I was wondering if anyone else had seen this happen on their car and had any fixes.

Basically this is the second time this has happened to my car. I have Toyo Proxes T1R's all round. However, on the rear the tyres have started to warp (flats and bulges) on the inside edges. The offside rear isn't so bad, but the nearside rear is terrible.

The tyres are a couple of years old now, but other than warping are ok.

Is this a characteristic of the car? A characteristic of tyres a couple of years old? Or something strange?

I wondered whether maybe the nearside rear suffers from being near the exhaust.

If anyone has any info I'd be very interested.

Ok, it's not a vRS, but I've run T1-Rs on mine for 4 years odd. No issues like you describe.

I suggest getting a full geometry, because it sounds like you may have rear camber or thrust axis issues.

Photo of the NSR tyre would be good

If you are talking about the inner edge of the tread pattern and not the actual tyre wall, then I eventually cured mine (so far, at least) by changing the bushes in the rear beam. Prior to that I have changed the tyres (several times), an the rear shocks.

It is said that jacking the car on the rear beam can cause similar issues (a crime of which I am guilty )

I haven't used T1-Rs, but I have used Falken F452s and several other brands too.

I've seen NSR tyre damage done by catching kerbs after driving past and reversing on to drives.

How often do you drive the car?

I've had it before on a set of Dunlop sp9000. Inside edge wears in a "stepped" fashion.

It also produced a humming/droning noise, similar to a wheel bearing noise. 2 new tyres on and it's all sorted. A few tyre garages have told me it's alarmingly common on Dunlop and Avon tyres as they come to the end of their life.

My Dunlop Direzzas did the same.

Like that:

They are Kumho 712

the car was lowered tho so I put it down to that? The Falken 452s I have now have done the same. the car is not really lowered that much now but its still done it, new bushes all round too and aligned.

Not sure why it does it.

That is just how mine was..... it seems that at least for the moment, the fabia vrs bushes I fitted have cured things....

My car is standard.

Do you have a lot of speed restriction cussions where you drive? The square humps in the road that you straddle with the inside edges of the tyres on the bevels of the humps?

Do you have a lot of speed restriction cussions where you drive? The square humps in the road that you straddle with the inside edges of the tyres on the bevels of the humps?

I go over about 13 in the first 1/2 mile on my drive to work...

there is 4 for me, I bypass two of them tho lol, When thoes wheels were on the car was low so I had to go over them not straddle.

I tought it could of been that too lol

Do you have a lot of speed restriction cussions where you drive? The square humps in the road that you straddle with the inside edges of the tyres on the bevels of the humps?

Ah, I've encountered 4 total, which I drove over 4 times, in 4.5 years of owning the car. From the other responses, we may be on to something here.

Wow! looks like lots of you have similar issues with high / low spots and warping.

My car has H&R springs and Koni FSD dampers and has all the bushes re-done with poly bushes so I would hope that all is reasonably ok with the chassis. Full alignment was done.

I can't confirm whether any muppet has jacked on the rear beam or not.

The tyres are over 2 years old so I guess they could suffering now.

Interesting about the speed bump comment. The Mrs uses the car half the week and nips through a housing estate with loads of speed bumps (the square versions that wheels are either side of). I think I'll get her to take a different route and see if there is any difference. 2 years of smacking into them can't be good!

Off to get all 4 tyres replaced with Hankook ones tomorrow. Fingers crossed with a bit of care they might remain the right shape!