

id have to look into the 205/45. i dont want too much sidewall either. fuck i **** picking tires sizes, such a headache!!! ahhh

[ShanesG]

452's are notorious for bubbling, as for the proxes...i donno :/

[EMU]

feel ya bro, its common to falken fk452's i had it done to me so many damn times that i quit buyin 452's fuck them!!!!

[geoffafa]

452's are notorious for bubbling, as for the proxes...i donno :/

fuck my life!

so now i ask this....

what IS a good tire to stretch?!?

[Royal_T]

Man everyone has prbs with 452s but I have not had any prbs with them.

[balleur]

fuck my life!

so now i ask this....

what IS a good tire to stretch?!?

Falken zeix 512 are my favorite only cause they run narrow as is so you typically don't have to go as small to acheive the same stretch for example my buddy's 215/40 zeix fit exactly like my 205/40 toyo's on 8" wide wheels.. But a lot of ppl also run fuzion ZRi's with no problems and good stretch

[FreshLikeSushi]

you are using falkens.
i use hte shit out of some nankang NS2s

[geoffafa]

Falken zeix 512 are my favorite only cause they run narrow as is so you typically don't have to go as small to acheive the same stretch for example my buddy's 215/40 zeix fit exactly like my 205/40 toyo's on 8" wide wheels.. But a lot of ppl also run fuzion ZRi's with no problems and good stretch

i believe the tires that i bought from a friend of mine used are 215/40 512s and they definately do not look like the 205/40 proxes4 that i have in the back.

ill look into the ZRi's but ive never really heard of fuzion before, and id rather run a falken or a toyo over a fuzion tire.

edit** i have ziex 912's 215/40 on the front, do those run the same size as the 512's?

[HKSpeed]

Fuzion is Firestone's tire for the import/tuner market, so i guess its reputable.
i've never used them, but I see alot of people recommending them behind Falkens and Toyos for stretching. you can also get 512s off Ebay from Discount Tire Direct.

[Han]

215/40 is always going to be 215/40, not a 205/40. The reason why 512's LOOK smaller is the sidewall construction. Mathematically, they are the same.

[geoffafa]

215/40 is always going to be 215/40, not a 205/40. The reason why 512's LOOK smaller is the sidewall construction. Mathematically, they are the same.

very true.

im probably going to buy another set of toyo proxes4 but 215/40 this time around, and we'll see what happens