Schumacher

When I took one of the wheels off...



Note the odd shape:







POS!!












No idea why it's f***ed? Lucky I take the wheels off whenever I clean them.

I've had a **** 2008 so far!

joey_turbo

iTrader: (26)

Possible wrong tyre size. have you got 225's on it?
Are they all the same?

Anger

iTrader: (4)

Strange that mate, whats been rubbing there ???

oli_w

mate!! have never seen anything like that before! look on the brightside tho at least u found it rather than the tyre blowing out and possibly causin u an injury!

Schumacher

Yeah, glad I found it before I did more damage. Couldn't even tell that there was something wrong with it when driving.

All the tyres are 215/35/18.

NUTTYNICK

Priority is to find out why it's been rubbing.

Luck you found it now though, looks like it was definately on the way out.

Silver Scooby Sport

iTrader: (15)

That's mind boggling Schuey.... what wheel is it ?

Have you had your head in the arch to see if it's been rubbing at all ?
The rest of the tyre has worn equally which throws the alignment question out of the window.

hoskib

iTrader: (1)

i'm pretty rubbish at reading sideways, but if that says nangkang on your tyres that'll be the problem. not good tyres at all.

if i've read it wrong then sorry. pretty severe rubbing issue there!

The Dogs B******s

Does look like that to me too

RON

Simply because a tyre is made by a certain firm, will NOT make it wear like that, what rubbish...... that tyre is simply rubbing on something like the spring platform or similar....... oh, and it's definately f***ed....... best check the rest quick smart!!

fezza

iTrader: (5)

That happened to my front drivers side too, no idea why?!

dabow

iTrader: (19)

check the rear legs. it looks like an even paturn all round to me.

the only time i've seen this, was with coil overs and the wrong offset tyres
good luck mate

GavinE

With that much wear to the tyre, there is bound to be some sign of rubbing on the car where it's been touching.

jiffthejiffmanjaffa

iTrader: (10)

I'd say get the car up in the air and have a real good route around, rubbing like that has got to have maked something under the wheel arche, look for all the use things, something smooth, bent etc...

When was the last time you have the car on a hunter system? Getting that looked into is a good idea.

I bet you're well glad you find out now and not on the motorway!!!! Lucky Lucky Lucky. I've seen many an accident on motorways caused by tyre blows outs, not pretty at all.

wiley

iTrader: (63)

had same sort of problem on my clio when my arches would catch. only thing with me i knew it was rubbing, mine dont look half as bad though
wiley

JonMc

iTrader: (51)

An old mate had exactly this on his Vectra GSI. The top mount bushes had failed and the suspension geometry was screwed resulting in the spring cup rubbing on the tyre. Worth a check

Schumacher

I've had a look and doesn't seem to be rubbing anywhere? Although that was in the garage and in the dark. The offside front tyre is shaping the same way, so looks like both fronts are f'd. Full lock on the steering both ways and still not touching anything. 2 finger gap to the struts at the front and half a finger gap to the struts at the rear, but the rear tyres are fine?


With the car being AWD, best bet would be to replace all 4. Not happy at all as the tyres have a lot of life left in them!

Tyres are Nankang Ultra Sport NS-2s, which were on the car when I bought it.

frayz

iTrader: (7)

Alignment out?

Schumacher

I'll get it checked out.

frayz

iTrader: (7)

Looks to me as though its toeing out on that wheel mate

nixxon

Are you serious?
That is not a n alignment problem, unlessyou're running stupid soft pressures.
Your tyres have been rubbing on something,whether on your car or another. How long have you owned the car?
Are the wheel arch liners firmly fixed?
How about the under-tray? At rest it can look OK, but at 70mph it will be distorted and may rub on your tyres.
Or a brake hose?
IT should be pretty easy to spot what it's been rubbing on; it will be nice and shiny!
Good luck.
Nick

frayz

iTrader: (7)

Yes mate im very serious.

If you think that cant happen from alignment then you know very little on the subject.

Schumacher

I've owned the car for a year and a bit. I think frayz could be right, but won't know until I have a proper look in the daylight and get the geometry checked.

harry007

Madness...thats bad....glad you spotted it before the boys in blue did.

bigvern

iTrader: (1)

It looks like it could be both

1. Alignment because if you look at where the tread has worn on the 'top' of the tyre compared to the other side.

2. Rubbing on the sidewall where the step has been cut into it.

I reckon it could be a bushing which has been on its way out then completely gone... or the camber bolts might have done something funny.

darms

iTrader: (5)

omg, not another thing - right mate

M535I

Hi mate i fit tyres and this is more common than you realise , The worst are bmw's and run flat's , no one ever check's their pressures and they never wear evenley and when the allignhment is out the insids rip thru like yours just they seem to think they have a puncture but its actually a gaping hole on the inside wall ,nothing rubbing just wheel alignment !! its a free check in most places mate and will rule it out so get it checked asap! best is a 4 wheel alligment for acuracy

psigeek

iTrader: (17)

What's the offset on the wheels mate?

ragit-jay

iTrader: (1)

i had 2 tyres go exsactly the same, problem - rubbing on the bottom of the very bottom of the sring cups.

check your cups

WRX_Dazza

thats looks like the wheel is rubbing on the suspension somewhere.

quite severe if it is geometry !!!

should be easy to find out !!

keep us posted !