Vredestein Sprint Classic - Anyone had Problems ?
Discussion
A friend of mine has recently fitted Sprint Classics to his Mk2 Jaguar. He has probably driven it less than 300 miles since fitting them.
When we had the car on a ramp we noticed that all four tyres had deformation on the tyre walls.
This appears as grooves or valleys on the wall running radially. Some of these grooves are quite deep and give the appearance that the wall casing has collapsed inwards slightly. Rather strange as I would have thought it would have come outwards.
Anyway I have the same tyres on my own Mk2, also quite new. I checked them carefully at the time and could see no sign of deformation.
I've recently done a few miles and yesterday I was checking the tyre pressures and noted that these same grooves are now starting to appear on two of my tyres.
Naturally we will be going back to the suppliers, but I wondered if anyone else has experienced this problem. I can't believe it's only us.
You may not notice it without close inspection but the grooving is bad enough that it can be easily felt by hand and when viewed from above the tyre is very noticeable.
Any feedback appreciated.
When we had the car on a ramp we noticed that all four tyres had deformation on the tyre walls.
This appears as grooves or valleys on the wall running radially. Some of these grooves are quite deep and give the appearance that the wall casing has collapsed inwards slightly. Rather strange as I would have thought it would have come outwards.
Anyway I have the same tyres on my own Mk2, also quite new. I checked them carefully at the time and could see no sign of deformation.
I've recently done a few miles and yesterday I was checking the tyre pressures and noted that these same grooves are now starting to appear on two of my tyres.
Naturally we will be going back to the suppliers, but I wondered if anyone else has experienced this problem. I can't believe it's only us.
You may not notice it without close inspection but the grooving is bad enough that it can be easily felt by hand and when viewed from above the tyre is very noticeable.
Any feedback appreciated.
Edited by mph on Sunday 10th June 09:49
I'm a bit surprised that there hasn't been more response to this given the number of Vredesteins I see in use on classic cars.
Anyway an update. I checked my XK140 Special which is also fitted with Vredesteins and found it had similar grooving on the sidewalls, but very minor.
Also passed the info on to friends of mine and they've found a customers XK120 with the same problem.
So far every car checked has this issue on one or more of the tyres.
My concern on my Mk2 is that although the grooving is relatively minor, the tyres are quite new and what comeback will I have in a year or two if they deteriorate further?
As stated my friends Mk2 is much worse and personally I wouldn't accept it.
Anyway an update. I checked my XK140 Special which is also fitted with Vredesteins and found it had similar grooving on the sidewalls, but very minor.
Also passed the info on to friends of mine and they've found a customers XK120 with the same problem.
So far every car checked has this issue on one or more of the tyres.
My concern on my Mk2 is that although the grooving is relatively minor, the tyres are quite new and what comeback will I have in a year or two if they deteriorate further?
As stated my friends Mk2 is much worse and personally I wouldn't accept it.
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