Bridgestone Adrenaline

[STATUS]

I usually use TOYO's but customers specified these.

Just want to find out others experiences, these things stick pretty well but on two of my high hp customer cars 270+rwkw we are experiencing tearing any one else finding the same?

[bnr#@]

Have you tried contacting bridgestone themselves?

Would love to know more about this as contemplating getting them for the gtr

[Omurru]

Interesting, never seen this on car tyres before. Big airplane tyres get it all the time, it's called chevron tearing or "chevroning". Sometimes the tears appear in little ^^^^ shapes other times they are just straight. I think from memory it's cause by the initial touchdown point before the antiskid has a chance to kick in. Unless the tyre starts loosing chunks of rubber or the tears are big you don't have to worry about it. With airplanes that it is

Would be interested to know what caused it on car tyres though, the only thing I can think of is the rubber is very soft and the car perhaps suffers from axle tramp...

[Kaido_RR]

im running 250rwkw and use the re001 on the front of my car for a few drift practices and they have held up fine. be interested to see what the reason for the tearing

[Bullet32]

From the pictures that you have posted it doesnt look to me like "tearing", what it looks like is almost certainly a tread join separation.

With almost all UHP tyres the tread is joined on to the casing after the casing is put together, they're not one piece, when the tread is moulded on to the casing the manufacturer almost always deliberately overlaps the tread join to reduce the chance of seperation.

It looks like your tyres are "feathering" at the overlap point where the tread has been moulded.

This usually happens when the tyre has suffered from excess heat build up for an extended period (such as drift or track racing).

From my experience you should be able to wear the tyres down to the belts without the tread letting go (if they are built well) because where it is lifting is only the overlap point, the actual tread join would be further around the tyre underneath the top layer of tread.

If you are worried about it you should contact the manufacturer or wholesale distributor though.

I hope this helps

[acsplit]

Ised to see this on dunlop 3000A's and even Eagle f1's

i guess they don't like teh drift or skidz

[STATUS]

From the pictures that you have posted it doesnt look to me like "tearing", what it looks like is almost certainly a tread join separation.

With almost all UHP tyres the tread is joined on to the casing after the casing is put together, they're not one piece, when the tread is moulded on to the casing the manufacturer almost always deliberately overlaps the tread join to reduce the chance of seperation.

It looks like your tyres are "feathering" at the overlap point where the tread has been moulded.

This usually happens when the tyre has suffered from excess heat build up for an extended period (such as drift or track racing).

From my experience you should be able to wear the tyres down to the belts without the tread letting go (if they are built well) because where it is lifting is only the overlap point, the actual tread join would be further around the tyre underneath the top layer of tread.

If you are worried about it you should contact the manufacturer or wholesale distributor though.

I hope this helps

im sure it is moulding issue causing the tearing / separation and have mentioned this to the dealer, unfortunatley they all (dealers) at this stage give blank looks.... tyre re-sellers not experts i will send through some pics to B/S HO.

as both cars see ZERO drift or any real excessive abuse that other UHP tyres havent been able to handle.. Not real impressed with them so far.

[PM-R33]

I was planning on buying some 255 Adrenalin's soon, this aint good news Other then the tearing issue (which could be a bad batch or something i suppose), how are your customers and you finding the tyres? Good grip? Last a while? Any info would be great Trent, thanks.

[Bullet32]

im sure it is moulding issue causing the tearing / separation and have mentioned this to the dealer, unfortunatley they all (dealers) at this stage give blank looks.... tyre re-sellers not experts i will send through some pics to B/S HO.

as both cars see ZERO drift or any real excessive abuse that other UHP tyres havent been able to handle.. Not real impressed with them so far.

Most tyre retailers wouldnt see this issue very often as it is not all that common in well made UHP tyres, of course Bridgestone are quite well known for their high quality standards. You are best off sending the photos in an e-mail to the importer / distributor who can then contact Bridgestone, they might be able to offer a manufacturers warranty ( I know we normally would ).

But as it is almost impossible to tell whether the tyres have been used in a motorsport application you may not get anything back.

Like I said, you will probably be able to run the tyres right down to the casing without them delaminating, as the actual tread join would still be intact, but the choice is yours.

[STATUS]

hey your sig looks like our old skyline, is it from adelaide?

[Bullet32]

hey your sig looks like our old skyline, is it from adelaide?

I bought it in Sydney from a private seller, I dont know if he was the first owner in Aus though...

It was stock standard when I got it except for the GTR bumper, grille and bonnet lip, cat back exhaust and Volk wheels.

[Equinox]

OMG

I have that on one of my rear RE001s. I couldn't work out what it was! Looks exactly the same. 200rwkw S14 which sees a lot of mountain passes but I've never drifted on these RE001s. I'll try and get a picture of it tomorrow.

Anyone else? Should I take the tyre(s) back to Bridgestone and get them replaced? The one with the tear is basically new.

Edited May 24, 2008 by Equinox

[Mr. Keets]

Are they from the same batch???

[Bullet32]

OMG

I have that on one of my rear RE001s. I couldn't work out what it was! Looks exactly the same. 200rwkw S14 which sees a lot of mountain passes but I've never drifted on these RE001s. I'll try and get a picture of it tomorrow.

Anyone else? Should I take the tyre(s) back to Bridgestone and get them replaced? The one with the tear is basically new.

Its not a tear... Refer previous posts.

If you are concerned about it, take it back to the shop where you bought it and show them... If they cant help, call the wholesale distributor directly and explain it.

You may be able to get a manufacturers warranty - No promises though, I dont know what Bridgestone's policies are.