Strange thing happened to my Michelin's
07-03-2019, 07:34 AM
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Strange thing happened to my Michelin's
I have no clue what happened to my tires on my 2019 with 1600 Miles. Went out to the garage yesterday to wipe down the car and found these strange spikes growing out of the sidewalls on all four tires. They appeared over a 24 hr period. Anybody ever seen anything like this ?
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07-03-2019, 09:13 AM
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The rag you wiped them with, did it have a Viagra in it??
07-03-2019, 07:36 AM
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I saw it before on my Audi TT with the Michelin tires. I just ignored it and they went away. Have no idea what they are.
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07-03-2019, 08:23 AM
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Are you sure they are growing. Looks like part of the molding process to me.
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07-03-2019, 08:54 AM
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I think OP is kidding.
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I’ve seen rubber spikes like those on other tires, although not in that number. 
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07-03-2019, 09:39 AM
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It sounds like the OP really thinks they grew there overnight.
They have been there from the second the mold released the tire at the factory. Like others have said, there are hundreds of vent holes in tire molds and these are the artifacts from the molding process called Vent Spews. They have ALWAYS been on your tires. You just are now seeing them. Almost all tires have these. It depends on the mold design if they are there or not.
http://fostertire.blogspot.com/2015/...-yearvent.html
They have been there from the second the mold released the tire at the factory. Like others have said, there are hundreds of vent holes in tire molds and these are the artifacts from the molding process called Vent Spews. They have ALWAYS been on your tires. You just are now seeing them. Almost all tires have these. It depends on the mold design if they are there or not.
http://fostertire.blogspot.com/2015/...-yearvent.html
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07-03-2019, 10:28 AM
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It is called stubble. Your tires are reaching puberty.
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07-03-2019, 10:35 AM
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