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Bobby Beyer
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Tires turning blue

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Anyone else having that happen to them with their Dunlop Z2? I don't even have that many AutoX runs on them so I was kinda surprised to see it happen, the tread isn't hard by any means but its quite the shade of blue.
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Bobby Beyer wrote:Anyone else having that happen to them with their Dunlop Z2? I don't even have that many AutoX runs on them so I was kinda surprised to see it happen, the tread isn't hard by any means but its quite the shade of blue.
I have seen a bluish sheen on my Star Specs. I don't have Z2s.
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normal.
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My last set of RS3s turned blue after over heating them after an event. You should check your tire temps. Do they have recs on inner, middle and outer temps?
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These aren't my normal AX tires so thats what had me confused. They have maybe 30-40 runs on them, but I haven't noticed them overheating except for one event at Fontana and at Chuckwalla. The overheating didn't really concern me but these blue lines are more recent within the past month, when I haven't been running them.
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Bobby Beyer wrote:...when I haven't been running them.
See, you already knew the answer! They turned blue because they're sad not being used!
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