Stevolwevol

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I have a set of kumos on my RS. I plan on replacing them tuesday, due to weather checking on the sidewalls. The tread is great, and they hold air. Any reason to keep them would save me about 450.00. Are those cracks gonna give me problems like the tire store said they may?

DJP87Z28

What do you think??? The cracks are not beauty marks.

Stevolwevol

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Beauty is not my concern. It's the integrity of the tires that concerns me. That's what I think.

DJP87Z28

"not beauty marks" since you did not understand that. How about DRY ROT. Also your so called tire "INTEGRITY" means ...YOU HAVE NONE. UNERSTAND NOW.

camaronewbie

If it were me, I'd run them! I've got tires on my beater truck - I bought them USED 3 years ago with the worst dry-rot cracks I've ever seen. I drive the truck at least once a week, usually more. I've run in the mud, woods, snow, ice - 3+ years later, I'm still running those $25 used tires, and they still have their dry rot cracks - but they still hold air! If bad dry rot cracks can take the abuse of a beater 4x4, that's always being run hard, I'd have no issue running some more tread off those tires on the street.

What a tighta$$ huh? 3+ years on a dry rotted set of $25 used tires! I sure do expect alot, don't I? That poor truck will not get any new (used) tires until those are blown, or the tread is smooth. Looking at them this morning, I think I have another good year left in them!

camaronewbie

OK - now the disclaimer ...

Having stated all that, I wouldn't necessarily go out and run an autocross event tomorrow on dry rotted tires. If you are doing alot of highway travel daily in the car, you might not follow my advise. But as I see it, in my world anyway, worse case scenerio is that a dry rot crack starts leaking, you end up with a flat, you change to your spare, limp home, and then go from there.

But - I'm a beast of a different color. I'd personally have no issue getting in my old oil-burning 270k beater truck with those cracked tires, and driving across country tomorrow. I know my vehicles inside and out, and on any trip over 2 hours away I carry my 120lb toolbox which contains enough stuff to rebuild a motor on the side of the road if needed!

But - personally - in the 8 years I've owned that beater truck, it's never ever had new tires - always old used dry rotted cracked tires that I never pay more than $25 a piece for, and I've never once (even after curb hopping, 4-wheeling, etc.) ever had a tire lose any air or blow out. Honestly, it's amazing how nasty a tire can look yet how well it can perform (in a non-racing application).

Stevolwevol

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That's good info. BTW you are not a tight a$$$ for not spending over 500.00 on tires. That's another concern is spending that kind of money myself.

In the past I have only replace tires that haven't enough tread, but the side walls? Kumo tires is not a tire I was or am familiar with. The only thing I have found out is they are less expensive than other "high end" tires. I just replace a set of kelly safari's I had on my jeep. they were leaking from the cracks on the sidewalls. I sprayed soapy water on them and saw it for myself. I thought they were a good brand. They were six years old, but I have had tires alot longer than that with out sidewalls cracking.

Thanks for the polite answer.

Stevolwevol

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wow...Since you made it soooooo clear I "UNERSTAND" now! thanks again..