this is my spare very old 17 yrs car

just noticed this morning, one of the tyres is slightly bulging.

can it still be used?

tyre is about 2 1/2 yrs with only 20K km travelled. tread still looks like new (Falken ZE326)
only used for short distance.... 10-20km per day... max maybe 40km

Once a bulge develop, tht would be the weakpoint in the tyre sidewall and overtime it gets bigger and bigger until the steel jacket separates frm the sidewall and it goes kaboom

Unless u dont travel highspeed and use car mainly in town, its okay but still recomended to change.

it is used as a spare car

used in town //very short distance driving


the bulging is similar to this photo fr the net but the bulge i have is half the size....

Once a tire is bulging, it has to be changed. If you don;t want to spedn the money, exchange it with your spare.

spare is in a worse condition. must be 17 yrs old too. i am not even carrying the pare on the car..it is chucked somewhere in my garden. maybe not usable also.

will drop by a tyre shop n seek opinion.

time to sell of this car but yet more n more expenses

You can try to find some used tires then to cut the cost. There are many selling in mudah.my.

the bulge is actually very small. Maybe 1/3 of the photo. only noticed it after applying tire polish.

The tire was the front left. Must have hit a pothole. But i have transferred the tire to the back left. Will monitor and see first since the car is used very short distances. Also have clean up my spare from the garden and will get it pumped first in case of any blowup

TS, please change the bulging tire before this happen...
Below is tire explosion due to sidewall bulging.

Falkens are prone to bulging with our Malaysian infamous potholes everywhere.

yup.

Falken are said to be very fragile.

I don't know the quality now, but in early 2000, my friend drove non stop 6 hours using falken and it developed the bulge. He said the tyre was quite new.

I do buy falken . but travel in city center only.

If wanna tahan use an go for Goodyear sidewall have cast with metal structure inside.

Even the Kenari small tyre size also won't be bulge.

Wow, I'm surprised the rims are still in pretty good shape. Lucky you
I used Falkens once & I didn't have a very good experience with them. Had to change them within a year - less than 30K KM probably. They were noisy & fragile.
My Paradas on the other hand.... Ended up partially deaf though

Mine 3 bulging.....had to change all...

Must change to avoid tyre burst. Anyway, looks like low profile tire can't stand pot holes.

This post has been edited by Alan: May 2 2013, 11:28 AM

I have the bulging too at my front tyre.. any recommendation on where can i get not too expensive new tyre around damansara area? last yr i bought yokohama tyre at rm165 for a naza suria car..

Mine I resort to use 2nd hand tires...no point buying new, later go inside another pothole also bulging again
Bit 2nd hand tires you need to choice wisely

update:

tire has been changed

damage : rm135


same falken tyre

i just recall i did hit a road curb while parking a week or 2 back.. this could have contributed to the buldge

This post has been edited by nxtpg: May 2 2013, 04:11 PM

Luckily rear tire and lucky to be alive... was doing high speed engine tuning that time with my mechanic/tuner and tire exploded at >180km/h