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Old 06-07-2010, 12:40 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian View Post
If they're inward dents, it could be where the sidewall belts are joined and overlapped, and not a problem. All 8 tires on my 2 vehicles have these - two depressions that run from the rim out to the tread (like spokes), about 6 inches apart from each other.

Outward bulges are bad.

Tire Tech Information - Sidewall Indentations, Undulations and Protrusions
I have the inward dents too. When I first saw this, I lowered the PSI, but they didn't go away, so I restored the PSI.

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