Problems with NITTO tires....

[Dead Mach 1]

So today I was plastic dipping my wheels, pull off the left front wheel to find this (link below). I'm running Nitto NT555 Extreme Performance tires size 275/40R17 up front. I turned the wheel lock to lock but couldn't find any place that the tire would be rubbing. I do have coil overs and it is lowered. I'm thinking that it's a defective tire seeing as they've only been on the car a year and a half and have less then 10k miles on them and I had it on a lift a month ago and it was fine. Has anyone ever seen this with Nitto tires before?

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[RichM1983]

Holy shit that looks like you would have heard something tearing up like that. Could it be once you hit a bump it compresses the suspension enough to rub something? Any signs on the suspension parts?

 

[Dead Mach 1]

No signs nothing is shinny or smooth

 

[hotcobra03]

Looks like tire is bad. .

if it was rubbing all of the tread would show it touched..

those are chunks missing..

What does other side look like

 

[Dead Mach 1]

Passenger side tire is fine

 

[mooch91]

I bought, and have been running, a set of used OEM Goodyears that had a pattern like that. It was on the outside edge of the tire. I had often wondered what might have done it - cut during tire mounting perhaps? Could have also been from the previous car the tires/wheels were installed on, in my case.