in his defense, those tires do look like crap and are old.
They do look a bit questionable IMO and it may be the camera angle but the wear appears uneven IE: worn more on the side with the circled areas. Another thing to be aware of is a companies liability. 2 weeks from now you have a blow out that takes out a bus full of kids. The root cause is blamed on the tire. Suddenly the tire shop has lawyers knocking on their door saying they should have informed the customer pf the tires condition.
Now maybe the guy hit something that caused the issue. But all the lawyers see is as Joe's tires is at fault and a 100.00 tire balance turns into MEGA dollar s for defense etc.
I have turned many jobs away for that very reason.
Customer says just replace the wheel cylinder/ caliper that's leaking. I say get it out of my shop. Not wanting to be offensive to the OP just looking at things from the other side of the issue.
