Tire blister

hockey9187 · 05-15-2011, 10:18 PM

I just noticed a tire blister on my sidewall after driving my 07 335 coupe back from ohio to florida. Should I change this tire quick? I am not happy cause I just got the car and it has almost new tires on it. Any help would be great.
Thanks

Express · 05-15-2011, 10:26 PM

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hugus311 · 05-15-2011, 10:29 PM

do you mean a bubble in your sidewall?

look at this thread
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ubble+sidewall

hugus311 · 05-15-2011, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by express705

pics

lol

Express · 05-15-2011, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by hugus311

lol

depending on how serious it is, a proper recommendation can be made.

ceb · 05-15-2011, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by express705

depending on how serious it is, a proper recommendation can be made.

A picture really isn't required for this one. If a tire sidewall has a bubble, then the sidewall carcass is damaged and must be replaced. The OP is driving on borrowed time as the tire may fail in 5 minutes or in 5 years. There is no way to tell.

OTOH, everything here requires a picture to satisfy our ghoulish imagination.

hockey9187 · 05-15-2011, 11:02 PM

Thanks for the comments, It isnt to big of bump, about a quarter big. Now that I think about it I think I had one for a while on my clk500 and nothing happened. Should I just buy two new rears that are non-RF?

rollinstone157 · 05-15-2011, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by hockey9187

Thanks for the comments, It isnt to big of bump, about a quarter big. Now that I think about it I think I had one for a while on my clk500 and nothing happened. Should I just buy two new rears that are non-RF?

No, don't mix runflats and non-runflats. That just sounds like a bad idea--would you drive with wither tires on the front, and summer tires on the rear? Either go with all regulars, and keep a compact spare in your trunk, or pony up for replacement runflats.
If you've had them that long on your CLK, you should get those replaced ASAP. My friend had non-RFTs with a bubble, he hit at (luckily) only 30, and it blew out. We live in Jersey, so there's no shortage of potholes. I imagine if he was doing 75 on I-78 and that happened it would have ended up much worse than a damaged Rim and a new tire.

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hockey9187 New Member 1 Rep 8 Posts Drives: Infiniti M35 Join Date: May 2011 Location: tampa iTrader: (0)	Thanks for the comments, It isnt to big of bump, about a quarter big. Now that I think about it I think I had one for a while on my clk500 and nothing happened. Should I just buy two new rears that are non-RF?
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