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fjtort2 Enthusiast

fjtort2

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Should I be concerned? Brand new Exo Grappler never mounted. Picked up from tire shop.. Realized this small blemish at our shop.. Tire Shop says it is fine. Should I be worried?

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crankman Enthusiast

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Whew brand new tire at what they cost today. Would make them replace it. I would be concerned about sidewall strength, not a engineer but a blowout at highway speed your done. Might I say might be a weak point

grizzlyltz Enthusiast

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I wonder how many 100s of tires are out there with that blemish , looks like tire mold issue

I would get them to replace for sure

 

 

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CRApex Enthusiast

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I wouldn't want it. Not only a potential side wall issue (who knows for sure) but it looks bad.

4wdriver Enthusiast

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Unless this was some super deal combined with a favor or two I would ask for a replacement as well

fjtort2 Enthusiast

fjtort2

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I agree with all of you.. The tire shop said the current tire will fine, no safety issue.. I really don't want to find out the hard way. I demanded a new tire this afternoon.. Waiting to hear back from them.

sdeeter19555 Senior Enthusiast

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It's just cosmetic (blemish), there are several layers there, the top one is just for the letters.

 

That said, if you didn't pay for blems, I'd have it replaced.

 

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redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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I wonder how many 100s of tires are out there with that blemish , looks like tire mold issue

I would get them to replace for sure

 

 

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Or maybe it was only once that the mold wasn't cleaned between uses...

gearheadesw Senior Enthusiast

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Tell them it's fine if it's free,

other wise, you paid for a perfect tire, not one with a chunk missing out of the side wall, that can't ever be fixed or patched there in the sidewall.

fjtort2 Enthusiast

fjtort2

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Sure enough it was a MOLD issue. Discount Tire is taking care of it and Nitto is sending me a new one.. Thanks for the help guys! I'll post pics once the tires are on.

gearheadesw Senior Enthusiast

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Sure enough it was a MOLD issue. Discount Tire is taking care of it and Nitto is sending me a new one.. Thanks for the help guys! I'll post pics once the tires are on.

 

 

 

Looks like it wasn't ok, and you got a free one, well, you paid for the good one, and got a mold release special first.

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