Tire foam is not impressive

I ordered a brand new Continental Cross Contact LX Sport tire as a full-size spare for my Model X Refresh. You can see the "foam" solution inside, and I am not impressed! For some reason I expected the foam to fill up the entire tire. Or at least coat the interior of the tire. Instead the foam is simply a strip of foam, glued into the inside of the tire. I could have done that!

And there is even a gap in the foam. They didn't even measure the inside circumference correctly to cut a piece that fit!

 

[jjrandorin]

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=336#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20sources%20of,tires%20to%20combat%20cavity%20noise.

(relevant quote)
As noise reducing tire technology continues to spread, we see multiple variations of style, width, color, continuity and even placement of the foam. While this disparity may seem like random execution, it is intentional, with each manufacturer determining the ideal size, style and placement of the foam for each application. Examples of some of the different styles of foam we have found are pictured below:

But of course, someone is always going to make the assumption that "omg they forgot to do X".

 

[brainhouston]

Its there for noise reduction, not looks

 

[Hayseed_MS]

Its there for noise reduction, not looks

If that were true, they would have put the foam on the inside...

 

[brainhouston]

If that were true, they would have put the foam on the inside...

almost like they knew what they were doing