All 4 Tyres Blistered

[a11y]

WLH, I saw that article in the news here too, her husband is at Lakenheath so maybe Aebous will have heard more.

She died five days after it happened, awful really

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8600833.stm

Unfortunately I'm guessing Aebous may have been part of the group who were on holiday when this happened, going on his post a few weeks ago asking for advice for a trip to Edinburgh: http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=17414&p=254871&hilit=edinburgh#p251874. Perhaps I'm putting 2 and 2 together and drawing the wrong conclusion, but that's not a nice thing to hear about. That's really awful, sounds like a tragic accident

Edit - just noticed the dates don't match exactly with Aebous' trip.

 

[powerontap]

Took this picture of the worst blister on the front

Got a full set of Falkens sorted now, getting fitted tomorrow.
Crawled to work yesterday gripping the steering wheel like mad expecting a blowout at any time.
Dont know if I should risk driving the 10 miles to the fitting station tomorrow or get my breakdown people to transport the car there.

I'm afraid it turns out as my 1st option, the tire mounter tore the bead areas when mounting them due to improper lubrication. If that ends up being the case, they should compensate you for it. BTW, you shouldn't drive on them...

From my experience, Pirelli's and Michelin's are notorious for easy bead tearing.

 

[cj10jeeper]

Small photo but that does not look like a blister, but as a11y says a bulge. That to me is caused by complete failire of the internal supporting cords and strands. I'd say you've either bashed them on potholes pinching the sidewall against the rim, driven on them flat, or similar.

Your call if you drive on them, but I wouldn't. Each tyre like that could cost you an on the spot fine and several points aside the more obvious danger of blowout, accidents, liability, etc.

Never seen low profile tyres like that

edit - powerontap is the man as he has tyre experience - posted just between me reading and replying

 

[grumpybri]

The tyres were recently put back on after a winter lay off and I think the fitter has damaged them. But after looking at the date on the tyres, found out that they are 6 years old and been used for the last 5 years. So maybe the age of them has made them easy to damage.

 

[bigshurv]

It's worth having a go at the tyre fitters for some help in buying new ones,but they are properly shagged for sure.