General Tire XP 2000 Z4 BTDT?
Burl Vibert
blur at sympatico.ca
Fri Feb 9 20:59:17 EST 2001
"M. A. Luong" wrote:
>
> Robert,
>
> I have an '88 5KCSTQ with the XP2000s. Got them with the car and they have
> less than 8K miles on the set -- one tire was bad with a mysterious bulge
> in the sidewall (not good) so I bought a replacement to round out the set.
>
Outward bulges are bad news. They usually indicate an open ply
splice and could blow anytime. Indents usually indicate heavy
splices which aren't dangerous but could be annoying for
balancing.
Oh yeah, I think there are several different models of XP2000s,
the original post was about the Z4 version.
Burl Vibert
1987 5000CSTQ
Kingston, Ontario
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