son of a bitch!

damn that sucks bro. you should use this as an excuse to bodydrop it to the doors, what do you think?

i have never seen a tire do that except for on 18 wheelers.

jmz is on the right path. I work at a tire factory. As far as I know, there hasn't been a retreaded passenger tire in years. I say passenger tire, because we manufacture "regular" tires (cars, trucks, vans, SUV's) and we also manufature "truck" or semi tires. Tread separation such as that is more common on truck tires than on common passenger tires, but it does happen. Possibly the way jmz put it or another possibility is low air pressure, etc.

Sorry to hear of your damage, but truthfully you got pretty lucky. I've seen tread come off and beat the livin' $hit out of a bedside or rear quarter on a car!

well turns out it was a factory tire.
im going to see if theyll do anything about it, probably not, but worth a try.

maztang, i would, and probably will eventually, but my moms boyfriend sold it to me under the condition that i dont do anything to it besides drive it.
and seeing as how he let it go to me for two grand, i really cant go back on my word.