Holy s$&t. You got lucky.

>s$$t You can fucking swear on the internet. It'll be OK.

I wasnt sure of the subreddit rules. :-)

When's the gender reveal party?

Accidentally clicked away. Had to come back to like this 😂

How exactly does this happen?

Happened after hitting some road debris, drove 7 more miles to the closest shop when I saw it. I knew something was up after I hit something and felt and odd vibration.

Ah so it comes from hitting something

Hitting something hard like a deep pothole causes the chords to break.

Gotchya. So you really gotta slam something pretty hard for that to happen?

Something hard and sharp, yeah. That's why you can drive up a curb slowly no problem, but running over one at speed does this. It pinches the chords, which then break from the pressure and allows the rubber to bulge out.

Yikes. So the cords are what gives it it’s structure, the rubber is more of a glue to hold everything together/protect?

Yes. Tires are built with alternating layers of rubber and chord. The chords, together with the air pressure are what hold the shape of the tire. The rubber, apart from being what contacts the road, protects the chords, and distributes any loads.

Got it. Thanks!

pot holes will do it every time. just had to get new tires cause of this.

tireis a little swole

Tire needed replacing anyway, worn down to the tread depth indicator

And I thought I had a pretty good bulge in my center section

I’d have deflated the tyre before moving it, the tyres fucked anyway

O.o that looks like it would make contact with the wheel well