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Small Split in Tire after Auto-X

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Hello everyone. I've done two auto-x's in the last month and noticed a small split in my front passenger tire. What do you guys think? Do you think it is still safe to use this tire or should I retire them? They probably have a few more events left, tread-wise, before they are completely done.

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Re: Small Split in Tire after Auto-X

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RE92's???
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Re: Small Split in Tire after Auto-X

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As long as your holding air, shouldn't be a problem. On the other hand it could blow out at an event? Who knows?
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Re: Small Split in Tire after Auto-X

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Yeah, they are RE92's. I know, I know, not great tires, but they will help me learn to be a better driver than throwing some super sticky tires on there and having them compensate for my mistakes.
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I would say retire them. If i was doing the tech inspection and saw that, I would probably fail that.
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Re: Small Split in Tire after Auto-X

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My opinion:
Autocross maybe
Rallycross maybe
Street driving probably not
Track driving HELL NO
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Thank you for your responses everyone, and the break down Mr. Kleen :lol:. I'm going to retire them.
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Re: Small Split in Tire after Auto-X

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Mr Kleen wrote:My opinion:
Autocross maybe
Rallycross probably not
Street driving maybe
Track driving HELL NO
I switched them a little, haha.

Depends on how deep it is really. LOL, I have blocks missing off my RallyX winter tires with ~10k on them and they are fine, haha.
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Re: Small Split in Tire after Auto-X

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There is a difference between blocks missing (Just flipped the RallyX tires to put the missing blocks on the inside the other week) and a crack on the tire (into and off of the tread block). What is the build date on those tires?

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Re: Small Split in Tire after Auto-X

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I checked and it looks like the build date is 4905.
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