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Well I was cleaning my rims and tires the other day which were in storage for the winter when I noticed one of my tires is warped.<P>When they were taken off in the fall the mechanic there briefly said something about it but I never really checked or noticed until I was cleaning it today.<P>Basically the on inner side of the tire it like warped in and out, not smooth. It's only slightly on the inner side.<P>If the tire was on the car you probably wouldn't even see or notice it.<P>It really doesn't look to healthy or safe to drive on that even though the majority of the tire is flat.<P>I'll see if I can take a picture soon, I am going to take it to a local tire/rim shop that know me and see what they say.<P>They are Toyo Proxes FZ4 Tires and it seems only this one tire is like this and it doesn't seem to be low on air or anything.<P>Any ideas what may have caused this?

when i first got my car, i had a blister on the on the outside and the inside of the tire...road them suckers for about 8 months till i got my rims.. just thgouht i'd tell you that.

I had that problem on another car that I had and it did not present a problem. It's up to you if you want to replace them. Good luck.

well i'm going to get this place to take a look at it today just to make sure it is safe or not<P>i have a long drive down to VA at the end of the month so i don't want to take any chances

where ya going in VA andrew, i'm in alexandria, (north VA)

I'm go to Churchville which is some small town near Staunton.<P>I checked on Mapquest, it's about 3 hours away from you.

On another note,<P>I got the tire checked today, he said it looks like damage caused by driving on it with little or no air.<P>The only time I can think of when something like that happened was when I dented that rim last summer and I drove on the tire I suppose for a bit with practically no air...<P>However I've used this tire for the rest of summer and into fall without even noticing it was damaged like that.<P>So I don't know for sure if it was damaged like that then or if it happened some how later.<P>Whatever the case, I bought a new tire to be on the safe side, there is no way I am going to drive 10 hours on a tire like that, too risky.