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Old 01-26-12, 01:47 PM
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Are these direzzas toast?

Hey guys I just wanted to get your opinion on my tires because I always second guess myself when it comes to changing tires. I ran these for about a year and a half of auto-x events and one track day and am thinking is it time to change them. The tires are dunlop direzzas and have started to develop some hair line cracks and is right at the tip of the tire wear indicator triangle. I don't have a tire depth gauge at the moment but it still clears lincolns head in the penny test. Would you guys think its still good for one more event or play it safe and get some new ones.
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Old 01-26-12, 02:51 PM
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They look normal. Those don't look like cracks to me. Just looks like you ran something over.
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They are fine. They wear on the outside edges first. You could swap them to the opposite side wheels so that the worn edge is now on the inside of the wheel.
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look fine to me.
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I wouldn't have an issue running those tires.
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I would not even be concerned with those tires. They look to have a ton of life left just by looking at the wear bar. You do not need tires for a while.

I agree with gracer, that is just a small cut from something in the road.


BTW, How do you like the Direzzas for the autoX course?








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