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Originally Posted by Riverbird455

FWIW I wanted to post an update on my experience.

Purchased 4 new BFG TAs in May 2020. P235 and P245 60R15s. I noticed that the raised white letters were not very bright that summer, and worsened by the following summer. Researched best methods to clean via interweb, and discovered many threads about this well known problem.

Car was in storage over the winter, so I called Michelin last spring, and was given a case number. Followed through with local authorized tire shop, and after a couple weeks I got the OK. They covered everything, including mointing, balancing.

Mine were 2 years old, 650 miles.

Guys at the shop showed how I could sand clean, but they used a neumatic circular grinder on the old tires that were off the car and said only do that 2 or 3 times max. Finally got them on in August, look good now,.. we will see what they look like next spring when the car comes out of storage. They also recommended SOS pads to clean.

good to hear my advice worked out for you & they took care of this.

BFG has improved the issue compared to the first 2 sets i bought back in 2010 they replaced, but apparently its still ongoing. the 3rd set they sent me in 2017 are much better but still not how they should be.

some dont have the issue so it must be size related or possibly they have better batches on occasion. but still no reason for it since other brands of RWL tires dont do this. my next set of tires will be M/T radial ST or possibly the firestone indy 500 that are being made again, i have a older set of indy500s that still look like new in the tread/sidewall & the letters are snow white.