tire replacement imminent?

[supton]

You don't show the wear bar but they look pretty thin. I always thought my RT43's lost wet traction fast once they got down to 4/32's and I didn't care to push past that--these look beyond that.

That little chunk of tire coming off, eh, probably hit a rock or something. Dry rot? no worse than a Michelin.

I'd have replaced them already, but I'm not sure I'd rush out and replace today. Fall tends to be dry (although not this dry! been a bad year) so I usually try to use up all seasons in the fall, if I can, before swapping snows on.

 

[JMJNet]

Depends on how you value your life and your family who uses the car.
If you value it, go make appt right now !!!! to buy new tires.

 

[02SE]

The TWI is visible about an inch or so above his fingers in the pic. The tread depth is pretty close to it. Yes they do appear to be pretty well deteriorated at this point. Their dry traction is compromised, to say nothing of the wet traction. If the vehicle sees any traffic or highway speeds, I'd replace ASAP.

 

[andrew_j]

I called and asked about price of CrossClimate2 and was fine with that, did not ask about less pricey tires and got them. I hope not last tire set for this 2018 VW Tiguan with 205k. This is the third set of replacement tires. Tires last 65k-70k on this vehicle

 

[jadmt]

They have been awesome tires for me

 

[Chris142]

Those are just getting broken in by north east ohio standard. (/sarcasm)

Good for 2 more years in southern California.

 

[50yr Street Mech]

Great choice ! Hope they serve you well. UV rays from the sun are a tires worst enemy. Speeds up dry rot. I spray my tires every now and again with a tire shine that has a UV protectant in it. If you ever notice, the inside of a tire is never dry rotted. Sun doesn't get at it. Good luck

 

[CapriRacer]

Great choice ! Hope they serve you well. UV rays from the sun are a tires worst enemy. Speeds up dry rot. I spray my tires every now and again with a tire shine that has a UV protectant in it. If you ever notice, the inside of a tire is never dry rotted. Sun doesn't get at it. Good luck

Ah ...... Mmm ........ Not exactly.

When we test tires in the lab, we don't break out the UV lights, but we do sometimes use an oven (heat). What we get are failures similar to the real world.

And the reason the inside of a tire doesn't crack is because there is a layer of butyl rubber, which does a better job of holding air than other types of rubber. Butyl is more crack resistant, but doesn't have the the fatigue strength to be used elsewhere, so that is the only place you'll find butyl in a tire.

I think you'll find that the most effective tire protectants have antioxidants (AO's) in them.

 

[50yr Street Mech]

Thank you for that information. Had no idea. Learn something new everyday on BITOG !