Bought two pieces of 205/45R16 Hankook S1 Evo (Made in Korea, Week4609) from Rawang on 23/02/2011,

mileage clocked 48000KM+ after 21months (Feb2011 to Nov2012),

this is what happened to the tires...













the cracked appear inner side, outer no issue.

I feel glad that nothing happen to me,

went to Cameron Highlands with it 2 months ago...

This post has been edited by ahpaul82: Dec 6 2012, 11:05 PM

It's time to change the tyres already since there's no thread left. What new tyres you've replaced it with?

Stick back to Bridgestone.

Ur tyre age is about the same as my s1evo that i bought from tmk rawang..what caused it? suddenly got crack or happen after u hit pothole?

how much you got your Bridgestone Potenza RE002???

No idea how it could be happened...

are you still using it?

You can refer to HERE

nice usage bro

paul...tis common problem....after the bunga finish..tis problem will appears...happen soo many times..not to hankook but to other brand too...1 main reason is bald & less air...

mine was made 4809, still on my car, just done close to 30K km, early next year only i can change

well, by looking at the tread wear, you alignment is purposely set for touge, huh , more stability on fast corner but some sacrifice on inner sidewall wear due to uneven weight distribution. hence, inner sidewall crack. this happened to any tires with such setting. even my asymmetric had the same problem.

hmm... wear and tear i understand,
but if the cracked is on the tread's area i can accept,
but now is at the sidewall leh...
i checked my tires pressure regularly,
pump in 34psi for front and 32psi for rear.

update me if you don't mind when you change your tires.

Standard camber setting only woh..
but this Hankook Ventus S1 Evo's sidewall indeed softer than my first set tires RE001 and current RE002.

mind to share your photo?

oops someone spotted it

btw i also have my camber around negative 1-1.5ish, wonder if i'll face the same problems for my c drive 2... supposedly shouldn't considering its a very soft tire ><

exactly! we all go touge / wangan on normal camber setting
btw, am no longer keep the picture but the crack was in vertical shape while yours is horizontal.
was fitted on a slow fr car with minor burnouts.
re001's sidewall is stiffer and had a better steering feel over the re002.


due to the uneven weight distribution, driven over prolonged time, inner sidewall will be softer / more wear than the outer. after 6 months, if you remove the wheels, it will not stay still but sway and drop towards the inner sidewall direction. its dangerous to swap it from rear to front. during cold start up temperature, front end may sway excessively upon minimal steering input.

hmm been using the tires for around a year ady with the same camber settings
will really need to try out the tire dropping part

also, if i cant swap front/rear, how am i supposed to rotate the tires properly? (been doing rotations as normal ~every 10k km )

its not that you can't swap but be careful not to drive fast in corner during cold start up where tires is not at its optimum operation temperature yet.

oh so that's the only complications. no probs on that since i rarely ever whack the car while the temperature meter haven't rise till its optimal operating temp.

I remain the same camber setting to my current set tires,

let see would it happen again (inner side wall crack) during my next tires change.

If chamber is normal, then might be not enough air in tyre

This post has been edited by amirsubhi: Dec 10 2012, 09:55 AM

s1 evos cost you how much?

34psi still not enough?
need 40psi meh?


if i still remember correctly,

I bought at RM285/each for first two while the last two @ RM310/each.
(different locations)

that was Feb2011 price, now don't know what price already.