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[marlbore]

so I have a fairly new set of Michelin PS2 on my E92.
Yesterday I was washing my car, really in detail.
at the end of the wash I put an Armor All protectant, the original one, on the side wall of my tires.
I first sprayed it on the side wall evenly and just wiped it with a MicroFiber towel.

I did this at a Self-service wash , so I drove home and parked the car in the apartment garage located under my building (Gated but shared, 20 or so cars)

woke up this morning to go to work and found out I have a flat tire.
my front left tire was completely flat.

later that day, i bought a portable air tank and filled the font tire with air to find where the hole was.
Hoping to find a nail on the tire so I can fix and use it.

unfortunately, the hole was on a sidewall, on the letter 'H' of Michelin.
the hole is so tiny that You cant see it with your eyes, but you can barely hear the breeze coming thru the hole
if i put my thumb over it, i can easily make it from leaking air.

My question is.

- do you think i can fix it? what is the best approach? (FFS i have only 5000miles on this thing)
- do you think I did it while rubbing armor all protect on it? or someone slashed my tires?

I am so fking pissed. If someone did this intentionally i am going to kill this fker.

[ttam]

Sorry buddy, holes on the sidewall can NOT be fixed.

[Tzu]

Sucks it was on a new tire. You gotta buy a new one for sidewall leaks.

[marlbore]

guys, thanks for the comment....
I dont think i could have made a slit with the amount of energy i put into wiping it with a towel....
who ever did this needs to kill himself.

now I have to go out and buy at least a pair if not a full set of tires.
easily over 10grand.

some ignorant fool slashing tires at night, cost me 1 grand.
cant stand it.

[ceb]

You obviously didn't do it wiping on armorall, but armorall is really bad stuff to use.

[nukezero]

how da hell do you get a hole on the sidewall? Sounds like someone tried to poke your tires.

[marlbore]

after giving it a second/third thought, there is no way I did this when I was washing it.
im going to swap the front 2 tires tomorrow and check in detail the damage done to the sidewall, if it looks like an intentional one, I am bringing it to leasing office and calling the police.
I mean, it can happen again to the next pair of New tires right?
imagine paying another 400-500 bucks for new set of tires and getting it slashed the next day.

[ttam]

Sucks to hear man. Would your insurance cover this type of damage?